Fastnet Rock

January 21st, 2010

Fastnet Rock, off the coast of County Cork, is a lighthouse-capped outcrop that the sentimentally inclined have long referred to as Ireland’s teardrop, since it was invariably the last fragment of the motherland to be glimpsed by emigrants on their way to America, and Ellis Island.

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  • Alasdair

    Is Fastnet also the lighthouse used for the cover of "A History of Britain Part 1" by Simon Scama? A spectacular shot for the hardback cover