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The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) carried out two bomb attacks against British coal ships in February 1981 and February 1982 at Lough Foyle, a large inlet between County Londonderry in Northern Ireland and County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. The IRA used hijacked pilot boats to board the ships.
Arvor 250 Inland Patrol Boat 2007 1 Targa 31 Colm na Cora Inland Patrol Boat [9] 2000 1 ... 2012 (ex-Inland Fisheries Ireland vessel) 32 17
Local location map of Oysterhaven. Oysterhaven (Irish: Cuan Oisre) is a sea inlet on the coast of County Cork, Ireland, immediately to the east of Kinsale harbour. The townlands bordering the northern and eastern sides of the inlet are also known as Oysterhaven.
The Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel is a class of offshore patrol vessels (OPV) ordered by the Irish Naval Service from October 2010. The first vessel is named Samuel Beckett and was commissioned in May 2014. [7]
Killary has for centuries been known as a fjord [4] [5] [2] - "the only fjord in Ireland" [6] or sometimes "one of 2–4 fjord-type inlets" on the island. [7] There has been argument in at least one peer-reviewed paper that it is in fact one of three glacial fjards (shallower than true fjords) in Ireland, the others being Lough Swilly and Carlingford Lough. [8]
Belfast Lough (Irish: Loch Lao) is a large sea inlet on the east coast of Northern Ireland. At its head is the city and port of Belfast, which sits at the mouth of the River Lagan. The lough opens into the North Channel and connects Belfast to the Irish Sea. Belfast Lough is a long, wide and deep expanse of water, virtually free of strong tides.
View from the International Space Station: Derry and the Ulster coastline, with Lough Swilly to the west and Lough Foyle and Inishowen to the north of the city Lough Swilly (Irish: Loch Súilí, meaning 'lake of eyes') [1] in Ireland is a glacial fjord or sea inlet lying between the western side of the Inishowen Peninsula and the Fanad Peninsula, in County Donegal.
Lawrence Cove is a sheltered inlet on the north side of Bere Island, West Cork, Ireland, to the west of the village of Rerrin. One of Bere Island's ferry services operates from there. It is also the location of a yachting marina, [1] and formerly the location of a British Army facility. [2]