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The word lough is pronounced like loch (/ l ɒ k, l ɒ x /) and comes from the Irish loch, meaning lake. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, there are an estimated 12,000 lakes in the Republic of Ireland, covering an area of more than 1,200 square kilometres. [1] The largest lough, by area, in Ireland is Lough Neagh.
Lough Neagh (/ l ɒ x ˈ n eɪ / lokh NAY; Irish: Loch nEathach [l̪ˠɔx ˈn̠ʲaha(x)]) is a freshwater lake in Northern Ireland and is the largest lake on the island of Ireland and in the British Isles. It has a surface area of 148 square miles (383 square kilometres) [4] and is about 19 miles (31 km) long and 9 miles (14 km) wide.
Table 2 shows the largest rivers in Ireland (by mean flow) in cubic metres per second. Some of the larger or better-known rivers of Ireland are shown on this map (large version). The longest river in Ireland is the River Shannon, at 360.5 kilometres (224.0 mi). The river develops into three lakes along its course, Lough Allen, Lough Ree and ...
Lough Neagh, in Ulster, [21] is the largest lake in Ireland and Britain with an area of 392 km 2 (151 sq mi). The largest lake in the Republic of Ireland is Lough Corrib 176 km 2 (68 sq mi). Other large lakes, besides the three major Shannon examples, include the two linked lakes known as Lough Erne, Lough Mask and Lough Corrib, and Lough Conn ...
It is the third-biggest on the island of Ireland (after Lough Neagh and Lough Corrib) and the second largest lake in the Republic of Ireland. It is a long, narrow lake, with shores in counties Clare (south-west), Galway (north-west), and Tipperary (to the east). It is the southernmost of three large lakes on the River Shannon; the others being ...
Lough Conn (Irish: Loch Con, meaning 'lake of the hound') [2] [3] is a lake in County Mayo, Ireland. With an area of about 48 square kilometres (19 sq mi), it is Ireland's seventh largest lake. [1] With its immediate neighbour to the south, Lough Cullin, it is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the River Moy.