List of Irish loughs
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This is a list of Irish loughs in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
"Lough" is used in Ireland as the anglicised form of the Irish-language word Loch, which is the same as "loch", as used in Scotland.
There are many minor bodies of water in Ireland, the majority of which are named loughs. The list below contains only those loughs which are of geographic, geological or historical importance.
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[edit] Freshwater loughs
- Lough Allen, County Leitrim
- Lough Carra, County Mayo
- Lough Conn, County Mayo
- Lough Corrib, County Galway (below Lough Mask) – second largest in Ireland, largest in the Republic.
- Lough Dan, County Wicklow
- Lough Derg, two lakes: one on the River Shannon – the third-largest in Ireland, second in the Republic; and a smaller one in County Donegal.
- Lough Erne, two lakes: Upper Lough Erne and Lower Lough Erne
- Lough Gur
- Lough Mask, County Mayo (above Lough Corrib)
- Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland – the largest lake in all of Ireland and the United Kingdom
- Lough Oughter, County Cavan
- Lough Owel, County Westmeath
- Lough Ramor County Cavan, beside town of Virginia
- Lough Ree, in the Midlands of Ireland.
- Lough Rynn, County Leitrim
[edit] Brackish loughs
- Lady's Island Lake
- Tacumshin Lake
[edit] Sea loughs
- Belfast Lough
- Carlingford Lough
- Lough Foyle
- Larne Lough
- Lough Swilly
- Lough Hyne
- Strangford Lough
- Galway Bay (Loch Lurgain)
- Roaringwater Bay (Loch Trasna)
- Lough Mahon
- Lough Beg
- Castlemaine Harbour (Loch na dTrí gCaol)
- Wexford Harbour (Loch Garman)
