Close to the "Pianoforte Berg" and the Mackellar Islets tall jets of fine spray were seen to shoot upward from schools of finner whales.

From its sharp back and forked tail, I should pronounce it to have been a rorqual, or "finner," as they are called by the fishermen.

I told Feek to stop in a little town called Finner's Crossing.

An Air Corps Dauphin is based at Finner camp in Co Donegal.

The species most commonly seen was the Finner; after that the Blue Whale.

Within the past two decades, shark finners must have been here.

The men were rescued by a helicopter from Finner Camp.

They were picked up by the marine emergency service helicopter based at Finner shortly afterwards.

Finner's Crossing was five miles short of the spot where the food shipment had been hijacked.

The move from its permanent base in Finner, Co Donegal, is expected to take place immediately.

Several whales appeared which Captain James Davis reported were "blue whales" (finners or rorquals).

After slicing off their pectoral and dorsal fins, finners throw mutilated sharks, still alive, back into the sea.

Finner whales of the South

These finners or rorquals are enormous mammals, and on one occasion we were followed by one for several hours.

Army personnel at Finner Camp in Co Donegal had to be deployed last night to bring staff to Sligo General Hospital.

Troops based in Finner Camp, Co Donegal, were also placed on standby to assist with some elements being recalled to barracks.