One of the highlights this year of Walking And Talking In Donegal was a visit to the spectacular Fanad Lighthouse, recently voted 2nd best in Europe or was it the world?!!!I had a group of walkers from Bremen,Germany and among them were very good photographers especially Robbi, some of whose photos he has allowed me [...]
In the autumn of 1914 Lough Swilly provided shelter for the entire British Grand Fleet under the command of Admiral John Jellicoe. The British Grand Fleet consisted of 35-40 state-of-the-art battleships and battlecruisers as well as a wide array of destroyer cruisers, aircraft carriers and submarines. The Grand Fleet was considered the most potent weapon [...]
Lough Swilly’s position on the North Atlantic shipping route , once one of the busiest in the world, and its role as a harbour of refuge to be headed to during difficult weather at sea , resulted in it having more than its fair share of shipping casualities. Maritime records reveal approximately 62 wrecking incidents [...]
