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Derg, Lough.-- expansion of the river Shannon, between co. Tipperary and cos. Clare and Galway; 24 miles long, with average breadth of 2 miles; greatest depth, 80 ft.; average depth, 30 ft.; is navigable by the river steamers plying between Killaloe and Portumna.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "expansion of the river" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers") |
| Administrative units: | Clare County Galway County Tipperary County |
| Place names: | DERG | DERG LOUGH | LOUGH DERG |
| Place: | Lough Derg |
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