Foyle, LOUGH, an Atlantic inlet on the north coast of Ireland, between Londonderry and Donegal. It is 15 miles long, 1 mile wide at its entrance, and 10 miles broad along its south side; but part is dry at low-water, and its west side alone is navigable. Vessels of 600 tons ascend the lough, and, as far as Derry, the Foyle river, which, formed by the confluence of the Finn and the Mourne, has a north-north-easterly course of 72 miles.
Foyle, LOUGH
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 766
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