Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Burtonport" in English language version.
On September 16, 1798, James Napper Tandy, a Dublin-born leader of the United Irishmen arrived in Rutland Island, Co. Donegal, on a French warship named the Anacrean, which had 3,000 rifles on board, more than a hundred French army officers and a battle plan to drive the British out of Ireland completely.
In 1899 St. Columba's Church was built in Lackenagh, Burtonport as a second church in the parish of Kincasslagh and has served the people since.
