River Lune to the Irish Sea at Glasson Dock. In 1847 the Commissioners built a pair of lighthouses near Cockersand Abbey to help guide ships into the port. The lower lighthouse, known as the Plover Scar Lighthouse, (sometimes called Abbey lighthouse) still stands on Plover Scar, and it remains operational. The old high light, a square wooden tower, was demolished in 1954; but the former keepers' cottage, built alongside the high light, can still be seen. Lancaster (and hence also Lancashire) is named after the Lune. The name of the ancient hundred of Lonsdale is also derived from the river. The river
J'ai demandé à la lune J'ai demandé à la lune "J'ai demandé à la lune" ("I asked the moon" in English) is the most popular song from the 2002 album "Paradize" which allowed Indochine to reconnect with the media that had abandoned the band a decade earlier. Written by Mickaël Furnon, the singer of Mickey 3D, the song was released as the second single from this album on March 2002, and quickly became a national success, selling over a million units. The album similarly achieved commercial success a few months later. During the recording of the album, Indochine's singer Nicola Sirkis asked the daughter of