Lough Beg

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Lough Beg ( _ga. Loch Deirgeirt) is a small freshwater lake north of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland. The lake is located on the border between County Londonderry and County Antrim.

Church Island on the lake was the site of a pre-Viking monastery, during the summer it is normally reachable by foot. Due to the areas many rare plants and a stopping point for migrating birds the area was protected by the Lough Beg National Nature Reserve.

The Great Oak of Portmore stood on the property of Portmore Castle on the shore of Lough Beg. "Bonny Portmore" is a public domain traditional Celtic folk song, which details the centuries of Ireland's old oak forests being leveled for military and shipbuilding purposes. Specifically The Great Oak of Portmore.

External link

*Northern Ireland Environment Agency: [http://www.ni-environment.gov.uk/nature_reserves/nature_reserves_loughbeg.shtml Lough Beg National Nature Reserve]