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Waterways Ireland (Irish: Uiscebhealaí Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Watterweys Airlann) [1] is one of the six all-Ireland North/South implementation bodies established under the Belfast Agreement in 1999. [2] It is responsible for the management, maintenance, development, and restoration of inland navigable waterways primarily for recreational ...
Ireland is an island surrounded by water, [1] with a 7,500 kilometres (4,700 mi) coastline. [2] This list catalogues about 400 of the coastal landforms of the island including bays, estuaries, harbours, headlands, and many others.
Lough Owel (Irish: Loch Uail) [4] is a mesotrophic lough in the Midlands of Ireland, situated north of Mullingar, the county town of Westmeath. It has a maximum depth of 21 metres (69 ft). [2] Water from Lough Owel feeds the Royal Canal, a canal crossing Ireland from Dublin to the River Shannon. The lake is close to the N4 primary road.
Map showing the location of the ports listed on this page. This is a list of seaports around the coast of the island of Ireland , including those found in Northern Ireland . List by coast
Geological Survey Ireland produces maps, reports and databases, and acts as a knowledge centre and project partner in a number of aspects of Irish geology. [ 3 ] The organisation managed the Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS, 1999–2005), which on completion was the world's largest civilian marine mapping programme.
Debris from reeds in these lakes formed a layer of at the bottom of the water. This eventually choked the lakes and raised above the surface, forming raised bogs. [96]: 5–10 [97] Blanket bogs are essentially a product of human activity aided by the moist Irish climate, having formed on sites where Neolithic farmers cleared trees for farming. [98]
Relief map depicting St George's Channel and the Irish Sea Edmond Halley's solar eclipse 1715 map showing St. George's Channel. St George's Channel (Welsh: Sianel San Siôr, Irish: Muir Bhreatan [1]) is a sea channel connecting the Irish Sea to the north and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. [2]
Lough Gur (Irish: Loch Goir) [2] is a lake in County Limerick, Ireland between the towns of Herbertstown and Bruff. The lake forms a horseshoe shape at the base of Knockadoon Hill and some rugged elevated countryside. It is one of Ireland's most important archaeological sites.