Lough Corrib Attractions

Lough Corrib, north of Galway Bay in the west of Ireland, is nearly 30mi/45km long but at some points no more than a few hundred yards wide. The lough is dotted with numerous islands - said to number 365 in all. They can be best seen from a viewpoint on high ground.

The scenery of Lough Corrib is of striking beauty. Round the green shores of the lough, with their clumps of trees and expanses of pastureland, are countless little bays, promontories and peninsulas, reaching out to the tiny islets which form a kind of continuation of the land.

To the east of Lough Corrib is low-lying country, to the west are hills, and on the horizon to the north are the mountains of Connemara. The lough is linked with Lough Mask, to the north, by underground streams; and from its southern end flows the River Corrib, reaching the sea after a very short course. In summer excursion boats ply from Galway in the south to Cong in the north.