Water Destinations in Ulster, Ireland
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Lough Gill
Lough Gill (Irish: Loch Gile, meaning 'bright or white lake') is a freshwater lough (lake) mainly situated in County Sligo, but partly in County Leitrim, in Ireland. Lough Gill provides the setting for William Butler Yeats' poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree".

Cloonacleigha Lake
Cloonacleigha Lough is a freshwater lake in the northwest of Ireland. It is located in south County Sligo and forms part of the course of the Owenmore River.

Lough Boderg
Lough Boderg (Irish: Loch Bó Dearg) is a lake on the River Shannon in County Roscommon and County Leitrim, Ireland.

Lough Arrow
Lough Arrow (Irish: Loch Arbhach) is a freshwater lake in the northwest of Ireland. This large, scenic lake covers an area of 12.47 square kilometres (4.8 sq mi) and lies mostly in County Sligo with a smaller part in County Roscommon. It is a popular trout fishing lake.

Lough Eidin
Lough Eidin, also known as Drumharlow Lake or Lough Drumharlow, is a lake in County Roscommon, Ireland, near Carrick-on-Shannon. It is on the Boyle River just above its junction with the Shannon.

Glencar Waterfall
waterfall in Ireland
Skeagh Lough Upper
Upper Lough Skeagh is a freshwater lake in the northeast of Ireland. It is located in County Cavan in the catchment of the River Boyne.
Templehouse Lake
lake in County Sligo, Ireland
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