Lough Beg
Lough Beg is a lake in County Donegal, Ulster. Lough Beg is situated nearby to the locality Bullogfane Bay, as well as near Ballyheerin.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fanad Peninsula and Island Roy.
Fanad Peninsula
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fanad Peninsula is on the north coast of County Donegal. To its east is Lough Swilly, with Inishowen Peninsula beyond. To its west is Mulroy Bay, with a pinch that is nowadays crossed by the Blaney bridge: this means that Rosguill Peninsula is easily reached, and is also described on this page.
Island Roy
Islet
Photo: David Baird, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oileán Ruaidh, anglicised as Island Roy, also called Oileán an Bhráighe, is a small island in Mulroy Bay, County Donegal, Ireland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tamney and Cranford.
Tamney
Locality
Tamney, also known as Tawney or Tawny, is a small village and townland in Fanad in the north of County Donegal in Ireland. It was the only postal town of the peninsula of Fanad in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Cranford
Locality
Cranford is a small village located in the northeast of County Donegal, Ireland. It is situated on the western banks of Mulroy Bay on the road between two larger villages, approximately 7.9 kilometres north of Milford and 7.9 kilometres south of Carrigart.
Lough Beg
- Type: Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.1926° or 55° 11′ 33″ northLongitude
-7.734° or 7° 44′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C7J57V8+29OpenStreetMap ID
way 361403211OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
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