Baltimore Beacon | Sherkin Island | Co. Cork | Ireland

The Baltimore Beacon is a white-painted stone beacon at the entrance to the harbour at Baltimore, County Cork, Ireland. The beacon was built at the order of the British government following the 1798 Rebellion. It was part of a series of lighthouses and beacons dotted around the Irish coast, forming a warning system. Sherkin Island, historically called Inisherkin, lies southwest of County Cork in Ireland alongside other islands of Roaringwater Bay. It had a population of 111 people at the time of the 2016 Census, and measures 3 miles long by 1.5 miles wide Location: Baltimore Beacon | Co. Cork | Ireland https://goo.gl/maps/d4wmo3CDq158rFHR8 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Drone: DJI Air 2S - 4K 30fps –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Music: –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– "Savfk - The Grid" is under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) https://www.youtube.com/savfkmusic Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://bit.ly/the-grid-song –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– #Ireland #Cork #Baltimore #Sherkin #SherkinIsland