Lough Nacung Upper Explained

Lough Nacung Upper
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Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Location:County Donegal
Coords:55.032°N -8.166°W
Lake Type:natural freshwater lake
Inflow:Lough Dunlewey
Outflow:Lough Nacung Lower, to the Clady River
Catchment:78.62km2
Basin Countries:Ireland
Length:2.72miles
Width:0.38miles
Area:2.08km2
Elevation:59m (194feet)
Reference:[1]

Lough Nacung Upper,[2] also known as Upper Lough Nacung, is a lake in Gweedore, a district in the north-west of County Donegal, Ireland.[3] [4] It connects Lough Dunlewey to Lough Nacung Lower, which drains into the Clady River.[3] [5] Lough Nacung is a Special Area of Conservation.[6]

The name is derived from the Irish Irish: cuing, meaning "lake of the isthmus" or "narrow neck of land (as between two lakes)".[2] [4] [7]

Wildlife

The main fish species are sea trout and salmon.[8] [9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Reference Based Typology and Ecological Assessment System for Irish Lakes . 2006 . 12 . . 17 August 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220726141316/https://www.epa.ie/publications/research/water/Final-Report-(2000-FS1-M1).pdf . 26 July 2022.
  2. Web site: Loch na Cuinge Uachtarach/Lough Nacung Upper. Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). 6 August 2023.
  3. Discovery Series Sheet 1 (Fourth Edition). Ordnance Survey of Ireland (O.S.I.), Dublin, 2012.
  4. Patrick McKay, A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names, p. 101. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, 1999.
  5. Web site: Lough Nacung Upper (IRL). Administrator. 2015-12-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090822/http://www.4x4sb.com/kayaking/co-donegal-irl/184-lough-nacung-upper-irl. 2016-03-04. dead.
  6. Web site: Fawnboy Bog/Lough Nacung SAC 000140 . 2016 . Conservation Objectives Series . 2009-4086. National Parks and Wildlife Service.
  7. Web site: Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (Ó Dónaill): Cuing.
  8. Web site: Lough Nacung Lough Lacung Upper And Dunlewy Lake – Activities – Angling – Fisheries – All Ireland – Republic of Ireland – Donegal – Dunlewy – Discover Ireland. 29 December 2015. 5 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305025819/http://www.discoverireland.ie/Activities-Adventure/lough-nacung-lough-lacung-upper-and-dunlewy-lake/50025. dead.
  9. Web site: Lough Nacung Upper, Donegal, Ireland Fishing Lake Maps - MyFishMaps.com.

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