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This article is a list of loughs on the island of Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
. The word lough
Lough

A lough is a body of water and is either:* A lake.* A sea lough, which may be a fjord, estuary, bay, or sea inlet.It can also be used as a surname, with various pronunciations: law, loch, low, lowe, loth, loff....
 comes from the Old Irish loch, meaning lake.

The list below contains only those loughs that are of geographic, geological or historical importance. The list includes loughs that are situated within Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

conventional_long_name = Northern Ireland|native_name= Tuaisceart ?ireannNorlin Airlann|motto =|image_map = Europe location N-IRL2.png...
 and the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
. Those within Northern Ireland are marked with an asterix (*).








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This article is a list of loughs on the island of Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
. The word lough
Lough

A lough is a body of water and is either:* A lake.* A sea lough, which may be a fjord, estuary, bay, or sea inlet.It can also be used as a surname, with various pronunciations: law, loch, low, lowe, loth, loff....
 comes from the Old Irish loch, meaning lake.

The list below contains only those loughs that are of geographic, geological or historical importance. The list includes loughs that are situated within Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

conventional_long_name = Northern Ireland|native_name= Tuaisceart ?ireannNorlin Airlann|motto =|image_map = Europe location N-IRL2.png...
 and the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
. Those within Northern Ireland are marked with an asterix (*).

Largest


LoughArea (km²)Location
1Lough Neagh
Lough Neagh

Lough Neagh is a freshwater lake in Northern Ireland. With an area of 392 square kilometres , it is the largest lake in the British Isles and ranks among the forty List of largest lakes of Europe....
*		388Ulster
Ulster

Ulster is one of the four Provinces of Ireland of Ireland, in addition to Connacht, Munster and Leinster. The name is sometimes informally used as a synonym for Northern Ireland, one of the countries of the United Kingdom, although Northern Ireland covers only two thirds of Ulster....

2Lough Corrib
Lough Corrib

Lough Corrib is a lake in the west of Republic of Ireland. The River Corrib/Galway river connects the lake to the sea at Galway. It is the largest loch in the Republic of Ireland and the second largest in Ireland ....
200Galway
County Galway

County Galway is located on the west coast of Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland of Connacht. The county takes its name from the city of Galway....

3Lough Derg (Shannon)118Munster
Munster

Munster is the southernmost of the four provinces of Ireland. The largest city in Munster is Cork ....



Freshwater loughs

Fishing Boats On Inchiquin, Lough Corrib
, County Mayo under Nephin
Nephin

Nephin , at 806 metres , is the second highest peak in County Mayo and one of the highest in Connacht, in Republic of Ireland. It is part of the Nephin Beg Mountains range in the North West of the county....
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  • Lough Allen
    Lough Allen

    Lough Allen is a lake situated on the River Shannon, in the north-central part of Republic of Ireland, near Ireland's border region. Most of the lake is in County Leitrim, with a smaller portion in County Roscommon....
    , County Leitrim
  • Lough Arrow, County Sligo
  • Lough Ballysaggart
    Ballysaggart Lough

    Ballysaggart Lough is a lough in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is part of the waterway created to service mills in nearby Moygashel....
    , County Tyrone*
  • Lough Carra
    Lough Carra

    Lough Carra is a limestone lake of , located in County Mayo, Republic of Ireland, approximate 8 miles south of Castlebar. It is approximately long and varies in width from to one mile ....
    , County Mayo
  • Lough Clea
    Clea Lake

    Clea Lake is situated just outside Keady in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It provides water for the Keady area and is a popular fishing location in south Armagh....
    , County Armagh*
  • Lough Conn
    Lough Conn

    Lough Conn is a lake in County Mayo in the Provinces of Ireland of Connacht in Ireland and covers about 14,000 acres . With its immediate neighbour to the south, Lough Cullin, it is connected to the Atlantic by the River Moy....
    , County Mayo
  • Lough Corrib
    Lough Corrib

    Lough Corrib is a lake in the west of Republic of Ireland. The River Corrib/Galway river connects the lake to the sea at Galway. It is the largest loch in the Republic of Ireland and the second largest in Ireland ....
    , County Galway
  • Lough Cullin
    Lough Cullin

    Lough Cullin is a lake in County Mayo in Ireland. With its immediate neighbour to the north, Lough Conn, it is connected to the Atlantic by the River Moy....
    , County Mayo
  • Lough Dan
    Lough Dan

    Lough Dan is a boomerang-shaped ribbon lake near Roundwood, County Wicklow, Ireland. It is a popular area for hikers and kayakers and lies very close to the Wicklow Way....
    , County Wicklow
  • Lough Derg (Shannon)
  • Lough Derg (Ulster)
  • Lough Derravaragh
    Lough Derravaragh

    Lough Derravaragh is an Ireland lough in County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland, north of Mullingar between Castlepollard, Collinstown, Crookedwood and Multyfarnham....
    , County Westmeath
  • Lough Enagh
    Enagh Lough

    Enagh Lough is a pair of lakes in Northern Ireland called East lake and Westlake, situated between Judges Road and Temple Road in Maydown. Under the surface at the bottom of the lake there is ice age water....
    , County Londonderry*
  • Lough Ennell
    Lough Ennell

    Lough Ennell is a lake near the town of Mullingar, County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland. It is situated beside the N52 road , off the Mullingar/Kilbeggan road....
    , County Westmeath
  • Lough Erne
    Lough Erne

    Lough Erne refers to two lakes in Northern Ireland, which are in effect widened sections of the River Erne. The waterway is mostly situated in County Fermanagh....
    , two lakes: Upper Lough Erne and Lower Lough Erne, County Fermanagh*
  • Lough Eske
    Lough Eske

    Lough Eske is a small lake in the Nothwest of Ireland. The lake lies to the northeast of Donegal Town, to which it is connected by the River Eske....
    , County Donegal
  • Lough Finn
    Lough Finn

    Lough Finn is a fresh water lake in County Donegal, Ireland. The lough, along with its neighbouring village of Fintown, was named after a mythological woman, Finngeal, who drowned in the lake after attempting to save her wounded brother Feargamhain....
    , County Donegal
  • Lough Gowna
    Lough Gowna

    Lough Gowna is a fresh water lake which is the uppermost lake on the River Erne. It is located on the border between County Longford and County Cavan, with the largest part of the lake being in County Longford....
    , County Cavan and County Longford
  • Lough Glenveagh
    Glenveagh

    File:Glenveagh park.JPGGlenveagh — covering 110 square kilometres of hillside above Glenveagh Castle on the shore of Lough Veagh , some 20 km from Gweedore in County Donegal, Ireland — forms the heart of the Glenveagh National Park , the largest in Ireland....
    , County Donegal
  • Lough Gur
    Lough Gur

    Lough Gur, Loch Gair in Irish language, is a lake in County Limerick, Ireland near the town of Bruff. The lake forms a horseshoe shape at the base of Knockadoon Hill and some rugged elevated countryside....
    , County Limerick
  • Lough Key
    Lough Key

    Lough Key is a lake in Ireland. It is located in the Ordinal direction of Connacht, to the northeast of the town of Boyle, County Roscommon. The lough's name is believed to come from Ce', a legendary druid who, according to legend, drowned when the lake was created....
    , County Roscommon
  • Lough Lene
    Lough Lene

    Lough Lene is situated in north Westmeath between the villages of Castlepollard, Collinstown and Fore Abbey.It possesses a rich and varied history....
    , County Westmeath
  • Lough MacNean (lower)
    Lower Lough MacNean

    Lower Lough MacNean is a large, freshwater lake in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The river is fed by a small river which flows from Upper Lough MacNean into the lake at a bridging point near the village of Belcoo....
    , County Fermangh*
  • Lough Mask
    Lough Mask

    Lough Mask is a limestone lake of 22,000 acres in County Mayo, Ireland, north of Lough Corrib. Lough Mask is the upper of the two lakes, which empty into the Corrib River, through Galway, into Galway Bay....
    , County Mayo
  • Lough Melvin
    Lough Melvin

    Lough Melvin is internationally renowned for its unique range of plants and animals. Located in the northwest of Ireland in the Counties of Ireland of Leitrim and Fermanagh, the lake covers an area of 2000 hectares and is famous for its early ?run? of Atlantic salmon....
    , County Fermanagh and County Leitrim*
  • Lough Neagh
    Lough Neagh

    Lough Neagh is a freshwater lake in Northern Ireland. With an area of 392 square kilometres , it is the largest lake in the British Isles and ranks among the forty List of largest lakes of Europe....
    , – the largest lake in Britain and Ireland*
  • Lough Oughter
    Lough Oughter

    Lough Oughter is a lake, or complex of lakes, in County Cavan covering approximately 1,464 hectares. It is on the River Erne, and forms the southern part of the Lough Erne complex....
    , County Cavan
  • Lough Owel
    Lough Owel

    Lough Owel is a lough in the Midlands of Ireland, situated north of Mullingar, the county town of County Westmeath. It is a deep lake, well known amongst Angling, and holds a few char along with brown trout....
    , County Westmeath
  • Lough Ramor
    Lough Ramor

    Lough Ramor is a lake near Virginia, County Cavan. From early records Vita Tripartita identified as being in the territory of Cenal Muinreamhair....
     County Cavan
  • Lough Ree
    Lough Ree

    Lough Ree is a lake in the midlands of Ireland, the second of the three major lakes on the River Shannon. Lough Ree is the second largest lake on the Shannon after Lough Derg ....
    , County Westmeath, County Longford and County Roscommon
  • Lough Ross, County Armagh and County Monaghan*
  • Lough Rynn, County Leitrim
  • Lough Sheelin
    Lough Sheelin

    Lough Sheelin is a limestone freshwater lake in Republic of Ireland located in County Westmeath, County Meath and County Cavan near the village of Finea and the town of Granard County Longford....
    , County Westmeath and County Cavan
  • Lough Sillan
    Lough Sillan

    Lough Sillan is a lough located near the town of Shercock in County Cavan, Republic of Ireland....
    , County Cavan


Brackish loughs

  • Lady's Island Lake
    Lady's Island Lake

    Lady's Island Lake is a brackish lake in the south of County Wexford, Ireland.The lake is technically a back-barrier seepage lagoon lagoon, one of only two in Ireland ....
    , County Wexford
    County Wexford

    County Wexford is a maritime county in the southeast of Republic of Ireland, in the province of Leinster. It takes its name from the principal town, Wexford, founded by Vikings and named by them 'Waesfjord', meaning 'inlet or bay of the mud-flats' in the Old Norse language....
  • Tacumshin Lake, County Wexford
  • Loch Muiridhe, County Clare
    County Clare

    County Clare commonly referred to as simply Clare, is a Counties of Ireland of Ireland and part of the wider Provinces of Ireland of Munster....


Sea loughs

  • Lough Aunavneen (Loch an Aibhnín)
  • Lough Beg
    Lough Beg

    Lough Beg 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....
     (Loch Deirgeirt)*
  • Belfast Lough
    Belfast Lough

    Belfast Lough is a large, natural intertidal sea lough situated at the mouth of the River Lagan on the east coast of Ireland. The inner part of the lough comprises a series of mudflats and lagoons....
     (Loch Lao)*
  • Carlingford Lough
    Carlingford Lough

    Carlingford Lough is a sea loch that forms part of the international border between Northern Ireland to the north and the Republic of Ireland to the south....
     (Loch Cairlinn)*
  • Castlemaine Harbour (Loch na dTrí gCaol)
  • Dundrum Bay (Inner) (Loch Rudhraighe)
  • Lough Foyle
    Lough Foyle

    Lough Foyle is the name given to the estuary of the River Foyle in Ulster. It starts where the Foyle leaves Derry. It separates the Inishowen Peninsula in County Donegal from County Londonderry in Northern Ireland....
     (Loch Feabhail)*
  • Galway Bay
    Galway Bay

    Galway Bay is a large Headlands and bays / sea loch on the west coast of Ireland, between County Galway in the Provinces of Ireland of Connacht to the north and the Burren in County Clare in the province of Munster to the south....
     (Loch Lurgain)
  • Lough Hyne
    Lough Hyne

    Lough Hyne is a Marine lake in West Cork, Ireland, about 5 km Ordinal direction of Skibbereen. It was designated as Ireland's first Marine Nature Reserve in 1981....
     (Loch Oighinn)
  • Larne Lough
    Larne Lough

    Larne Lough, , is a sea lough or inlet in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, near the town of Larne along Ireland's northeast coast. The lough is situated between Islandmagee and the mainland....
     (Inbhear Latharna)*
  • Lough Mahon (Loch Machan)
  • Lough Swilly
    Lough Swilly

    Lough Swilly in Ireland is a fjord-like body of water lying between the western side of the Inishowen in County Donegal and the Fanad Peninsula with the rest of northern Donegal....
     (Loch Súilí)
  • Roaringwater Bay (Loch Trasna)
  • Shannon Estuary
    Shannon Estuary

    The Shannon Estuary is a large estuary where the River Shannon flows into the Atlantic Ocean. The estuary has Limerick at its head and its seaward limits are marked by Loop Head to the north and Kerry Head to the south....
     (Loch Luimnigh)
  • Strangford Lough
    Strangford Lough

    Strangford Lough is a lough in County Down, Northern Ireland, separated from the Irish Sea by the Ards Peninsula. It is a popular tourist attraction noted for its fishing and the picturesque villages and townships which border its waters....
     (Loch Cuan)*
  • Wexford Harbour
    Wexford Harbour

    Wexford Harbour, Loch Garman, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland is the natural harbour at the mouth of the River Slaney. The estuary originally was about ten miles wide at its widest point, with large mud flats on both sides....
     (Loch Garman)


Reservoirs

  • Poulaphouca Reservoir
    Poulaphouca Reservoir

    Poulaphouca Reservoir , also known locally as Blessington Lakes, is a national park and area of wild bird conservation in in west County Wicklow....
    , County Wicklow
  • Silent Valley Reservoir
    Silent Valley Reservoir

    The Silent Valley Reservoir is a reservoir located in the Mourne Mountains near Kilkeel, County Down in Northern Ireland. It supplies most of the water for County Down, surrounding counties and most of Belfast....
    , County Down*
  • Spelga Reservoir
    Spelga Reservoir

    Spelga Reservoir was formed by the Spelga Dam and sits amongst the Mourne Mountains at over 1,200 ft above sea level in County Down, Northern Ireland....
    , County Down*
  • Vartry Reservoir
    Vartry Reservoir

    Vartry Reservoir is a reservoir at Roundwood in County Wicklow, Ireland. The water is piped from Vartry to a large open service reservoir in Stillorgan in the southern suburbs of Dublin....
    , County Wicklow.


See also

  • Rivers of Ireland
    Rivers of Ireland

    This article concerns rivers on the island of Ireland....