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The R233 road is a regional road in Ireland which links Pettigo with Lough Derg in County Donegal. [1] The road is 7.2 km (4.5 mi) long.
Lough Derg, historically Lough Dergart (Irish: Loch Deirgeirt), [1] is a freshwater lake in the Shannon River Basin, Ireland. It is the third-biggest on the island of Ireland (after Lough Neagh and Lough Corrib ) and the second largest lake in the Republic of Ireland.
St Patrick's Purgatory is an ancient pilgrimage site on Station Island in Lough Derg, County Donegal, Ireland. According to legend, the site dates from the fifth century, when Christ showed Saint Patrick a cave, sometimes referred to as a pit or a well , on Station Island that was an entrance to Purgatory . [ 2 ]
Lough Derg or Loch Derg (Irish: Loch Dearg) [2] is a lake in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. It is near the border with Northern Ireland and lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of the border village of Pettigo. It is best known for St Patrick's Purgatory, a site of pilgrimage on Station Island in the lake.
The R233 road connects Pettigo with Lough Derg In June 1922, at the tail end of the Irish War of Independence , Pettigo in what became the new Irish Free State , and Belleek , which was now in Northern Ireland were occupied by a 100-strong Irish Republican Army unit who had arrived there from Donegal.
Leitrim is bounded, clockwise from the southwest, by the Clare baronies of Tulla Upper and Tulla Lower; the Galway baronies of Loughrea to the west, Kilconnell to the north, and Longford to the east; and by Lough Derg to the south and southeast. [1] It measures 20 miles (32 km) from north to south and 9.5 miles (15.3 km) from east to west. [2]
The trail follows the River Shannon and its associated canals from Limerick City to Dromineer on the banks of Lough Derg. [1] Along the way it passes the towns and villages of Clonlara, O'Brien's Bridge, Killaloe, Ballina and Garrykennedy. [4] The trail connects with the East Clare Way at Killaoe. [4]
In Lough Corrib: . White Goat Island; In Lough Derg: . Inis Cealtra; In Lower Lough Erne: . Ardy More; Boa Island; Buck Island; Car Island; Cleenishmeen Island ...