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 LOUGH NEAGH - LoveToKnow Article on LOUGH NEAGH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
, the largest lake (Irish, lough) in the British Isles, situated in the north-east of Ireland, in the province of Ulster, its waters being divided between counties Antrim (N. and E.), Down (S.E.), Armagh (S.), Tyrone and Londonderry (W.).
The lough abounds in fish, including gillaroo trout, char and pullen or fresh-water herring.
A tradition that the lough rose suddenly from a fountain, inundating a populous district, and that remains of buildings may be seen below the waters, finds place in Thomas Moores ballad Let Erin remember.
www.1911ency.org /N/NE/NEAGH_LOUGH.htm   (259 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Down and Connor
A line drawn from Whitehouse on Belfast Lough due west to the Clady River, thence by the river itself to Muckamore and Lough Neagh, marks the boundary between the Diocese of Down and the Diocese of Connor.
Situated on the shores of Belfast Lough, its site was occupied in the sixteenth century only by a strong castle, then in the hands of the O'Neills of Clannaboy.
From them it passed at the close of the century to the British Government, and in 1603 the castle and land adjoining were granted by King James to Sir Arthur Chichester.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/05147a.htm   (1231 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Neagh, Lough (British And Irish Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Neagh, Lough (British And Irish Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
Neagh, Lough[lokh nA] Pronunciation Key, lake, 153 sq mi (396 sq km), 18 mi (29 km) long and 11 mi (18 km) wide, central Northern Ireland.
This shallow lake is the largest freshwater body in the British Isles.
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 NEAGH, LOUGH - Online Information article about NEAGH, LOUGH
NEAGH, LOUGH - Online Information article about NEAGH, LOUGH
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