Lough Swilly
Lough Swilly 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Inlet
- Description: bay
- Also known as: “The Lake of Shadows”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Dunree and Knockalla Fort.
Fort Dunree
Museum
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Fort Dunree is a coastal defence fortification located on the west side of the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal, Ireland. Fort Dunree is situated 3½ km north of Lough Swilly.
Knockalla Fort
Ruins
Photo: Michael Murtagh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Knockalla Fort is one of several Napoleonic batteries built along the shores of Lough Swilly in county Donegal, to defend the north west of Ireland. It was part of a scheme to fortify Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle against French Invasion during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and was completed between 1812 and 1813. Knockalla Fort is situated 3 km northwest of Lough Swilly.
Pilkington Martello Tower
Building
Photo: Willie Duffin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pilkington Martello Tower is a building, which is situated 3 km south of Lough Swilly.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buncrana and Portsalon.
Buncrana
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Buncrana is a town on Inishowen Peninsula in County Donegal, on the shores of Lough Swilly. The main reason to come is to explore Inishowen Peninsula, the northern tip of the Irish mainland.
Portsalon
Village
Photo: MaxPride, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portsalon is a coastal townland in County Donegal, Ireland. It is situated on the scenic Lough Swilly and it is known for its beach, which was deemed to be the second most beautiful beach in the world by The Observer newspaper. Portsalon is situated 7 km northwest of Lough Swilly.
Rathmullan
Village
Photo: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rathmullan is a seaside village and townland on the Fanad Peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland. It is situated on the western shore of Lough Swilly, 11 kilometres north-east of Ramelton and 12 km east of Milford. Rathmullan is situated 8 km south of Lough Swilly.
Lough Swilly
- Categories: bay and body of water
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Lough Swilly from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Lough Swilly” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Swilly aintzira”
- Breton: “Loch Súilí”
- Catalan: “lough Swilly”
- Catalan: “Lough Swilly”
- Chinese: “斯威利湖”
- Chinese: “斯威里湖”
- Danish: “Lough Swilly”
- Dutch: “Lough Swilly”
- Esperanto: “Lough Swilly”
- Finnish: “Lough Swilly”
- French: “Lough Swilly”
- German: “Lough Swilly”
- Indonesian: “Lough Swilly”
- Irish: “Loch Suilí”
- Irish: “Loch Súilí”
- Italian: “Lough Swilly”
- Japanese: “スウィーリー湾”
- Japanese: “ラフ・スウィリー”
- Japanese: “ロック・スウィリー”
- Manx: “Loch Súilí”
- Manx: “Lough Swilly”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lough Swilly”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch Súilí”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lough Swilly”
- Norwegian: “Lough Swilly”
- Polish: “Lough Swilly”
- Russian: “Лох-Суилли”
- Russian: “Суилли”
- Spanish: “Fiordo Swilly”
- Turkish: “Lough Swilly”
- Venetian: “Fiordo Swilly”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Linsfort and Muineagh.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include New Bridge Bay and Stragill Point.
County Donegal: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Gweedore, Letterkenny, Donegal Town, and Ballyshannon.
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