Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Buncrana

Buncrana, small market town with ry. sta., Lower Fahan par., NE. co. Donegal, on Lough Swilly, 12 m. NW. of Londonderry, pop. 764; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-days, Tuesday and Friday. It is resorted to for sea-bathing, and has a valuable salmon fishery.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "small market town with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Donegal IrlC
Place: Buncrana

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