Lough Neagh

Lough Neagh is the largest lake in the British Isles. It covers an area of 383 km² being 30 km along its longest axis. From pre-historic times the lake and its rivers influenced the settlements of man in the role of a fishery and communication link with the interior of Ireland. Ireland''s first canal, completed in 1787, linked the small but significant coal deposits of Tyrone to Dublin by way...