Carrickaport lough

Carrickaport Lough
Carraig an Phoirt Loch (Irish)
Carrickaport Lough location in Ireland
Carrickaport Lough location in Ireland
Location in Ireland
LocationCounty Leitrim
Coordinates54°1′48″N 7°58′58″W / 54.03000°N 7.98278°W / 54.03000; -7.98278
Lake typeFreshwater
Basin countriesIreland
Surface area0.46 km2 (0.18 sq mi)
Max. depth7 m (23 ft)
Surface elevation63 m (207 ft)
Islands1
References[1][2][3]

Carrickaport lough (Irish: Carraig an Phoirt, meaning 'rocks of the bog [port, a bog here]')[4][5] is a freshwater lake in Kiltubrid parish, south County Leitrim, Ireland. Drumcong village, and Lough Scur, lie nearby. Carrickaport lough is known for quality bream and pike fishing.[6] The ecology of Carrickaport lough, and other county waterways, is threatened by curly waterweed, zebra mussel, and freshwater clam invasive species.[7]

  1. ^ Haug 2011, pp. 35.
  2. ^ MacMahon 1845, pp. 23.
  3. ^ anglingireland.
  4. ^ logainm.ie, pp. Carraig an Phoirt.
  5. ^ Joyce 1913, pp. 173.
  6. ^ Leitrim Observer 1970, pp. 3.
  7. ^ Pedreschi et al. 2014.