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Buncrana, County Donegal

Buncrana

Buncrana is a town in County Donegal, located beside Lough Swilly on the Inishowen peninsula, fourteen miles north-west of Londonderry and twenty-seven miles north of Letterkenny. With a population of almost seven thousand, it the most populous town in County Donegal after Letterkenny, and the largest in Inishowen.

This is the historic home of the O'Doherty clan and originally developed around the defensive tower known as O'Doherty's Keep at the mouth of the River Crana. The town moved to its present location just south of the River Crana when George Vaughan built the main street in 1718. (Read more)