| Lough Gill | |
|---|---|
| Loch Gile (Irish) | |
 Lake and Innisfree | |
  Location in Ireland | |
| Location | County Sligo & County Leitrim, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°15′N 08°22′W / 54.250°N 8.367°W |
| Primary inflows | Bonet River |
| Primary outflows | River Garavogue |
| Basin countries | Ireland |
| Max. length | 8 km (5.0 mi) |
| Max. width | 2 km (1.2 mi) |
| Surface area | 12.8 km2 (4.9 sq mi) |
| Max. depth | 31 m (102 ft)[1] |
| Surface elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Islands | ~20, including Church Island |
| Settlements | Sligo |
Lough Gill (Irish: Loch Gile, meaning 'bright or white lake')[2] is a freshwater lough (lake) mainly situated in County Sligo, but partly in County Leitrim, in Ireland. Lough Gill provides the setting for William Butler Yeats' poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree".
- ^ "Lough Gill - Sampling Fish for the Water Framework Directive - Lakes 2008" (PDF). The Central and Regional Fisheries Boards. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- ^ "Loch Gile/Lough Gill". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.