Water Destinations in Connacht, Ireland
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Lough Carra
Lough Carra (Irish: Loch Ceara) is a marl lake of 4,000 acres (16 km2), in County Mayo, Ireland, about 8 miles (13 km) south of Castlebar. It is approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) long and varies in width from 400 yards (370 m) to one mile (1.6 km). The average depth is 6 feet (1.8 m), with a maximum of 60.
Doo Lough
Doo Lough (Irish: Dúloch, meaning 'black lake') is a freshwater lake in the west of Ireland. It is located in southwest County Mayo on the Murrisk peninsula.
Furnace Lough
Lough Furnace (Irish: Loch na Foirnéise) is a tidally-influenced, meromictic, saline lagoon in County Mayo, Ireland, located south of Lough Feeagh. It receives freshwater inflow from the upstream Lough Feeagh at the base of the Burrishoole Catchment and tidal input of saline water from Clew Bay, through the Burrishoole Estuary. The lagoonal estuary is notable for the perennially anoxic deep water in the main inner basin.
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