Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station
Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station is located next to Ned's Point Fort in Buncrana, a town and former naval port, which sits on the eastern shore of Lough Swilly, on the Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal, on the north coast of Ireland The lifeboat station at Buncrana was first established as an Inshore lifeboat station in 1988 by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: lifeboat station in Co. Donegal, Ireland
- Also known as: “Buncrana Lifeboat Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ned’s Point Fort and Buncrana Castle.
Ned’s Point Fort
Fort
Photo: Paddyhickey, Public domain.
Ned's Point 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.
Buncrana Castle
Castle
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Buncrana Castle is situated 610 metres east of Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station.
O’Doherty’s Keep
Ruins
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
O’Doherty’s Keep is a ruins, which is situated 690 metres east of Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buncrana and Fahan.
Buncrana
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Fahan
Village
Photo: Alistair Cunningham, CC BY 3.0.
Fahan is a district of Inishowen in the north of County Donegal, Ireland, located 5 km south of Buncrana. In Irish, Fahan is named after its patron saint, Saint Mura, first abbot of Fahan, an early Christian monastery. Fahan is situated 6 km south of Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station.
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 7 km southwest of Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station.
Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station
- Category: lifeboat station
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.14093° or 55° 8′ 27″ northLongitude
-7.4734° or 7° 28′ 24″ westLevels
1Open location code
9C7J4GRG+9JOpenStreetMap ID
way 282466318OpenStreetMap feature
building=boathouseWikidata ID
Q108283859
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