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Irish Buses in the 70's & 80's | Those were the days (250 words) |
 | Operating in the remote north-west of the country, Lough Swilly is the last vestage of the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company which at one stage had extensive narrow-guage railways operating in Donegal and Derry. |
| In 1961 it passed to Lough Swilly, and I purchased it for preservation in 1981 |
| Sadly, being a student, I could not afford to keep the bus and sold it to a preservationist in Northern Ireland in 1984, but unfortunately it was scrapped shortly afterwards. |
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| Indeed, the goals aside, Swilly gave as good as they got and shocked Harps early on by going into a goal lead which they held from the 14th minute until Harps got their equaliser twelve minutes later. |
| Swilly continued to try and make a game of it from here to the end but there was just no way past a resolute and reshuffled Harps defence in which Shane Bradley, Graeme O'Hanlon and Jonathan Minnock were giving little away. |
| Swilly had the last chance almost on time when Maurice Lafferty went on a fine run down the left but Gary Heeney headed his fine cross just wide of the post. |
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