Lough Swilly & Buncrana Shore Path, Co. Donegal, Ireland, 9 Sept 2018, v1 Short
A day out on the shores of Lough Swilly at Ballybegley near Newtowncunningham and later to Buncrana taking a short walk along the renowned Salmon and Sea Trout river the Crana. Following that we completed the short coastal path to Stragill Strand passing Ned’s Fort and Father Hegarty's burial place and the spot where he was be-headed by the Redcoats in 1711. Weather turned fairly wet and brought the photography to a quick end.
Father James O’Hegarty
According to the Irish Ecclesiastical Record (IER), Father James O’Hegarty (Seamus Hegarty) Dean of the Diocese of Derry and Parish Priest of Fahan and Desertegney in Inishowen, Co. Donegal was born in Moville in 1649 and ordinated by Oliver Plunket at Dundalk in May 1672.
He was murdered in 1711 at Porthaw at a place now known as ‘Father Hegarty’s Rock’ which is located about 1 mile (1.5km) north-west of Buncrana on the banks of Lough Swilly on the ‘Buncrana Shore Path’ to Stragill Strand.
The Priest Hunters: The True Story of Ireland's Bounty Hunters by Colin Murphy
Much of the historic legacy of the town of Buncrana on the Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal exists thanks to the Vaughan family who were wealthy eighteenth-century landowners in the area. Buncrana Castle, which more resembles a stately house than a castle, was built by a Vaughan in 1718, as was the pretty six-arched Castle Bridge that spans the Crana River. The actual location of the town is largely due to the Vaughan’s, as it was their introduction of the fledgling linen, cotton and salt-producing industries, which contributed to the continued expansion of the town.
The grave marks the spot of the most infamous legacies of the locality, and a rough outcrop of rock jutting west out into Lough Swilly and widely known in the area as ‘Fr Hegarty's Rock’. It was at this spot that a Vaughan would carry out one of the most brutal and infamous murders of the penal era. Coincidentally, the rock is almost directly opposite the place called Killygarvan on the western shore of Lough Swilly, where a quarter of a century after the event described here, a similarly-named priest, Fr. O'Hegarty, would also meet his end at the hands of a priest hunter.
The full version of this video is available on YouTube
Lough Swilly & Buncrana Shore Path, Co. Donegal, Ireland, 9 Sept 2018, v1 Short
A day out on the shores of Lough Swilly at Ballybegley near Newtowncunningham and later to Buncrana taking a short walk along the renowned Salmon and Sea Trout river the Crana. Following that we completed the short coastal path to Stragill Strand passing Ned’s Fort and Father Hegarty's burial place and the spot where he was be-headed by the Redcoats in 1711. Weather turned fairly wet and brought the photography to a quick end.
Father James O’Hegarty
According to the Irish Ecclesiastical Record (IER), Father James O’Hegarty (Seamus Hegarty) Dean of the Diocese of Derry and Parish Priest of Fahan and Desertegney in Inishowen, Co. Donegal was born in Moville in 1649 and ordinated by Oliver Plunket at Dundalk in May 1672.
He was murdered in 1711 at Porthaw at a place now known as ‘Father Hegarty’s Rock’ which is located about 1 mile (1.5km) north-west of Buncrana on the banks of Lough Swilly on the ‘Buncrana Shore Path’ to Stragill Strand.
The Priest Hunters: The True Story of Ireland's Bounty Hunters by Colin Murphy
Much of the historic legacy of the town of Buncrana on the Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal exists thanks to the Vaughan family who were wealthy eighteenth-century landowners in the area. Buncrana Castle, which more resembles a stately house than a castle, was built by a Vaughan in 1718, as was the pretty six-arched Castle Bridge that spans the Crana River. The actual location of the town is largely due to the Vaughan’s, as it was their introduction of the fledgling linen, cotton and salt-producing industries, which contributed to the continued expansion of the town.
The grave marks the spot of the most infamous legacies of the locality, and a rough outcrop of rock jutting west out into Lough Swilly and widely known in the area as ‘Fr Hegarty's Rock’. It was at this spot that a Vaughan would carry out one of the most brutal and infamous murders of the penal era. Coincidentally, the rock is almost directly opposite the place called Killygarvan on the western shore of Lough Swilly, where a quarter of a century after the event described here, a similarly-named priest, Fr. O'Hegarty, would also meet his end at the hands of a priest hunter.
The full version of this video is available on YouTube