Light Hearted Lite 44 – Richard Cummins, Irish light keeper, part 2
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This episode features part two of an interview with Richard Cummins, an Irish lighthouse keeper who shares his experiences and discusses his career as a photographer and ship builder.
Richard Cummins This is part two of a two part interview with Richard Cummins, a native of Ireland who worked as a lighthouse keeper in that country for a decade. This is an edited version of a conversation first heard on the podcast in 2020. Richard spent time as a keeper at the very famous Fastnet Rock Lighthouse; at Hook Head, one of the oldest operating lighthouses in the world; and some other well known light stations – more than 20 in all. One of Richard’s ships in a bottle In this part of the interview we talk about what it was like to live at isolated lighthouses, and also about Richard’s more recent career as a photographer and an acclaimed builder of ships in bottles.
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Host: Jeremy D'Entremont
Guest: Richard Cummins
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Places: Ireland, Fastnet Rock Lighthouse, Hook Head
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