Nestled on the northern coast of the Fanad Peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland, Fanad Lighthouse stands as a beacon of maritime history and architectural beauty. Overlooking the wild Atlantic Ocean, this iconic lighthouse serves not only as a critical navigation aid but also as a cherished historical monument. First lit...
The Mysterious Tau Cross on Tory Island
Tory Island, located off the northwest coast of County Donegal, Ireland, is home to a unique and mysterious symbol carved into the rugged landscape: the Tau Cross. The origins of the cross are uncertain, but it is believed to date back to the early Christian period, possibly as early as...
Lookout Post 79, Fanad Head, Co. Donegal
In the lead up to World War 2, the Irish Defense Forces set up a series of lookout posts called the 'Coast Watching Service'. 83 of these posts were placed along the coast every 5-15 miles and local volunteers called Coastwatchers kept an eye out. Coast Watchers used work in...
How Tyrone and Tirconaill (Donegal) got their names.
Tir Eoghan the province of Owen was once a great principality, which stretched its frontier from the west of Lough Erne across Lough Neagh to the shores of the Channel by Belfast. In the days when Irelandhad a fate of her own Tyrone was the country of the O'Neill. Centuries...
William Sydney Clements (Lord Leitrim) (1806 – 1878)
William Sydney Clements, the 3rd Earl of Leitrim was an Anglo-Irish nobleman and notorious landlord. Born in 1806, he was educated in Sandhurst and served in Portugal for the British Army between 1826 and 1827. In 1831 he was promoted to captain. Following his father's death he was promoted to...
The murder of Lord Leitrim
The third Earl of Leitrim had served in the army, rising to be a colonel, before he succeeded his father in the title. He was a man by no means wholly bad and possessed qualities which might, under happier circumstances, have made him famous absolute courage and a perfectly indomitablc...
A look at Ballyshannon in the 1800s
From A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, by Samuel Lewis (1837) BALLYSHANNON, a sea-port, market, and posttown (formerly a parliamentary borough), partly in the parish of INNISMACSAINT, but chiefly in that of KILBARRON, barony of TYRHUGH, county of DONEGAL, and province of ULSTER, 35 miles (S. W.) from Lifford, and 102...
Rathmullan, Co. Donegal
Rathmullan is a small, picturesque seaside village on the western shores of Lough Swilly in Co. Donegal. In 1607 the Flight of the Earls took place just outside the village in a place called Carolina Bay. This marked the end of the Gaelic chieftain rule in Ireland, a major point...