Lough Swilly (Loch Súilí in Irish) in Ireland is a fjord-like body of water lying between the eastern side of the Inishowen Peninsula in County Donegal and the rest of northern Donegal. File links The following pages link to this file: Lough Swilly ... Jump to: navigation, search Sognefjorden, Norway A fjord (sometimes written fiord, notably in New Zealand English) is a glacially overdeepened valley, usually narrow and steep-sided, extending below sea level and filled with salt water. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Grianán of Aileach is a stone fort on the Inishowen peninsula. ... Jump to: navigation, search County Donegal (Irish: Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county in the northwest of Ireland. ...

At the northern extremeties of the lough are Fanad Head and Dunaff Head. Towns situated on the Lough include Buncrana on Inishowen and Rathmullan on the western side. At the southern end of the Lough lies Letterkenny. Buncrana (Bun Cranncha in Irish) is a small town in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. ... Letterkenny (Leitir Ceanainn in Irish) is the largest town in County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland, located 35 miles north of Donegal Town and 20 miles west of Derry in Northern Ireland. ...

After a failed general uprising, in September 1607, Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone and Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell set sail from Rathmullan with ninety of their followers in the Flight of the Earls never to see Ireland again. A French fleet carrying Wolfe Tone and troops to assist in 1798 rebellion was intercepted and defeated at the entrance to Lough Swilly in October 1798. September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days. ... Events January 20 - Tidal wave swept along the Bristol Channel, killing 2000 people. ... Hugh ONeill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Rory ODonnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell (1575–1608) 1602 Rory ODonnell succeeded his brother Hugh Roe O’Donnell, Lord of Tyrconnell, as the Irish chieftain of the clan ODonnell, At the time his brother was rebelling against King James I. 1603 he went to London to submit... In September 1607, Hugh ONeill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone and Rory ODonnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell set sail from Rathmullan, a village on the shore of Lough Swilly in County Donegal, with ninety of their followers. ... Theobald Wolfe Tone Theobald Wolfe Tone, commonly known as Wolfe Tone (20 June 1763 - 19 November 1798) was a leading figure in the Irish independence movement. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Irish Rebellion of 1798 or 1798 rebellion as it is known locally, was an uprising in 1798, lasting several months, against the British establishment in Ireland. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

The Lough was used as an anchorage by the Royal Navy during World War I. The British also built a number of forts to protect the Lough and the remains of these can be seen at Lenan Head, Dunree (now a museum) and at Buncrana. The Lough was also one of the Treaty Ports specified in the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Jump to: navigation, search The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... Jump to: navigation, search World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ... After the Irish Free State won independence in 1922, three deep water Treaty Ports, at Berehaven, Queenstown (renamed Cobh) and Lough Swilly, were retained by the United Kingdom as sovereign bases. ... Signature page of the Anglo-Irish Treaty Anglo-Irish Treaty refers to a agreement between the British government and representatives of the (extra-judicial) Irish Republic which concluded the Anglo-Irish War. ...

See also: List of Irish lochs and loughs

See also: Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway