Lough Carra
Lough Carra is a marl lake of 4,000 acres, in County Mayo, Ireland, about 8 miles south of Castlebar. It is approximately 6 miles long and varies in width from 400 yards to one mile.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Moore Hall and Castle Carra.
Moore Hall
Ruins
Photo: Comhar, Public domain.
Moore Hall is a ruined 18th-century manor house located near Carnacon in County Mayo, Ireland. Built around 1792, it became the ancestral home of the Moore family, including the novelist George Augustus Moore.
Castle Carra
Ruins
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Castle Carra is a hall house and National Monument located in County Mayo in the west of Ireland.
Burriscarra Abbey
Ruins
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Burriscarra Abbey is a former Carmelite Priory and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland. Burriscarra Abbey is situated 3½ km north of Lough Carra.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Partry and Ballintubber.
Partry
Village
Photo: Comhar, Public domain.
Partry is a village and a civil parish formerly called Ballyovey in County Mayo, Ireland. It is located at the junction of the N84 and R330 roads between the towns of Ballinrobe and Castlebar, and between Lough Carra and Lough Mask.
Ballintubber
Village
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Ballintubber, officially Ballintober, is a village in County Mayo, Ireland, known for Ballintubber Abbey which was founded in 1216. The countryside of Ballintubber is set against the backdrop of the Partry Mountains. Ballintubber is situated 6 km northwest of Lough Carra.
Ballyglass
Village
Ballyglass is a small village in central County Mayo in Ireland. It is situated about 10 miles from Castlebar, and closer to Claremorris and Ballinrobe. Ballyglass is situated 7 km northeast of Lough Carra.
Lough Carra
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Ireland
- Category: body of water
- Location: County Mayo, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Lough Carra” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Carra aintzira”
- Cebuano: “Lough Carra”
- Dutch: “Lough Carra”
- Finnish: “Lough Carra”
- French: “Lough Carra”
- German: “Lough Carra”
- Irish: “Loch Ceara”
- Italian: “Lough Carra”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lough Carra”
- Russian: “Лох-Карра”
- Turkish: “Lough Carra”
- Venetian: “Lough Carra”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Carnacon and Tooreen.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Moore Hall and Cloon Lough.
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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 Carra”. Photo: Mike Simms, CC BY-SA 2.0.