Dergie Says Welcome
Welcome to the Northern 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 Northern 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 Northern part of Lough Derg. Please click on the map for specific mapping data and tourism information. Have a great holiday!
Did you know?
• Terryglass, the delightful village in North Tipperary, has twice won the National Tidy Towns Competition.
• When Portumna Castle on Lough Derg’s northern shores was built in 1616 by Richard Clanricarde, governor of Galway, he spent the then enormous sum of £10,000 on the semi-fortified house.
• The famous author, Anthony Trollope, had close associations with Banagher, Co. Offaly. He lived for a time and wrote his first two novels there.
• Blackwater Bog, through which the Clonmacnose and West Offaly rail tour goes, lay beneath a glacier 12,000 years ago.
• The tallest box hedges in the world are in Birr Castle Demesne in Co. Offay, where over 1,000 different species of trees and shrubs are scientifically numbered and catalogued.
• The famous monastic settlement at Clonmacnoise, Co. Offaly was destroyed by fire at least 13 times, and each time the monks rebuilt it!
