Lough Finn
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| Lough Finn | |
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  Location in Ireland | |
| Location | County Donegal, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°51′50″N 8°07′52″W / 54.864°N 8.131°WCoordinates: 54°51′50″N 8°07′52″W / 54.864°N 8.131°W |
| Native name | Loch Finne (Irish) |
| Catchment area | 10.61 km2 (4.1 sq mi) |
| Basin countries | Ireland |
| Max. length | approx. 5 km (3.1 mi) |
| Max. width | approx. 0.5 km (0.3 mi) |
| Surface area | 1.15 km2 (0.44 sq mi) |
| Surface elevation | 132 m (433 ft) |
| Settlements | Fintown |
| References | [1] |
Lough Finn (Irish: Loch Finne)[2] is a freshwater lough (lake) in County Donegal, Ireland. The lough, along with its neighbouring village of Fintown, was named after a mythological woman, Finngeal, who drowned in the lake after attempting to save her wounded brother Feargamhain.[3] The water from Lough Finn outflows into the River Finn.
Gallery
The lough, as seen from the nearby heritage railway.
Looking down on the SW end of Lough Finn.
Fintown Railway on trackbed of CDR County Donegal Railways Joint Committee, next to Lough Finn with a train in the platform at Fintown station.
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See also
References
- ^ "A Reference Based Typology and Ecological Assessment System for Irish Lakes" (PDF). Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland). 2006. p. 11. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "Loch Finne/Lough Finn". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) County Donegal on the Net
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