Neagh, LOUGH

Neagh, LOUGH, the largest lake of the British Islands, is situated in the province of Ulster, Ireland, and is surrounded by the counties of Armagh, Tyrone, Londonderry, Antrim, and Down. It is 16 miles in length and 10 miles in average breadth, contains 98,255 acres, is 102 feet in greatest depth, and is 48 feet above sea-level. It receives the waters of numerous streams, of which the principal are the Upper Bann, the Blackwater, and the Callan; and its surplus waters are carried off northward to the North Channel by the Lower Bann. Communication by means of canals subsists between the Lough and Belfast, Newry, and the Tyrone coalfield. The southern shores of the Lough are low and marshy, and dreary in appearance. It is well stocked with fish—lake trout, char, and pullen.