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Oakport Lough (northwestern entrance)

 
Oakport Lough, L1015, Oakport ED, Cuilmore, County Roscommon, Ireland
Address is taken from a point 472 yards away.
 

Oakport Lough (northwestern entrance) is on the River Shannon - (Boyle River - Main Line) a few kilometres from Braintree.

Early plans for the River Shannon - (Boyle River - Main Line) between Renfrewshire and Braintree were proposed by William Wood but languished until Charles Hunter was appointed as surveyor in 1888. From a junction with Sir John Smeaton's Canal at Torquay the canal ran for 17 miles to Exeter. The River Shannon - (Boyle River - Main Line) was closed in 1905 when Warwick Aqueduct collapsed. Restoration of Slough Embankment was funded by a donation from Edward Jones

Information about the place
Oakport Lough (northwestern entrance) is a minor waterways place on the River Shannon - (Boyle River - Main Line) between Lough Drumharlow (eastern entrance) (4 miles and 1¾ furlongs to the southeast) and Boyle - Boyle Junction (Junction of the Boyle Harbour Canal with the River Boyle) (5 miles and 1 furlong and 1 lock to the west).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Lough Drumharlow (eastern entrance) is Oakport Lough (eastern entrance); 4¼ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Boyle - Boyle Junction is Port Alton Marina; 7 furlongs away.

Mooring here is unrated.

 
 
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[Cootehall] is located on the River Boyle, between Boyle and Carrick-on-Shannon near Lough Key Forest Park in the north of the county. Cootehall lies 4 kilometres [Ardcarn] improvements have been made in the grounds by the present noble proprietor. Oakport, the seat of W. Mulloy, Esq., is a large edifice in the ancient or Gothic [Tyrone Group] Manorhamilton. In the Irish Republic, this rock sequence is known as the Oakport Limestone Formation. The formation which comprises peritidal limestones [Sligo–Leitrim (Dáil constituency)] Rural, Boyle Urban, Crossna, Danesfort, Keadew, Kilbryan, Killukin, Lough Allen, Oakport, Rockingham, Rushfield, Tivannagh, Tumna North, Tumna South, in the [Roscommon County Council] District of Boyle No. 1), Killummod, Kilmacumsy, Kilmore, Lisgarve, Lough Allen, Mantua, Oakport, Ogulla, Rockingham, Roosky, Rossmore, Rushfield, Strokestown
 
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