Swilly
LOUGH, a long narrow inlet of the Atlantic on the N. coast of Donegal, Ireland; enters between Dunaff Head on the E. and Fanad Point, on which there is a lighthouse (fixed light visible 14 miles), on the W. A second lighthouse, on Dunree Head, has a fixed light visible for 13 miles. The entrance is protected by forts. Lough Swilly penetrates about 25 miles inland, and has a width of 3 to 4 miles. On the E. shore is the small town of Buncrana, much resorted to for sea-bathing. On its waters a French fleet under Bompart was destroyed in 1798, and not many years later the British ship "Saldanha" foundered at the entrance in a storm. SWIFT, LINDSAY, an American educator, born at Boston, in 1856. He was educated at Harvard University and was editor of the Boston Public Library. Besides contributing to many journals and editing several works in American his tory, he wrote: "Massachusetts Election Sermons" (1897); "The Great Debate Between Hayne and Webster" (1898) "Literary Landmarks of Boston" (1903); "Benjamin Franklin" (1910); "William Lloyd Garrison" (1911).