Lough Inagh
Lough Inagh is a freshwater lake in the Inagh Valley, in Connemara, County Galway, in the west of Ireland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Letterbrickaun and Bencorr.
Letterbrickaun
Peak
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Letterbreckaun is one of the Maumturk Mountains of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. At 677 metres, it is the second-tallest of the Maumturks, the 129th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and 159th–highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list.
Bencorr
Peak
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Bencorr at 711 metres, is the 82nd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 102nd–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Bencorr is situated near the centre of the core massif of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland. Bencorr is situated 3½ km west of Lough Inagh.
Knocknahillion
Peak
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Knocknahillion is one of the Maumturk Mountains of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland. At 607 metres, it is the 210th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin list, and 256th–highest on the Vandeleur-Lynam list. Knocknahillion is situated 2½ km east of Lough Inagh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Recess and Leenane.
Recess
Village
Recess is a village in County Galway, Ireland. Its official name is in Irish, Sraith Saileach, and translates as "stream of the willow tree". A notable former resident was Seán Lester, the last Secretary General of the League of Nations, who lived there… Recess is situated 6 km south of Lough Inagh.
Leenane
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Leenane or Leenaun is a village on the south shore of Killary fjord in County Galway, with a population of about 200. That fjord is the county boundary: the north shore and the little settlements of Aaleagh and Clog lie in County Mayo, but it's convenient to describe them here.
Lough Inagh
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Galway, Ireland
- Category: body of water
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Lough Inagh” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lough Inagh”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره لوج ايناج”
- Irish: “Loch Eidhneach”
- Turkish: “Lough Inagh”
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