Dergie Says Welcome
Hi, my name is Dergie and im here to help you so that you have a super holiday on Lough Derg, in Ireland's Shannon Region. On many sections throughout this website, you will find Dergie's ideas, suggestions and recommendations. Keep an eye out for them. Dergie
Dergie Says Welcome
Welcome to the Eastern Part of Lough Derg. I'm Dergie and i'm here to help you have a super holiday on Lough Derg, in Ireland's Shannon Region. In this section, I have listed visitor information for the Eastern part of Lough Derg together with ideas, suggestions and recommendations. Keep an eye out for them.
Regards Dergie
Mapping
Welcome to the Lough Derg Map Section. This map section will provide you with detailed tourism information relevent to the Eastern part of Lough Derg. Please click on the map for specific mapping data and tourism information. Have a great holiday!
Did you Know?
• Lough Derg Yacht Club, which has its base in Dromineer, Co. Tipperary, is the third oldest yacht club in the world. It was founded in 1835.
• The famous slate quarries in the Arra Mountains at Portroe employed 800 people at their peak prior to the Great Famine of the 1840s.
• Puckaun, Co. Tipperary was one of the first villages to become home to the ‘Rent-an-Irish Cottage’ holiday scheme, with traditional half-doors and thatched roofs, in the Shannon Region in the 1970s (think it was probably early 70s?)
• The village letterbox in Garrykennedy illustrates the transition to Irish independence in 1922 … [how??? Not clear from Shannon Region website or otherwise)
Check out more interesting facts on the Lough Derg area at Key Facts on Lough Derg
