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 Buncrana Keep |
Buncrana [Bun Cranna - the mouth of the River Cranncha] is situated on the eastern shore of Lough Swilly, the deepest sea estuary in Europe. The settlement was founded in the 15th century around the local clann O'Doherty's Castle of which only the Keep remains. In the 18th century Buncrana was an English Garrison and was the location of Wolfe Tone's arrest during the 1798 Rising. The near-by Dún Rí Fort was built during the Napoleonic Wars and is now a military museum. In the 19th century Buncrana was a busy port and became a popular seaside resort in the 20th century. Buncrana was the largest centre of textile and clothing manufacture in Donegal until recent years. Father Hegarty's Rock is a local landmark on Lough Swilly, a kilometre north-west of Buncrana where, in Penal times, a priest was slain while trying to escape from his persecutors. The walk from Buncrana to Fr. Hegarty's Rock is popular with locals and visitors alike. |
Tá Bun Crannacha [ Bun Crannacha- béal abhainn an Cranncha] suite ar chósta oirtheara Loch Suilí, an t-inbhear is doimhne sa Eoraip. Bunaíodh an lonnaíocht sa chúigiú aois déag thart ar chaisleán an chlann áitiúil, Uí Dhochartaigh, agus níl ach an Daingean fágtha anseo anois. Sa hochtú haois déag bhí baile Bun Crannacha ina gharastún ag na Sasanaigh agus chomh maith le seo bhí sé ina shuíomh den ghafa a rinneadh ar Wolfe Tone i rith an t-Eirí amach i 1798. Níl Fort Dún Rí i bhfad ar shiúl ón bhaile mhór. Tógadh é i rith Cogaithe Napoleon agus músaem míleata atá ann anois. Sa naoú haois déag calafort an-gnóthach a bhí i mBun Crannacha agus thiontaigh sé isteach in ionad cois farraige coitianta sa fichiú haois. Bun Crannacha an t-ionad is mó teicstílí agus deantóir éide i nDún na nGall leis na blianta beaga anuas. Is sainchomhartha tíre atá i gCarraig an t-Athair Ó hEagartaigh agus tá sé le fáil ar Loch Suilí, dhá mhíle ar Iar-thuaisceart bhaile Bhun Crannacha. In ám na Peannaideach maraíodh na sagairt anseo da mbeadh siad ag iarraidh fáil ar shiúl óna ngéarleanúintí. Tá an siúloid ó Bhun Crannacha go Carraig an t-Athair Ó hEagartaigh an-choitianta le cuairteoirí agus na daoine áitiúil mar a gcéanna. © |