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Lough Swilly Marina at Fahan, in County Donegal, warmly welcomes all visitors to the beautiful Inishowen Peninsula. The marina is located between Derry/Londonderry in the North of Ireland and Buncrana in the South along the R238. The village of Fahan is located on the western shores of the Inishowen Peninsula on Lough Swilly, an area of outstanding beauty and a Special Area of Conservation. Public transport passes through the village on a regular basis and it is a short taxi journey to Derry/Londonderry. The City of Derry Airport is nearby.

 

The Marina, when completed will have the capacity to provide sheltered berthing for 406 boats. It is currently able to provide pontoon berthing for approximately 200 boats of various sizes. Water and electricity are available on the pontoons and there are temporary toilets and showers on site.

 

 

Lough Swilly Marina,
Fahan, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Telephone: 00353 (0)74-9360008
Mobile: 00353 (0)86-1082111
Email: [email protected]

 

 

Published in Irish Marinas

The Rankin Dinghy of Cobh, Cork Harbour 

A Rankin is a traditional wooden dinghy which was built in Cobh, of which it’s believed there were 80 and of which The Rankin Dinghy Group has traced nearly half. 

The name of the Rankin dinghies is revered in Cork Harbour and particularly in the harbourside town of Cobh.

And the name of one of those boats is linked to the gunboat which fought against the Irish Volunteers during the 1916 Easter Rising and later for the emergent Irish Free State Government against anti-Treaty Forces during the Irish Civil War.

It also links the renowned boat-building Rankin family in Cobh, one of whose members crewed on the gunboat.

Maurice Kidney and Conor English are driving the restoration of the Rankin dinghies in Cork Harbour. They have discovered that Rankins were bought and sailed in several parts of the country.