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View our new web site here
for Mizen Head Visitor Centre
An
award winning Maritime Museum and Heritage Attraction,
this authentic all-weather experience is a must-see with its
spectacular location on high cliffs with swirling Atlantic Ocean
tides. From the Car park and Visitor Centre, the Signal Station
is a ten minute walk along the path, down the 99 steps and
across the Arched Bridge, the Mizen is famous for its
wildflowers and sightings of wildlife, dolphins, whales, seals,
gannets, kittiwakes, choughs - the bird migration north-south
flight path is just a mile off shore.
South, the Fastnet Rock
Lighthouse, Ireland's Teardrop, was the last landfall seen by
many emigrants to America and one of Marconi's first telegraph
stations. Mizen Signal Station had the first Radio Beacon in
Ireland, 1931; the history of Safety at Sea communications is
here, Wireless Signals, Racon, GPS and DGPS. Displays about the
lives of the Irish Lights Keepers who left the Mizen in 1993,
The Bridge with full Navigational Aids Simulator, Automatic
Weather Station, Maps, Guided Tours. Mild Climate all year.
Visit Mizen Cafe and Shop@theMizen. Coaches and Bus Tours
welcome.
Mizen Head Visitor Centre new website
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