View from the International Space Station: Derry and the Ulster coastline, with Lough Swilly to the west and Lough Foyle and Inishowen to the north of the city
Lough Swilly (Irish: Loch Súilí, meaning 'lake of eyes')[1] in Ireland is a glacial fjord or sea inlet lying between the western side of the Inishowen Peninsula and the Fanad Peninsula, in County Donegal. Along with Carlingford Lough and Killary Harbour it is one of three glacial fjords in Ireland.[2][3]
^Pierce 2011, Irish Times.
^Beattie & Lynch 2000, p. 4.
^"Killary Harbour". Discover Ireland. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
Carlingford Lough and Killary Harbour it is one of three glacial fjords in Ireland. Both LoughSwilly (Irish: Loch Súilí) and the adjoining River Swilly (An tSúileach)...
The Londonderry and LoughSwilly Railway Company (The L&LSR, the Swilly) was an Irish public transport and freight company that operated in parts of County...
three glacial fjords (or fjards) at LoughSwilly, the others being Carlingford Lough and Killary Harbour. LoughSwilly is the county's largest inlet and...
bordered to the north by the Atlantic Ocean, to the east by Lough Foyle, and to the west by LoughSwilly. It is joined at the south to the rest of the island...
Waterford Wexford Harbour, County Wexford Carlingford Lough, between County Louth and County Down* LoughSwilly, County Donegal Killary Harbour, between County...
die down. After four weeks at sea, the Greyhound made it to port in LoughSwilly (Ireland). This experience marked the beginning of his conversion to...
Lenan Head Fort, LoughSwilly, Inishowen, County Donegal was built in 1895, initially with three 9.2 inch Breech Loading (BL) guns. Following recommendations...
Inch Island (Irish: An Inis, meaning 'the island') is in LoughSwilly, a sea lough in County Donegal on the northern coast of Ireland. Inch is also the...
Dartmouth as The Aberfoyle for passenger service across LoughSwilly, Ireland by the LoughSwilly Steamboat Company. She was sold to the Admiralty for use...
Battle of Tory Island (sometimes called the Battle of Donegal, Battle of LoughSwilly or Warren's Action) was a naval action of the French Revolutionary Wars...
On the sixth day of her voyage, 27 October, as Olympic passed near LoughSwilly off the north coast of Ireland, she received distress signals from the...
Fanad (official name: Fánaid) is a peninsula that lies between LoughSwilly and Mulroy Bay on the north coast of County Donegal, Ireland. The origin of...
Peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland. It is situated on the western shore of LoughSwilly, 11 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Ramelton and 12 km (7 mi) east of...
fortifications defending LoughSwilly during the Napoleonic Wars, located opposite Knockalla Fort on the other side of the lough. The fort was neglected...
the (River) Crana') is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is beside LoughSwilly on the Inishowen peninsula, 23 kilometres (14 mi) northwest of Derry...
About two weeks later, the battered ship and starving crew landed in LoughSwilly, Ireland. For several weeks before the storm, Newton had been reading...
operate daily services to and from town. The LoughSwilly Bus Company (known locally as LoughSwilly or the Swilly Bus) operated a local transport service...
associated to water (refer to the Irish "LoughSwilly" and "River Swilly") as the earliest reference in Plymouth to "Swilly creek" in 1578 pre-dates the subsequent...
Londonderry and LoughSwilly Railway, and is located on the site of the former Londonderry Foyle Road railway station. The Londonderry and LoughSwilly Railway...
and the other missed. The tug Sonia took Justicia in tow, heading for LoughSwilly. UB-64 fired a fourth torpedo, but Justicia's gunners destroyed it. UB-64...
with some of the leading Gaelic families in Ulster; they traveled down LoughSwilly on a French ship. Their departure was the end of the old Gaelic order...
Ireland. The station opened on 9 March 1903 when the Londonderry and LoughSwilly Railway opened their Letterkenny and Burtonport Extension Railway, from...
Diarmuid O'Doherty produced a song, "A Monster in the River Swilly", about this legend. The River Swilly rises near Glendore, a mountain in County Donegal, and...
1871. The Londonderry and LoughSwilly Railway (L&LSR) – The rail company opened a line between Farland Point on LoughSwilly and a temporary terminus...
Ireland. The station opened on 12 December 1864 when the Londonderry and LoughSwilly Railway built their line from Londonderry Middle Quay to Farland Point...
winds and less pronounced relief. Areas include: Europe Ireland LoughSwilly Carlingford Lough Killary Harbour Russia (see also List of fjords of Russia) Chukchi...
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