
on your wall
The Fastnet Lighthouse, Co. Cork
For a living room or above a sofa, Feature or Showcase sizes give the best impact. Unframed prints are perfect if you'd like to choose your own frame.
If in doubt, contact me!
Prints are made to order, so I can't take one back just because you've changed your mind, but if it arrives damaged or isn't what you ordered, I'll replace it at no cost. You can swap it within 30 days, though you'd cover the return postage.
From a boat, Fastnet Rock is enormous. You crane your neck at fifty-four metres of granite tower rising out of the Atlantic swell and it feels every bit the maritime monument. But from eight hundred feet up, the whole outcrop shrinks to something you could hold in your hand. That shift in scale is what grabbed me.
The water was rough the day I flew over, breaking white on every side. Even from altitude you could see the power in each wave as it spent itself against the base and pulled back for another go. The flat, overcast light actually helped here. No shadows, no drama in the sky. Just the rock, the tower, and all that restless ocean around it.
I love the detail of the helipad. That yellow circle sits on the roof of the old oil store. When helicopter reliefs were introduced in the 1960s, Fastnet was the first offshore lighthouse to get them, not because of any grand plan but because the existing oil storage room was easiest to adapt. They reinforced it and stuck the pad on top. No ceremony about it. Just get it done!
Years of visiting by boat gave me one version of this place. This view gave me another. A small, dark rock in a very large sea, with a white tower that has been doing its job quietly since 1904.
Read the story behind these photographs, from six or seven nights out on the Fastnet Rock.
Shipping is free once your order passes a threshold that depends on where it's going:
- Ireland: free over €75, otherwise €9
- UK and Europe: free over €150, otherwise €20
- US and Canada: free over €250, otherwise €35
- Rest of the world: a flat €100, whatever the order value
Your exact shipping cost is specific to your location and is shown to you before you finalize checkout.
We produce all our prints to order, so you can be sure you're getting the best quality work to hang on your wall. As a result, in busy times it can take a while to process the orders. In the worst case, which is generally during the peak months of July-September, it can take 4-6 weeks to receive large framed prints. Large canvases generally take 2-3 weeks. Unframed prints are generally also 2-3 weeks at worst.
We aim to get prints out as quickly as possible, so we would expect and hope that you would receive them earlier than the above timeframes. If you have a particular need to get a print quickly, please let us know in the order notes and we'll prioritize it for you, or you can email us at info@petercox.ie.
Prints are well-packaged and in the unlikely event that it arrives damaged, we'll send a replacement free of charge.
When your order ships, you'll receive an email with your tracking number.
Thanks for your trust, and we hope you get many years of enjoyment from your new print!
































