Dergie Says Welcome
Hi, my name's Dergie and i'm here to help you have a super holiday on Lough Derg, in Ireland's Shannon Region. This section has a listing of all of the wonderful harbours and villages around Lough Derg.
For each village or location you will find information, ideas & recommendations. Keep an eye out for them.
Regards, Dergie
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Welcome to the Lough Derg Map Section. This map section will provide you with detailed tourism information relevent to your location. Please click on the map for specific mapping data and tourism information. Thank You
Terryglass
This National Tidy Town Competition award-winning village in North Tipperary offers a splendid setting as a holiday base. Twice voted as Ireland’s tidiest village, Terryglass has many attractive features and facilities to make your stay enjoyable.
Two outstanding pub/restaurants, the Derg Inn and Paddy’s Saloon Bar, a church, school and community hall, a delightful Craft Shop located in the old Protestant Church and fine accommodation centres are among the amenities.
Just a short stroll away is a major marina on Lough Derg extended in recent years at the Quay, which is highly popular with those hiring cruisers, sailors, barge owners, water skiers and anglers. Good shore fishing can be had from the pier while, for the boat angler, there are especially good shoals of specimen rudd as well as bream, tench and pike in the bay.
Pleasure boat trips can also be taken from the harbour on the lake in the summer season. This area is one of special beauty which overlooks the lake between Terryglass and Portumna on the Galway side.
The pretty village has a long and distinguished history, with a monastery being founded there by St Columba in 549 A.D. The famous Book of Leinster was produced at the monastery about 1150 and can now be seen in Trinity College, Dublin. Keep an eye out for a remaining wall from this abbey, which can be seen at the back of Paddy’s Pub in the village.
Another feature to watch out is the Catholic Church opened in 1886, which was designed by Daniel O Cornell, a grandson of the famous Irish 19th century leader, “The Liberator” of the same name. The graveyard next to the church was donated on condition that the gravestones would be uniform in size so that rich or poor, would all be equal!
Each year, in late August, the village welcomes visitors from all over to the popular Terryglass Arts Festival.
