Harvest Moon event at Hook Lighthouse

HOOK LIGHTHOUSE is set to host its second annual Harvest Moon celebration this Culture Night, September 22.

Visitors can enjoy watching the sunset and the harvest moon rise over Hook Peninsula beneath the protective beam of the world’s oldest intact operational lighthouse.

Hook Lighthouse Manager Ann Waters said: ‘ The tip of the Hook Peninsula is the ideal spot for watching the slideshow of nature in the skies. During sunrise, sunset, moonrises and on starry nights the peninsula offers incredible vistas. We are looking forward to welcoming everyone for the Harvest Moon Celebration and we know it will offer ample opportunity for great photographs so we will host a photographic competition during the event and a prize for the best Harvest Moon at Hook Lighthouse photograph is also up for grabs.’

From 6 p.m. the Lighthouse Visitor Centre will open especially late. People are invited to come along and find a spot on the straw bales around the fire-pits on the lighthouse lawns and watch nature at its best during the autumn equinox, enjoy some treats from the Hook Lighthouse barbecue and some Hook Pilsner and sample the brand new Hook beers and a harvest brew from Arthurstown Brewing Company which have all been brewed from the harvesting of locally grown malted barley.

Musician Brendan Keane will be playing some songs from his forthcoming album, ‘Dreaming in Parallel’. Keane has opened, in a solo acoustic capacity, for some of Ireland, and the world’s, biggest acts including Status Quo and Rod Stewart.

He will be joined by fellow singer-songwriters, Shane Kenny and Jimi Cullen. For those wishing to climb the tower a limited number of €30 tickets will be available for the Sunset Tour Experience, offering visitors the opportunity to take a guided tour up the 115 well-worn steps of the medieval tower and step onto the top floor outdoor balcony to take in the 360 degree sweeping views of the south east of Ireland.

Tickets can be booked in advance by calling 051 397055 and for further details see www.hookheritage.ie