Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Foyle

Foyle, river, cos. Donegal, Tyrone, and Londonderry; is formed by the confluence of the Finn and the Mourne at Lifford, and flows NE. to the head of Lough Foyle at Culmore; is 16 miles long, and is navigable for vessels of 600 tons to the bridge of Londonderry.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Tyrone IrlC
Place: Foyle

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