Lough Gill

Lough Gill is a freshwater lough mainly situated in , but partly in , in . Lough Gill provides the setting for William Butler Yeats' poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree".
Wikipedia
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  • Lake
  • …lies at an elevation of 1 metre (3 feet)
  • …is also known as “Loch Gile”
  • Description: freshwater lake in County Sligo and partly in County Leitrim

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church Island and Parke’s Castle.
Hollywelltrees, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is one of 23 islands on Lough Gill, situated in the northwest of Ireland.
John Darcy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parke's Castle is a 17th-century Manor house. is situated 3½ km northeast of Lough Gill.
is an ancient area of woodland located just… is situated 3 km west of Lough Gill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fivemilebourne and Ballintogher.
is a populated area of , Ireland. is situated 4½ km northeast of Lough Gill.
Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , . is situated 6 km south of Lough Gill.
Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Manorhamilton is a town in in northwest Ireland, 26 km east of Sligo. is situated 6 km southeast of Lough Gill.

Lough Gill

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Latitude
54.25° or 54° 15′ north
Longitude
-8.38333° or 8° 23′ west
Open location code
9C6H7J28+2M
Geo­Names ID
2964124
Wiki­data ID
Q1010499

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Venetian—“Lough Gill” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Gill aintzira”
  • Cebuano: “Lough Gill”
  • Chuvash: “Лох-Гилл”
  • Czech: “Lough Gill”
  • Dutch: “Lough Gill”
  • French: “Lough Gill”
  • German: “Lough Gill”
  • Hungarian: “Gill-tó”
  • Irish: “Gile Loch”
  • Irish: “Loch Gile”
  • Irish: “Loughgilly”
  • Italian: “Lough Gill”
  • Lithuanian: “Gilo ežeras”
  • Manx: “Loch Gile”
  • Manx: “Lough Gill”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch Gile”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lough Gill”
  • Russian: “Лох-Гилл”
  • Turkish: “Lough Gill”
  • Venetian: “Lough Gill”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fairy Island and Slishwood Island East.

County Sligo: Highlights

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