Music for Lighthouses

This is a beautiful composition by fellow Irish artist Grian Óg. It is an instrumental written as a tribute to Grian Óg's Great Grandfather who worked for 40 years manning the lighthouses of Dublin Bay, Poolbeg being the main stay of his vocation. You can find the wonderful instrumental tribute track here: Listen to Music for Lighthouses,Solstice and Dads by Grian Óg on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/3agbKK5nIr8likU1zn Music for Lighthouses Leading the world away from shore Through candle light good signal rapport Just path of safety for ships and boats Land ahoy fine human notes Hear the sounds and see the light Steer your vessels left or right Onwards to port now mystery crew We don't shake hands but I'll protect you Earth is Earth Here, Great South Wall A pretty peninsula Isle has finger tall Quite the trip Day vista bright Lighthouse a must for sailor sight Upon bull sand pit shaping tidal pool Need not beg for this geology jewel Just Mammy Earth Grandad at the helm It's Liffey silt might overwhelm To Dalkey quarry needs granite stone Forge a path Sink we cannot condone Man the head Oh paint it red Candle light and foghorn Crews find home bed Teach Solais an Phoill Bhig Great South Wall Lighthouse of Poolbeg Now tooled with battery and oil fired light Go safe ships now through this night We'll be hear tomorrow Safe from sound We're loud and bright Just the heart of this hound Just Mammy Earth Grandad at the helm Assist for all Less overwhelm A smoother route cures calmer captain Indemnified Less tripped ship happen We stay a float to soothe the love Full steam ahead under sky above Hear the sounds and see the light You'll find home bed made just right Meanwhile enjoy this Dublin Bay Whether moonlit night or star light day Thank Mammy Earth and Grandads serve It's both their light who saved your nerve 25 June 2026 Upon hearing it I was drawn to write a poem thinking of his Great Grandad there keeping everyone safe sailing past. Poolbeg Lighthouse, pictured, sits at the end of a narrow peninsula 2km from the shore and is made on a bank of sand and silt formed from the river Liffey which has it's estuary in Dublin Bay. Granite stones were mined from Dalkey just to south to build up above the surface and make it accessible and serviceable from land. It is thought to be the worlds first lighthouse that operated with candle light which was then converted to oil lanterns and battery power and that's how it operates to this day. In Irish, "Poolbeg Lighthouse" is "Teach Solais an Phoill Bhig" 🕯️ This reminds me of what my own Grandad said about poetry. When we make the human connection the catalyst for the subject, that's where it becomes beautiful and we gain perspective. He taught me that in his poem about the Apollo landings. He wrote about it through the hearts of the astronoughts, as that's where he felt we can understand eachother. Through our chests and our feelings we all have there. So here we have Grian Óg's Great Grandfather, the ship crews who are probably mostly strangers to him, the keeper. We have the humans that built the path and wall and the simple compassion that links them all. This includes the unmentioned victims from previously unsafe shipping routes that inspired the lighthouse. 1000's of lost ships over the centuries in Dublin Bay apparently. They inspired the safety and the lighthouse itself in the first place ⚓🤍⚓ Listen to 👴🏽Apollo Hearts by Papa 🤍 by The Beautiful Dark on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/OuQe1BvvA5XvdBRyQi Papa explains the matter of heart himself too in that track. Last time I checked artificial intelligence doesnt have grandparents to share art that crosses generations through real life experiences and in this case that is centuries of love. Feel it. Remember. That is where our art truly becomes immortal and retains it's humanity. Remove the humans from the loop and to me, it's worthless. Many thanks ☀️🕯️🎶📣🚢 Here's to Grian Óg's 'Great' Grandad 👴🏽