Brow Head

Brow Head

Brow Head is the most southerly point of mainland Ireland. It is situated 3.8 km east of the marginally more northerly Mizen Head, County Cork, Ireland. It lies at latitude 51.43ºN. [cite web | title=Ireland - Geographical facts and figures | work= Travel through the Ireland story...| url=http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/geography/extremities.html | accessdate=2007-09-15]

The signal tower on Brow Head is part of a chain of towers built in 1804 to give warning of a French invasion. Originally the signalling was done with a system of flags and blackballs on masts. Brow Head, or Mallavogue, was a mining area in the 19th century and the remains of the mines and the miners' houses can still be seen. [cite web | title=The Mizen Peninsula - Brow Head | work=Cork Guide | url=http://www.cork-guide.ie/mizen/mizen-peninsula.html | accessdate=2007-09-15]

In 1904, Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co. Ltd. entered into a contract with the Commissioners of Irish Lights to put telegraphic equipment and aerials on the Fastnet Rock. The telegraphic station was moved up to Brow Head where the signal tower equipment had been used for so long to contact passing ships. Messages were sent to the Fastnet Rock Lighthouse by signalling methods and then relayed to the Brow Head station by wireless telegraphy for relaying on to the recipients. [cite web | title=Marconi in Crookhaven | work=Mizen Head Signal Station - Visitor Centre | url=http://www.mizenhead.net/marconi.html | accessdate=2007-09-15]

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