Lough Derg (Ulster)

The Lough Derg (Irish Loch Dearg, dt " Red Sea" ) is a lake in Ireland's County Donegal in the Ulster region, near the border with Northern Ireland.

Geography

The lake with an area of ​​approximately 888 hectares located approximately six miles north of the border village of Pettigo.

Place of pilgrimage

In Lough Derg are several islands; Saints on Iceland ( Oileán na Naomh ) was in the Middle Ages, a monastery. At Station Iceland ( Inis to Turai ), is the Purgatory of St. Patrick, an old place of pilgrimage, which attracts about 35,000 pilgrims annually.

Bird sanctuary

The lake is a designated bird sanctuary.

A lake of the same name located in the course of the Shannon.