Picturesque Donegal: its mountains, rivers, and lakesBeing the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Company's illustrated guide to the sporting and touring grounds of the north of Ireland . tain (1,546 feet). The loughlies among the mountains about four miles north of Kilmacrenan;it is the highest spring-water lake in Co. Donegal, and is of greatdepth, 817 feet. The road to it is steep and rough, but it can bereached by car. When nearing the lake the tourist should look RIVER LENNON. 35 back at the magnificent panorama below. The whole valley ofthe Lennon lies at his feet, backed up by the mountai
Picturesque Donegal: its mountains, rivers, and lakesBeing the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Company's illustrated guide to the sporting and touring grounds of the north of Ireland . tain (1,546 feet). The loughlies among the mountains about four miles north of Kilmacrenan;it is the highest spring-water lake in Co. Donegal, and is of greatdepth, 817 feet. The road to it is steep and rough, but it can bereached by car. When nearing the lake the tourist should look RIVER LENNON. 35 back at the magnificent panorama below. The whole valley ofthe Lennon lies at his feet, backed up by the mountains in thedistance, and the view thus afforded of a typical Donegal country-side is a very fine one indeed. The lough remains hidden, evenwhen one is quite close to it; then a sharp turn to the left andit suddenly bursts into view, a weird, wild, lonely tarn, watchedover by the jagged peak of the mountain w^hich rises sheer fromits shore, and is clearly outlined against the sky. The anglermay as well be told that the lake teems with tiny troutlings, butnever a decent fish is taken from it. The road skirts the westernshore of the lough until the northern extremity is reached, when. LOUCH KEEL. it turns to the left and another beautiful panorama opens by, on the left, Loion Reelan nestles secure in an amphi-theatre of proud mountain peaks; at ones feet lie Lough little Lolcii Mhhnlaragh; in the near distance is thepicturesque Glen Lough studded with islands, and the LackaghRiver flowing from it into Sheephaven Bav, which is backed upin the distance by the heights of Horn Head. Towards thenorth-west arc Muckish and Krrigal ; beyond these the islands ofInishbofin, Inishdooey, and Inishbcg, with the castellated formof Tory Island in the far distance—set in the bright blueD 36- PICTURES OLE DONEGAL. bosom of the broad Atlantic. The angler will be interested tolearn that Greenan is a good brown-trout lough. At Kilmacrenan are the remains of an Abbey founded bySa
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