Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Foyle, Lough

Foyle, Lough, sea-inlet, between cos. Donegal and Londonderry; 15 miles long, 10 miles in extreme breadth, and 1 mile across the entrance. Its navigation is much impeded by shallows.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "sea-inlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "channels")
Administrative units: Donegal IrlC       Londonderry IrlC
Place names: FOYLE     |     FOYLE LOUGH     |     LOUGH FOYLE
Place: Foyle

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