Father Hegarty's Rock

Father Hegarty's Rock is a historic monument near Buncrana in Inishowen, County Donegal, marking the site where Father Séamus (James) O'Hegarty was martyred in 1711 during the Penal Laws era. Father Hegarty was a Dominican Friar and Dean of the Diocese of Derry, ordained in 1672 by Saint Oliver Plunkett. He served as parish priest of the united parishes of Fahan and Desertegney in Inishowen, op...