School: St Columba's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eoghan Ua Gallchobhair
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- On the 27th of January in the year nineteen seventeen a liner called the Laurentic steamed slowly up Lough Swilly. When the liner came up to the boom which was across the lough from Ned's Point to a buoy near Macamish it stopped because two warships were watching but she got through later. The Laurentic stayed in Lough Swilly for two evenings and late on the second evening the admiral got orders that the road was clear and to(continues on next page)