Lough Finn

Lough Finn
Loch Finne (Irish)
Location in Ireland
Location	County Donegal, Ireland
Coordinates	54.864°N 8.131°W / 54.864; -8.131
Catchment area	10.61 km^2 (4.1 sq mi)
Basin countries	Ireland
Max. length	approx. 5 km (3.1 mi)
Max. width	approx. 0.5 km (0.3 mi)
Surface area	1.15 km^2 (0.44 sq mi)
Surface elevation	132 m (433 ft)
Settlements	Fintown
References	[1]

Lough Finn (Irish: Loch Finne)[2] is a freshwater lough (lake) in County Donegal, Ireland. The lough, along with its neighbouring village of Fintown, was named after a mythological woman, Finngeal, who drowned in the lake after attempting to save her wounded brother Feargamhain.[3] The water from Lough Finn outflows into the River Finn.

Gallery

• 
  The lough, as seen from the nearby heritage railway.
• 
  Looking down on the SW end of Lough Finn.
• 
  Fintown Railway on trackbed of CDR County Donegal Railways Joint Committee, next to Lough Finn with a train in the platform at Fintown station.

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CDRJC to Stranorlar Fintown Lough Finn Shallogan's Halt Glenties

See also

• List of loughs in Ireland

References

1. "A Reference Based Typology and Ecological Assessment System for Irish Lakes" (PDF). Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland). 2006. p. 11. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
2. "Loch Finne/Lough Finn". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
3. "Dún na nGall.com & Donegal County.com - Fintown - Baile na Finne". Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2013. County Donegal on the Net