Lough Feeagh

Lough Feeagh (Irish: Loch Fíoch)^[2] is a freshwater lake in County Mayo, Ireland. It is the largest of the lakes in the Burrishoole catchment, which consists of seven lakes and interconnecting rivers and streams. Lough Feeagh is one of the lakes observed and studied by the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON).

Lough Feeagh
Loch Fíoch (Irish)
Location in Ireland
Location	County Mayo
Coordinates	53°56′56″N 9°34′32″W
Type	oligotrophic
Catchment area	84.68 km2 (32.70 sq mi)
Basin countries	Ireland
Surface area	3.95 km2 (1.53 sq mi)
Average depth	14.5 m (48 ft)
Max. depth	45 m (148 ft)
Residence time	0.47 year
Surface elevation	11 m (36 ft)
References	[1]

Lough Feeagh drains into Lough Furnace, which then drains through the short Burrishoole Channel into Clew Bay.

The remains of an Iron Age promontory fort named Leaba Dhiarmada agus Gráinne (Diarmuid and Gráinne’s bed) exists on a peninsula of land which reaches into the lake.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of loughs in Ireland