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Antrim Town, Co Antrim
The
largest lake in the UK and Ireland (153 sq miles-400sq km and 40-50ft-12-15m
deep) of which five out of six counties here in the north touch its shore, it
is drained by the lower Bann and fed by ten rivers
which flows into it from the south, east and west.
The waters of Lough Neagh and its tributaries provide most kinds of freshwater
fish:Rudd, Roach, Pike, Eels as well as the rare Dollaghan ( large trout also
in the rivers in autumn) and Pollan:giant Pike in Lough Beg on the lower Bann,Bream
in the Blackwater,Trout and Salmon in theBann,Main,Sixmilewater,Blackwater,Ballinderry
and Moyola rivers. At Toomebridge,where the river Bann flows north out
of the lake,there is an important Eel
fishery,which exports most of its catch.
Lough
Neagh and its tiny neighbour, Lough Beg are waters of international importance
for wintering wildfowl;nature reserves have been established on many of the
islands.Most of the lough Neaghs shore is low and
marshy
but Antrim Bays shore is mostly lined with
woodland. Around the Loughs perimeter the shores can be plagued with a non biting
Midge like fly. These flies can be seen in large, black cloud like droves,
over the trees in warm weather. There is no shore road around the lough
just short laneways scattered around its perimeter but there is some points
from which to obtain a good view of the vast expance of water,these are: Shanes
castle terrace, Churchtowns point ,Ballyronan, Arbow point, Mountjoy castle,
Oxford Island and Maghery.
The
scenery
around
the Lough in nothing special as it is lowland and hills behind the shores
are pretty small although the distant Sperrin
Mountains are visible on a clear day looking over the Lough from the east
side.
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