- List of Irish loughs
This is a list of loughs in
Ireland .The word "
lough " comes derive|Old Irish|Loch|Lake. It is equivalent to a Scottish "loch ".There are many minor bodies of
water in Ireland, the majority of which are named loughs. The list below contains only those loughs that are ofgeographic ,geological orhistorical importance.Freshwater loughs
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Lough Allen ,County Leitrim
*Lough Arrow ,County Sligo
*Lough Carra ,County Mayo
*Lough Conn , County Mayo
*Lough Corrib ,County Galway (south of Lough Mask) – second-largest in Ireland, largest in the Republic.
*Lough Dan ,County Wicklow
*Lough Derg , two lakes: one on theRiver Shannon – the third-largest in Ireland (second in the Republic); and a smaller one inCounty Donegal .
*Lough Derravaragh ,County Westmeath
*Lough Ennell , County Westmeath
*Lough Erne , two lakes: "Upper Lough Erne" and "Lower Lough Erne",County Fermanagh
*Lough Eske , County Donegal
*Lough Finn , County Donegal
*Lough Gowna ,County Cavan andCounty Longford
* Lough Glenveagh, County Donegal
*Lough Gur ,County Limerick
*Lough Key ,County Roscommon
*Lough Lene , County Westmeath]
*Lough Mask , County Mayo (north of Lough Corrib)
*Lough Neagh ,Northern Ireland – the largest lake in Britain and Ireland
*Lough Oughter , County Cavan
*Lough Owel , County Westmeath
*Lough Ramor County Cavan, beside the town of Virginia
*Lough Ree , County Westmeath, County Longford and County Roscommon
*Lough Ross ,County Armagh andCounty Monaghan
*Lough Rynn , County Leitrim
*Lough Sheelin , County Westmeath and County Cavan
*Lough Sillan , County Cavan, nearShercock Brackish loughs
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Lady's Island Lake ,County Wexford
*Tacumshin Lake , County Wexford
*Loch Muiridhe ,County Clare Sea loughs
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Belfast Lough
*Carlingford Lough
*Lough Foyle
*Larne Lough
*Lough Swilly
*Lough Hyne
*Strangford Lough
*Loch an Aibhnín , County Galway
*Dundrum Bay (Inner) (Loch Rudhraighe)
*Galway Bay (Loch Lurgain)
*Roaringwater Bay (Loch Trasna)
*Shannon Estuary (Loch Luimnigh)
*Lough Mahon
*Lough Beg
*Castlemaine Harbour (Loch na dTrí gCaol)
*Wexford Harbour (Loch Garman)See also
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Loch
*List of lakes
*List of lochs in Scotland
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