Lough Foyle
| Lough Foyle Loch Feabhail |
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 Ship off Greencastle, Lough Foyle (2004) |
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| Waters | North channel | |
| Land mass | Ireland (island) | |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 7 ′ N , 7 ° 5 ′ W | |
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| width | approx. 13 km | |
| depth | approx. 25 km | |
| Tributaries | River Foyle | |
 Map of Lough Foyle |
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Lough Foyle ( Irish : Loch Feabhail ) is the name of the estuary of the River Foyle in the north channel in Ulster . The bay separates the Inishowen Peninsula in the Republic of Ireland from Northern Ireland . A larger town on the north coast of Lough Foyle is Moville in Ireland.
There is a saying that Lough Foyle is the only place in the world where the north is south and the south is north. This is because Donegal in the Republic of Ireland is referred to by many Northern Irish as the South and Northern Ireland as the North .
Dating from the Irish Iron Age , Broighter's hoard was discovered in 1896 while plowing a stubble on the banks of Lough Foyle.
traffic
- In the summer, a ferry operates between Moville in Donegal and Magilligan in County Londonderry .
- The Broharris Canal was built in 1820 as a three-kilometer link between Ballykelly and Limavady .
In 1792 the six kilometer long Strabane Canal was built between Leck and Strabane . It was abandoned in 1962 and is currently being restored.
Flora and fauna
flora
Between March 1937 and June 1939 the area of Lough Foyle was examined by H. Blackler and the occurrence of different types of algae was presented in a report.
fauna
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds maintains a bird sanctuary on the lake.
Ramsar area
According to the Ramsar Convention , parts of Lough Foyle were designated as wetlands of international importance . The area covers approximately 2,200 hectares and was established on February 2, 1999 and includes the estuaries of the Foyle, Goghan and Roe Rivers.
literature
The main character of Alfred Bester's science fiction novel The Stars My Destination is called Gulliver Foyle. Bester named his fictional characters after various locations in Ireland and Great Britain.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map of Ireland (can be enlarged greatly) ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
