Lough Leane
Lough Leane is the largest of the three lakes of Killarney, in County Kerry. The River Laune flows from the lake into the Dingle Bay to the northwest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in County Kerry, Ireland
- Also known as: “Lower Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ross Castle and Innisfallen.
Ross Castle
Photo: Dumphasizer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ross Castle is a 15th-century tower house and keep on the edge of Lough Leane, in Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Ireland. It is the ancestral home of the Chiefs of the Clan O'Donoghue, later associated with the Brownes of Killarney.
Innisfallen
Island
Photo: Bkwillwm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Innisfallen or Inishfallen is an island in Lough Leane; one of the three Lakes of Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. Innisfallen is home to the ruins of Innisfallen Abbey.
Muckross House
Castle
Photo: Emmett.Hume, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Muckross House is located on the small Muckross Peninsula between Muckross Lake and Lough Leane, two of the lakes of Killarney, 6 kilometres from the town of Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. Muckross House is situated 3½ km southeast of Lough Leane.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Killarney and Fossa.
Killarney
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Killarney is a town in County Kerry in southwest Ireland. It has a resident population of about 14,000 but in summer they're outnumbered by tourists, because this is one of the most scenic areas of Ireland, firmly on the tourist circuit for over 150 years.
Fossa
Hamlet
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Fossa is a village and parish in County Kerry, Ireland, north of the Lakes of Killarney. Townlands in Fossa parish:… Fossa is situated 4½ km northwest of Lough Leane.
Beaufort
Village
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Beaufort is a small village that lies on the banks of the River Laune in County Kerry, in the southwest of Ireland. It consists of a post office, three public houses, one supermarket, parish hall, guest houses and thirty private houses. Beaufort is situated 7 km northwest of Lough Leane.
Lough Leane
- Category: body of water
- Location: County Kerry, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Lough Leane from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Lough Leane” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Leane aintzira”
- Cebuano: “Lough Leane”
- French: “Lough Leane”
- German: “Lough Leane”
- Irish: “Loch Léin”
- Italian: “Lough Leane”
- Japanese: “レーン湖”
- Japanese: “レイン湖”
- Polish: “Lough Leane”
- Slovenian: “Lough Leane”
- Turkish: “Lough Leane”
- Venetian: “Lough Leane”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cullinagh and Mahony’s Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lakes of Killarney and Ross Island.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lough Leane”. Photo: Ériugena, CC BY 4.0.