Lough Feeagh Explained

Lough Feeagh
Pushpin Map:Island of Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:none
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Location:County Mayo
Coords:53.9489°N -9.5756°W
Type:oligotrophic
Catchment:84.68km2
Basin Countries:Ireland
Area:3.95km2
Depth:14.5m (47.6feet)
Max-Depth:45m (148feet)
Residence Time:0.47 year
Elevation:11m (36feet)
Reference:[1]

Lough Feeagh [2] is a freshwater lake in County Mayo, Ireland. It is the largest of the lakes in the Burrishoole catchment, which consists of seven lakes and interconnecting rivers and streams. Lough Feeagh is one of the lakes observed and studied by the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON).

Lough Feeagh drains into Lough Furnace, which then drains through the short Burrishoole Channel into Clew Bay.

The remains of an Iron Age promontory fort named Leaba Dhiarmada agus Gráinne (Diarmuid and Gráinne’s bed) exists on a peninsula of land which reaches into the lake.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Reference Based Typology and Ecological Assessment System for Irish Lakes . 2006 . 17 . . 18 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Loch Fíoch/Lough Feeagh . Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie) . . 18 March 2020.