River Fergus wooden fish traps AD1400-1430. Photo courtesy of Dr Aidan O'Sullivan UCD.

Foragers, Farmers and Fishers in a Coastal Landscape—An intertidal Archaeological Survey of the Shannon Estuary AIDAN O'SULLIVAN345 pp., 92 colour 84 b&w illustrations, mapsDiscovery Programme, Royal Irish Academy, 34 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, 2001, NPG, ISBN 1-874045-85-2

McErlean, T., McConkey, R. and Forsythe, W., 2002. Strangford Lough: An archaeological survey of the maritime cultural landscape. Blackstaff Press.

Medieval fish trap Strangford Lough in County Down Northen Ireland. Source Google Maps data gathered by P. Montgomery.

Wishing everyone around the world a very happy #saintpatricksday! One of Ireland's gems is its #fishweirs, which have been used along the coast of the island of Ireland from prehistory onwards, such as the #LoughSwilly, #StrangfordLough, and #Shannonestuary. #coastalhistory #Coastalhistory #4oceans

Aerial imagery of Lough Swilly fishweir Co_Donegal.

#Doonbeg #Co_Clare #Ireland. Home to #intertidal stone #fishweir 'fish pounds' or salmon walls' very like the stone #fishweirs of #LoughSwilly, #Co_Donegal. Marine fish traps are relatively rare on the island of Ireland, but only a few are located on the open ocean. 2/6

Aerial imagery of Lough Swilly fishweir Co_Donegal. Google Maps Images

Examples of stone fish weirs in Ireland #Doonbeg #Co.Clare #Ireland. Home to one of Ireland’s largest #intertidal stone #fishweir 'fish pounds' or salmon walls' very like the stone #fishweirs of #LoughSwilly, #Co_Donegal.
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#LoughSwilly at its best #rathmullan #Donegal

Medieval fish trap Strangford Lough in County Down Northen Ireland. Source Google Maps data gathered by P. Montgomery.

McErlean, T., McConkey, R. and Forsythe, W., 2002. Strangford Lough: An archaeological survey of the maritime cultural landscape. Blackstaff Press.

Picture of the Lough Swilly stone fish trap Donegal Ireland ©Paul Montgomery 2013. Montgomery, Paul, Wes Forsythe, and Colin Breen. "Intertidal fish traps from Ireland: some recent discoveries in Lough Swilly, Co. Donegal." Journal of Maritime Archaeology 10.2 (2015): 117-139.

#Doonbeg #Co_Clare #Ireland home to one of the bigest #intertidal stone #fishweir 'fish pounds' or salmon walls. Source Google Maps.

Wishing everyone around the world a very happy #saintpatricksday! One Ireland gems are its #fishweirs have been used along the coast of the island of Ireland from prehistory onwards such the #fishwerisof the #LoughSwilly #StrangfordLough #Shannonestuary. 1/
#coastalhistory #maritimeheritage

Exposed rock layer from the top of the swallowed fish weir. Picture by Paul Montgomery

Landscape view of the intertidal zone of Lough Swilly, characterised by large deposits of river born mud and shell banks. Picture by Paul Montgomery

#Fishweirs are constructed in a dynamic environment shaped by a range of formation processes both organic & geological. This feature in #LoughSwilly #Donegal #Ireland conceals a medieval stone #fishweir owed by Religion Foundation. 1/4 #coastalhistory #maritimeheritage #IrishArchaeology

Winter sunset over the southern end of #loughswilly #Letterkenny #Donegal
#landscape
#saltmarsh
#sealough

Early evening sunset over the Lake of Shadows, Lough Swilly, Buncrana 😀
#Buncrana
#Inishowen
#Donegal
#Landscape
#Photography
#LoughSwilly

Pollet great arch. #donegal #loughSwilly #landscape #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #bnwphotography #blackandwhitephoto #blackandwhitephotography

Great Pollett Arch. #LoughSwilly #Donegal #Landscape #Seascape #photography #monochrome

Donegal has it all 😍😍😍😍🌞🌞🌞🇮🇪 #Donegal #LoughSwilly

Grianan Fort, Inch Island, and Lough Swilly.
#Donegal
#GriananFort
#Landscape
#LoughSwilly

Aerial imagery of #Doonbeg fish weir #Co_Clare #Ireland. Soures Google Maps

#Doonbeg #Co_Clare #Ireland. Home to #intertidal stone #fishweir 'fish pounds' or salmon walls' very like the stone #fishweirs of #LoughSwilly, #Co_Donegal. Marine fish traps are relatively rare on the island of Ireland but only a few being located on the open ocean.
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One of the most peaceful places about 🕊️ Stragill Shore, Buncrana, Donegal #LoughSwilly #Home

It is also time for the Royal Navy to repossess the three deep water Treaty Ports at #Berehaven, #SpikeIsland  and #LoughSwilly as agreed upon in the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 6 December 1921.
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