Fanad Head Lighthouse, County Donegal, Ireland

Fanad Head's white tower and keepers' houses on a green headland between Lough Swilly and Mulroy Bay, on Donegal's Wild Atlantic Way. The first light here shone on St. Patrick's Day 1817, built after the frigate Saldanha was wrecked at the mouth of Lough Swilly in 1811 with nearly all hands lost. The keepers' cottages are now rented to overnight guests, so this is one lighthouse where you can wake up beside the tower.