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Lough Forbes (southern entrance)

Roosky ED, County Roscommon, Ireland
Address is taken from a point 5884 yards away.

Lough Forbes (southern entrance) is on the River Shannon - Lanesborough to Jamestown five kilometres from Ambersford.

Early plans of what would become the River Shannon - Lanesborough to Jamestown were drawn up by Benjamin Outram in 1888 but problems with Newcastle-under-Lyme Locks caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1816. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Manworth to Barton canal at Warrington, the difficulty of tunneling under Blackpool caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Sumerlease instead. According to Barry Smith's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Eastington Inclined plane is haunted by a shrieking ghost that has no language but a cry.

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Lough Forbes (southern entrance) is a minor waterways place on the River Shannon - Lanesborough to Jamestown between Shannon - Camlin Junction (north) (Northern junction of the River Shannon with the Camlin River ) (5¼ furlongs to the southwest) and Albert Lock (14 miles and 7½ furlongs and 1 lock to the northwest).

The nearest place in the direction of Albert Lock is Lough Forbes (northern entrance); 2 miles and 1½ furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

	Bord na Mona Railway Bridge	9 miles, 2 furlongs
	Shannon - Camlin Junction (south)	3 miles, 3¾ furlongs
	Tarmonbarry Lock	3 miles, ¾ furlongs
	Tarmonbarry Bridge	2 miles, 6½ furlongs
	Shannon - Camlin Junction (north)	5¼ furlongs
	Lough Forbes (southern entrance)
	Lough Forbes (northern entrance)	2 miles, 1½ furlongs
	Roosky Lock	5 miles, 6¾ furlongs
	Roosky Bridge	6 miles, 3¾ furlongs
	Boyle - Longford Railway Bridge	14 miles, 1½ furlongs
	Lough Nanoge Entrance	14 miles, 4 furlongs

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Lough Forbes (Irish: Loch Foirbis) is a lake and Special Area of Conservation in Ireland, located west of Newtownforbes.

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[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 [County Longford] Notable lakes include Kinale Lough and Lough Gowna on the Cavan border, Lough Forbes on the Roscommon border and of course Lough Ree in the south where Longford [Shannon River Basin] Portumna (R. Bank) 1,530 Terryglass (Lough Derg - L. Bank) Mountshannon (Lough Derg - R. Bank) 152 Dromineer (Lough Derg - L. Bank) 113 Ballina (L. Bank) [Rinn Lough] lakes drain into Rinn Lough: Clooncoc Lough and Lough Errew. Rinn Lough drains south into the Rinn River flowing into Lough Forbes. Part of the river forms [County Kilkenny] in three special Areas of Conservation, Barrow-Nore, River Unshin and Lough Forbes (2000) which covers some of County Kilkenny, and National Survey of Native [Newtownforbes] 5 km (3 miles) from Longford town and stands between Newtownforbes and Lough Forbes on the River Shannon. The castle and grounds are private with strictly [List of Special Areas of Conservation in the Republic of Ireland] Lough Arrow Roscommon, Sligo 1454.26 IE0001673 Lough Croan Turlough Roscommon 155.62 IE0000610 Lough Forbes Complex Roscommon 1333.82 IE0001818 Lough [River Shannon] catchment area covering the slopes of Cuilcagh. This area includes Garvah Lough, Cavan, 2.2 km (1.4 mi) to the northeast, drained by Pollnaowen. Further [David McHattie Forbes] of the altar was completed after his death by his son David Merlyn Lougher Forbes. He introduced the Jack Fruit tree to Hawaii. "Paradise Almost Lost"

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