‘You could be more lonely in a crowd’: A fourth-generation lighthouse keeper on the family business

Eugene O’Sullivan , whose family oversaw lighthouses for 150 years, found the final day of that long run emotional

‘Being responsible for the safety of passing ships could take its toll’: a fourth-generation lighthouse keeper on the end of an eraThe 83-year-old chuckles at the memory of the keeper eventually resurfacing before he “turned the water blue” due to his anger towards whoever had winched him off the rocks.

DJ’s father and grandfather had also been lighthouse keepers, with the family tradition extending from the 1800s. He never served alongside his father or two brothers, but they had many shared memories of stunning outposts such as Fastnet, Eagle Island and Inishtearaght Lighthouse on the Blasket islands.

Eugene O'Sullivan: 'I think you could be more lonely in a crowd. But it wasn’t an easy life for some'

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