The HMS Terror and Lough Swilly One of the most famous British Royal Navy ships of the nineteenth century, the HMS Terror, spent some time in Lough Swilly. The ship underwent repairs and the crew spent some time here recovering from an arduous trip to and from Southampton Island in the northern waters of HudsonContinue reading “HMS Terror and Lough Swilly”
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Lough Swilly Railway
Intended to link Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly across the Inishowen peninsula in north Donegal, having superseded a plan to connect these two bodies of water by canal, the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway was incorporated in 1860. The catchment area of the railway that was eventually to become the L&LSR was all that areaContinue reading “Lough Swilly Railway”
Bishop Maginn
The fate of the dead is being envied by the living”. Edward Maginn, one of Derry’s most notable Catholic bishops was born in Fintona Co. Tyrone in 1802. He moved to Buncrana with his parents at an early age, spending most of his childhood there. At age 16 he entered the Irish college in ParisContinue reading “Bishop Maginn”
Ships of the Swilly 