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Ballycastle
Co Antrim
Marconi's Memorial
Situated in the carpark beside the harbour.
Gugliemo Marconi,born in Bologna, Italy on April 25th 1874 whose mother,"Annie Jemison" was Irish,, her family owned the Jameson Whiskey Distillery in County Wexford. Needless I say, his father was Italian! Marconi and his assistances carried out many experiments, the one here in Ballycastle took place in 1898, they hoped to transmit a radio signal from a lighthouse on nerby "Rathlin island" to a house known as "White Lodge" located on the harbour at Ballycastle. The experiment was sucessful. Many claim that this was the first known wireless signal to be transmitted - received but its not totally clear if this was so. However Marconi did not stop here but went on to develop short wave radio. He was awarded a Nobel Prize for Physics in 1909. On his death in 1937 he was given a state funeral at his hometown of Bologne.
Marconi's cottage is located approximately 3 miles, east from the town, along the coast road.
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