Tullamore transmitter
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The Tullamore transmitter was an AM radio transmission mast located near Tullamore, Ireland. Built in 1975 to replace the Athlone transmitter, it always carried RTÉ Radio 1 on 567 kHz, at 500kW. The Athlone mast was used to carry RTÉ 2fm, and later decommissioned.
The entire setup was taken off-line for a time in 2004 for major maintenance, with the Clarkstown transmitter taking over Tullamores job of carrying RTÉ Radio 1 to AM listeners in Ireland and the UK. It ceased analogue broadcasts permanently on 24th March 2008[1], as the newer, more efficient and hence cheaper to run Clarkestown transmitter provides wider coverage. It is likely the mast and ITU allocation may be reused for Digital Radio Mondiale, which RTÉ has been experimentally using on shortwave and longwave.
The antenna, a 290 metre tall guyed mast, is the 2nd tallest in Ireland.
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