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School: N. Colmcille, Buncrana (roll number 16752)

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Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Pilib Mac Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1110, Page 341

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    “Recently there was an arrangement between the Governments of Eire and England...”

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    period the towers and batteries on Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle were constructed".
    What was termed the Lough Swilly Fortification Scheme however, was first launched in January 1894 when a squad of sappers under the command of Captain St. John, Royal Engineers, was quartered in Buncrana. Improvement work began on the existent defences, and a site eventually chosen for the erection of a new fort at the north end of Lenan Bay which would guard the outer entrance to the Lough.
    The scheme aroused much public interest when, in July of that year. Field Marshal Viscount Wolseley made an official
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Corney Fraser
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Buncrana, Co. Donegal