List of loughs in Ireland

This article is a list of loughs on the island of Ireland. The word lough 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 and the Republic of Ireland. Those within Northern Ireland are marked with an asterix (*).

Largest

Freshwater loughs

Fishing boats on Inchiquin, Lough Corrib.

Lough Derravaragh and Knockeyon

Lough Lene and Turgesius Island

Lough Cullin, County Mayo under Nephin

• Lough Allen, County Leitrim
• Lough Arrow, County Sligo
• Lough Ballysaggart, County Tyrone*
• Lough Bane, County Meath and Westmeath
• Lough Barra, County Donegal
• Lough Beg, County Londonderry and County Antrim*
• Lough Carra, County Mayo
• Lough Clea, County Armagh*
• Lough Conn, County Mayo
• Lough Corrib, County Galway
• Lough Cullin, County Mayo
• Lough Dan, County Wicklow
• Lough Derg (Shannon)
• Lough Derg (Ulster)
• Lough Derravaragh, County Westmeath
• Lough Dunlewey, County Donegal
• Lough Enagh, County Londonderry*
• Lough Ennell, County Westmeath
• Lough Erne, two lakes: Upper Lough Erne and Lower Lough Erne, County Fermanagh*
• Lough Eske, County Donegal
• Lough Feeagh, County Mayo
• Lough Finn, County Donegal
• Lough Gara, County Sligo
• Lough Gill, County Sligo
• Lough Glen, County Westmeath
• Lough Glenveagh, County Donegal
• Lough Gowna, County Cavan and County Longford
• Lough Graney, County Clare
• Lough Gur, County Limerick
• Lough Iron, County Westmeath
• Loughs of Killarney, County Kerry
• Lough Key, County Roscommon
• Lough Lene, County Westmeath
• Lough MacNean (lower), County Fermangh*
• Lough Mask, County Mayo
• Lough Melvin, County Fermanagh* and County Leitrim
• Lough Nafooey, County Galway
• Lough Neagh, – the largest lake in Britain and Ireland*
• Lough Oughter, County Cavan
• Lough Owel, County Westmeath
• Lough Portmore, County Antrim*
• Lough Ramor, County Cavan
• Lough Ree, County Westmeath, County Longford and County Roscommon
• Lough Ross, County Armagh and County Monaghan*
• Lough Rynn, County Leitrim
• Lough Sheelin, County Westmeath and County Cavan
• Lough Sheever, County Westmeath
• Lough Sillan, County Cavan
• Lough Talt, County Sligo

Brackish loughs

• Lady's Island Lake, County Wexford
• Tacumshin Lake, County Wexford
• Loch Muiridhe, County Clare

Turloughs

• Ballinderreen Turlough, County Galway
• Caherglassaun Turlough, County Galway
• Carran Turlough, County Clare
• Coole Turlough, County Galway
• Glenamaddy Turlough, County Galway
• Knockaunroe Turlough, County Clare
• Peterswell Turlough, County Galway
• Rahasane Turlough, County Galway
• Shannon Pot, County Cavan

Sea loughs

• Lough Aunavneen
• Lough Beag, County Cork
• Belfast Lough, between County Antrim and County Down*
• Carlingford Lough, between County Louth and County Down*
• Castlemaine Harbour, County Kerry
• Dundrum Bay, County Down*
• Lough Foyle, between County Donegal and County Londonderry*
• Galway Bay, County Galway
• Lough Hyne, County Cork
• Larne Lough, County Antrim*
• Lough Mahon, County Cork
• Portmagee Channel, County Kerry
• Lough Swilly, County Donegal
• Roaringwater Bay, County Cork
• Shannon Estuary, Munster
• Strangford Lough, County Down*
• Tralee Bay, County Kerry
• Waterford Harbour, County Waterford
• Wexford Harbour, County Wexford

Reservoirs

• Poulaphouca Reservoir, County Wicklow
• Silent Valley Reservoir, County Down*
• Spelga Reservoir, County Down*
• Vartry Reservoir, County Wicklow.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Lakes of Ireland

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Lakes of Northern Ireland

• Rivers of Ireland
• List of rivers in Ireland