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Lough Key (western entrance)

 
Boyle Rural ED, County Roscommon, Ireland
Address is taken from a point 1397 yards away.
 
Information about the place
Lough Key (western entrance) is a minor waterways place on the River Shannon - (Boyle River - Main Line) between Lough Drumharlow (eastern entrance) (9 miles and ¼ furlongs and 1 lock to the east) and Boyle - Boyle Junction (Junction of the Boyle Harbour Canal with the River Boyle) (2½ furlongs to the southwest).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Lough Drumharlow (eastern entrance) is Lough Key (eastern entrance); 2 miles and 7¼ furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

Oakport Lough (northwestern entrance)4 miles, 6½ furlongs
Port Alton Marina3 miles, 7¾ furlongs
Knockvicar Bridge3 miles, 4¼ furlongs
Clarendon Lock3 miles, 1¼ furlongs
Lough Key (eastern entrance)2 miles, 7¼ furlongs
Lough Key (western entrance)
Boyle - Boyle Junction2½ furlongs
N4 Road Bridge4½ furlongs
Drum Bridge4¾ furlongs
 
 
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CanalPlan has no information on any of the following facilities within range:
water point
rubbish disposal
chemical toilet disposal
place to turn
self-operated pump-out
boatyard pump-out
 
 
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Lough Key (Irish: Loch Cé) is a lake in Ireland. It is in the northwest of County Roscommon, northeast of the town of Boyle. The lough is believed to be named after a mythical figure named Cé.

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[McDermott's Castle] Castle Island, an island of 0.23 ha (0.57 ac) in the southeast corner of Lough Key. The Mac Diarmada were the ruling dynasty of Magh Luirg (Moylurg; northeast [Holy Trinity Abbey, Lough Key] located in Lough Key, Ireland. Holy Trinity Abbey is located on Trinity Island, an island of 0.9 ha (2.2 ac) in the southern part of Lough Key, facing Rockingham [Lough Key Forest Park] Lough Key Forest Park is an 800-hectare park on the southern shore of Lough Key, 40 km south east of Sligo Town and 3 km east of Boyle, County Roscommon [List of loughs of Ireland] an alphabetical list of loughs (lakes) on the island of Ireland. It also shows a table of the largest loughs. The word lough is pronounced loch and comes [Boyle, County Roscommon] Mountains near Lough Key in the north of the county. Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery, the Drumanone Dolmen and the lakes of Lough Arrow and Lough Gara are also [County Roscommon] (984 sq mi). Lough Key in north Roscommon is noted for having thirty-two islands. The geographical centre of Ireland is located on the western shore of Lough Ree [River Shannon] canal, the river Boyle and Lough Key. There is also the Ardnacrusha canal connected with the Ardnacrusha dam south of Lough Derg. Near Limerick, a short [Cootehall] located on the River Boyle, between Boyle and Carrick-on-Shannon near Lough Key Forest Park in the north of the county. Cootehall lies 4 kilometres off [Thomas J. Finan] Gaelic, concerning his archaeological excavations at the moated site near Lough Key, County Roscommon, Ireland, in 2016. He has appeared in local and international
 
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