Lough Carra News

January 25th

A new article has been added to the New Literature Section and the Fish Section entitled Fishing for Pike published by the Angling Times in the 1960s.

January 19th

There is no longer a section dedicated to butterfliers, all information previously contained in the butterfly section can now be accessed in the Insect section.

January 3rd 2012

A new document has been added to the Historical Buildings section, it is entitled Moore Hall and was written by Lynda Huxley in January 2012.

December 31st 2011

The Woodlands section has been removed and all the Woodland documents are now included in the Habitats section.

A new photograph has been added to the Angling Photograph section showing Mr. Peter Roberts of Kilkeeran, Partry, with a 5lb Carra trout

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Lough Carra with rocks in foreground and trees in the background, blue sky and clouds which are reflected in the lake

Lough Carra

This website provides a wide variety of information on the ecology, biodiversity, conservation, history and archaeology of County Mayo's Lough Carra and its lakeshore habitats.There is a variety of topics available, ranging from non-technical information to copies of scientific publications, as well as images of the lake and its habitats and wildlife.

Lough Carra is the largest marl lake in Ireland and is part of the Great Western Lakes complex. It covers 1,560 hectares and is joined to Lough Mask by the Keel River. It has many islands and a ragged shoreline with a plethora of bays and promontories, all on a bedrock of limestone.

The information on this website has been collated from various sources and is provided in order to raise awareness and understanding of the value and importance of this beautiful lake, and to encourage enhanced protection of this valuable component of Ireland's heritage.

The website map gives a full list of all information included on the site, to access the information, select the title of interest.

Further information on these and other topics will be included as it becomes available.

Please contact us if you have anything that you think might be of interest.

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