Father Hegarty's Rock, Buncrana. The plaque reads: This plaque marks the spot where in penal times Friar Seamus Hegarty OP was beheaded in 1711 after surrendering to British Forces Born in 1649 Ordained by Oliver Plunkett at Dundalk in 1672 Friar Hegarty was PP in Fahan from 1704 until his death