Lough Erne

Northern Ireland

One of the most attractive inland tourist areas in Northern Ireland is the county of Fermanagh (county town Enniskillen), which includes the large recreational area around the two halves of Lough Erne, probably Ireland's most beautiful lough. It is about 50mi/80km long and at its point of greatest width measures some 6mi/10km. The northern half is known as "Lower", the southern as "Upper Lough Erne". The latter is a maze of narrow waterways, inlets and islands and gives the impression of a vast lakeland area, with new twists and turns at every point, rather than a single lake in the conventional sense.

Lough Erne is a bird-watcher's paradise, where grebes, gray herons and swans can be observed, as