List of loughs of Ireland

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, there are an estimated 12,000 lakes in the Republic of Ireland, covering an area of more than 1,200 square kilometres.

The list below contains only those loughs that are of geographic, geological, or historical importance and almost all of them are over a square kilometre in area.

Those partly or wholly within Northern Ireland are marked with an asterisk (*).

Most of the Republic of Ireland lake areas are taken from the Environmental Protection Agency's A Reference based Typology and Ecological Assessment System for Irish Lakes (pp.

10–13)[20] An example of a brackish lagoon is Lady's Island Lake, County Wexford

Lough Bunny in The Burren
Fishing boats on Inchiquin, Lough Corrib .
Lough Cullin , County Mayo under Nephin
Lough Dan
Donegal's Lough Derg and Station Island
Lough Derravaragh and Knockeyon
Derryclare Lough
Mayo's Doo Lough and Delphi Pass
Glanmore Lake
Glenbeg Lough
Glencar Lough and Benbulbin
Lough Gur
Lough Inagh and the Twelve Bens
Lough Key and Castle Island
Kylemore Lough and Diamond Hill
Lough Lene and Turgesius Island
Lower Lough MacNean and Inishee Island
Maumeen Lough and the Twelve Bens
Lough Tay and the Wicklow Mountains
Lough Veagh in the Glenveagh Valley
Lough Oughter at Killykeen