Lough Fad
Lough Fad is a lake in County Donegal, Ulster. Lough Fad is situated nearby to the locality Carrickacull, as well as near Doonmore.Places of Interest
Highlights include Donegal Airport and Leo’s Tavern.
Donegal Airport
Aerodrome
Donegal Airport is a regional airport in Ireland, serving County Donegal and the north-west. It is located on the coast, 2 NM south-west of Bunbeg in Carrickfinn, a townland in The Rosses, a district in north-west County Donegal.
Leo’s Tavern
Pub
Leo's Tavern is a pub in the Donegal Gaeltacht, known as the home of music artists Clannad, Enya and Moya Brennan. It serves food and is a music venue.
Amharclann Ghaoth Dobhair
Theater building
Amharclann Ghaoth Dobhair, anglicized as Gweedore Theatre, is a local theatre in the Gaeltacht region of Derrybeg in the parish of Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Annagary and Bunbeg.
Annagary
Village
Anagaire is a village in The Rosses district in County Donegal, Ireland. As of 2022, the population was 309.
Bunbeg
Village
An Bun Beag, meaning "the small river mouth", is a small Gaeltacht village and townland in County Donegal, Ireland. It is officially the smallest townland in Gaoth Dobhair, but today the name Bunbeg is used to describe a large region of the parish.
Gweedore
Gaoth Dobhair or Gweedore is an Irish-speaking area on the northwest corner of County Donegal. Its main settlements are Bunbeg and Derrybeg on the coast, Brinlack further north, and Dunlewey inland, with a population of around 4000 in 2025.Lough Fad
- Type: Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.03498° or 55° 2′ 6″ north
Longitude
-8.28996° or 8° 17′ 24″ west
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
9C7H2PM6+X2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Irish—“Lough Fad” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lough Fad”
- Irish: “An Loch Fhada”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Carrickacull and Doonmore.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lough Napeena and Lough Beg.
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