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Lough Eidin, also known as Drumharlow Lake or Lough Drumharlow, is a lake in Ireland, located west of Carrick-on-Shannon. It is located on the Boyle River just above its junction with the Shannon.,.[1]
Lough Eidin | |
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Loch Éidin (Irish) | |
Location | County Roscommon, Ireland |
Coordinates | 53.964327°N 8.143352°W |
Primary inflows | Boyle River |
Primary outflows | River Shannon |
Basin countries | Ireland |
Surface area | 2.8 km2 (1.1 sq mi) |
Surface elevation | 43 m (141 ft) |
Islands | Inishatirra |
Settlements | Carrick-on-Shannon |
Roach, bream, brown trout and rudd are the main fish.[2][3]
There are extensive callows on the shoreline, which is proposed as a Natural Heritage Area. A flock of Greenland white-fronted geese (Anser albifrons flavirostris) feed there.[4]
A regatta was held on this lake in 1895, but the regatta was not repeated because the lake was too small.
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