elude a snuff and tobacco fac- -an exce~lent 18-hole course to17, a hosiery factory, a saw (North-West Golf Club). The rivmill and. a printing esta1b1~\sh- er Crana affords good fishing for ment. The town possesses a main salmon and sea trout and the drainage system seriving every River Mil~ contains small trout. part of the town and the wa:er Adjacent lakes-l\1intiagh, Fiad supp~y, dr-awn from a high-lying and Namin also provide good catchment area was, in 1918 aug- sport. Rowing and sailing are mented by the construction of availalble on Lough Swilly and about five miles of pipe line to there are two hard courts for Lough Doo, a vast natural reser- tennis. There is a cinema and voir, some 17 ac1·es in extent and two dance halls and indoor recontaining a storage reserve of creation at the Parochial Hall. seven months for a town of 3,000 There is also a handball alley. inhabitants. Very extensive har- Grouse, woodcock and sni.pe are hour improvements carried out found in the neighbourhood. by the Board of Works and the Places of Interest - The keep Harbour Commissioners give a of the ancient castle of the berthing frontage extending to. O'Dohertys (built 1430) is in a 1,0311 feet to accommodate some good state of preservation. Near50 steam drifte~s, stem on. There bye is the modern Buncrana Casis a military camp and a short tle, built by Sir John Vaughan in distance away are the powerful 17117. It is said it was to here fo~·ts of Dunrce and Leenan, Wolf Tone was brought on diserected in 1891 to command the embarking from the captured entrance to the lough. They were French battleship "La Hoch,,, in former:y reserved under the 1798. Father Hegarty's Rock ,2 Treaty, but are now manned by miles north of the town, is callthe Irish Army. ed after a priest, who was said In the town are two banks and to have been ma·rt.yred at the the post office transacts all bus- spot in Penal times. His grave is iness. The Catholic Chu~ch, St. nearby. A Bronze-A1ge burial Marys, Cockhill, lies some dis- cairn may be seen at Crocahaisil, tance outside the town. In addi- one mile north of the town. Near tion to this the Catho:ic popula- it are the remains of a stone tion is served by the beautiful circle. At Gransha, south of the Oratory of St. M1ary, erected in town, is a dolmen. A short dis1929. There is frequent road bus tance up the Castle River may service with Derry (L. and be seen the old Druminderry L.S.R.) and there are also road Bridge, the scene of the last fatai services with Carndonagh with due: recorded in Ireland. It was connections to all parts of the fought in the year 1810. Grianan peninsula. The rai:way is now of Aileach, the most interesting little used. relic of antiquity in Ulster is 1_0 Sports and Amusements - Re-miles from Buncrana. This un1creational nursuits a:?:"e except- fTue, circular stone fo:?:"t occupies ionally .well catered for. There is the summit of Greenan Mouna municipal golf course (:9 holes) tain (802 feet) and, according to and --2.at Lisfannon, near Fahan the Four Masters was built circa 350.
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