Lough Gill
Lough Gill is a freshwater lough mainly situated in County Sligo, but partly in County Leitrim, in Ireland. Lough Gill provides the setting for William Butler Yeats' poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: freshwater lake in County Sligo and partly in County Leitrim
- Also known as: “Loch Gile”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church Island and Parke’s Castle.
Church Island
Islet
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Church Island is one of 23 islands on Lough Gill, situated in the northwest of Ireland. It is the largest island on the lake and is named after a monastery that was founded there in the 6th century, by Saint Lommán of Trim.
Parke’s Castle
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Parke's Castle is a 17th-century Manor house. It was originally known as Newtowne and is situated on the shore of Lough Gill, County Leitrim, Ireland. Parke's Castle was built on the site of an earlier 16th century O'Rourke tower house. Parke’s Castle is situated 3½ km northeast of Lough Gill.
Hazelwood House
Building
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Hazelwood House is an 18th-century Palladian style country house located in the parish of Calry in the north of County Sligo in the west of Ireland. The house, which is located in a 70-acre demesne approximately 2 miles south-east of Sligo town, is a protected structure. Hazelwood House is situated 3½ km west of Lough Gill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fivemilebourne and Ballintogher.
Fivemilebourne
Locality
Fivemilebourne is a populated area of County Leitrim, Ireland. It lies within the civil parish of Drumlease and the historic barony of Drumahaire. Fivemilebourne is situated 4½ km northeast of Lough Gill.
Ballintogher
Village
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Ballintogher is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is located approximately 8 kilometers southeast of the county town of Sligo on the R290 road between Ballygawley to the west and Dromahair in County Leitrim to the north-east. Ballintogher is situated 6 km south of Lough Gill.
Dromahair
Town
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Manorhamilton is a town in County Leitrim in northwest Ireland, 26 km east of Sligo. With a population in 2022 of 1700, it's the only town of any size in the north of the county, from Lough Allen to the Atlantic coast. Dromahair is situated 6 km southeast of Lough Gill.
Lough Gill
- Category: body of water
- Location: County Sligo, Connacht, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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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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