Lighting The Manx Coast

There is no more a hostile place to mariners than the south-east coast of the Isle of Man.  Where the pitiful wind howls and the tide runs at six miles per hour. Many a sorrowful story is told of vessels tossed by the wild waves upon the cruel, sharp-edged rocks of Langness. Here at the Island’s southernmost point the cruel sea has taken countless men to a watery graves. This book is mixed with bravery and with sorrow.  The publication covers many of the main ship disasters of this wild coast. The construction of Langness lighthouse, the various lighthouses built on the Calf of Mann and the new Chicken Rock lighthouse. It is also a  story of how a vigorously hard-fought twenty-year campaign, led to improved lighting on the Isle of Man’s most dangerous shore.