Lenan Head Fort, Lough Swilly, Inishowen, County Donegal was built in 1895, initially with three 9.2 inch Breech Loading (BL) guns. Following recommendations of the Owen Committee in 1905, it was refitted in 1911 with two newer Mark X 9.2 inch models.[1] Both guns were operational during the First World War.[2]
Lenan Fort from Mamore Hills 1991
^National Archives: Plan of Lenan Head Fort held in WO78/4748/1.
^ Farndale, Martin, 2008. History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery - The forgotten fronts and Home Base, Royal Artillery Institution, London, p403
LenanHeadFort, Lough Swilly, Inishowen, County Donegal was built in 1895, initially with three 9.2 inch Breech Loading (BL) guns. Following recommendations...
fortifications are still at LenanHeadFort, Fort Dunree (now a military and wildlife museum), Ned's Point, Buncrana, Inch Fort and on the west coast at...
in the British Army, Royal Artillery Institution, London FUSIO. "LenanFort, LENAN, DONEGAL". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 31 May 2023. "Urris Lakes...
Publications in Harper's Weekly were accompanied by forty illustrations by John McLenan; however, this is the only Dickens work published in All the Year Round...
Monroe Pike County McLarney, John Morgan Youngs 145 4 Monroe Butts Co. McLenan, Margaret (Wid) Pulaski Dewitts 241 7 Monroe Lamar Co. McLendon, Frances...
on a local beach. It was detonated by Irish Army troops stationed at FortLenan. The explosion shook houses up to ten miles away. Carrickabraghy Castle...
significant amounts of ammunition. In April 1921, farmer Joseph Doherty of Lenan was found guilty of possessing firearms not under military control. A shotgun...
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