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Lough Arrow (Irish: Loch Arbhach) [6] is a freshwater lake in the northwest of Ireland. This large, scenic lake covers an area of 12.47 square kilometres (4.8 sq mi) and lies mostly in County Sligo with a smaller part in County Roscommon. It is a popular trout fishing lake.
Ballynary (Irish: Baile an Fharaidh, meaning 'townland of the fodder') [1] is a townland on the eastern shore of Lough Arrow in south County Sligo, Ireland. Ballynary was the ancestral seat of the O'Higgins family (or Ó hUiginn in Irish ) for 700 years, [ 2 ] until they were forced off their lands in 1654 by Oliver Cromwell .
Geevagh: Carrane Hill with Lough Bo in the left foreground Lough Arrow with some of its many islands Lough Nasool, making a reappearance Nov 2006 2008 marked a centenary in the history of Geevagh. As of 1908, widespread evictions from the local Keogh estate meant many poor families eked out an existence of sorts on the rough barren slopes of ...
Carrowkeel is a cluster of passage tombs in south County Sligo, Ireland.They were built in the 4th millennium BC, during the Neolithic era. [2] The monuments are on the Bricklieve Hills (An Bricshliabh, 'the speckled hills'), overlooking Lough Arrow, and are sometimes called the Bricklieve tombs. [3]
Ballindoon Priory in front of Lough Arrow. Ballindoon (Irish: Baile an Dúin) Friary was a Dominican priory beside Lough Arrow in County Sligo, Ireland. It was dedicated to St. Mary and founded in 1507 by Thomas O'Farrell. It was dissolved c. 1585 and is now in ruins. [1] [2]
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Ballinafad (Irish: Béal an Átha Fada, meaning 'mouth of the long ford') [1] is a village in the south of County Sligo in the west of Ireland. The village overlooks Lough Arrow, and is itself overlooked by the ruins of Ballinafad Castle.
Ballyfarnon (historically Bellafernan, from Irish: Béal Átha Fearnáin, meaning 'ford-mouth of the alders') [2] is a village in northern County Roscommon, Ireland.Built on the River Feorish at the foot of Arigna Mountain, it lies between Loughs Skean and Meelagh with Lough Arrow, Lough Allen, Lough Bo and Lough-na-Sool nearby.