Lough Gara

Time Lapse View of Weather over Lough Gara Monasteraden Co Sligo Ireland

Time Lapse View of Weather over Lough Gara Monasteraden Co Sligo Ireland 2nd April 2011

Time Lapse Lough Gara County Sligo Ireland

Time Lapse Lough Gara County Sligo Ireland

Sligo town to Grange village Ireland

coach bus, from Sligo town to Grange village Co Sligo Ireland.

Moon over Lough Gara Monasteraden Co Sligo Ireland April 18th 2011

Moon over Lough Gara Monasteraden Co Sligo Ireland April 18th 2011

Images of Lough Gara

Lough Gara lies between the towns of Ballaghaderreen and Boyle, is mainly in Co. Sligo but partly in Co. Roscommon. This slideshow was compiled from photos I took recently at the Clooncunny Shore of Lough Gara.

Moon over Lough Gara Monasteraden Co Sligo Ireland April 17th 2011

Moon over Lough Gara Monasteraden Co Sligo Ireland April 17th 2011

Red moon over Lough Gara Monasteraden Co Sligo Ireland 18th May 2011

Red Moon over Lough Gara Monasteraden Co Sligo Ireland 18th May 2011

Moon Tonight Over Lough Gara Co Sligo Ireland

Moon Tonight Over Lough Gara Co Sligo Ireland

Moon over Lough Gara Monasteraden Co Sligo Ireland April 15th 2011

Moon over Lough Gara Monasteraden Co Sligo Ireland April 15th 2011

Flight over Lough Arrow, Co. Sligo, Ireland (Unedited footage)

UAV: DJI S900 Spreading Wings, Wookong-M Flight Controller, Lightbridge 1
Camera: Panasonic GH4, Olympus 12mm F/2

White-tailed Eagle 'Star' at Lough Gara, Co. Sligo.

White-tailed Eagle 'Star'.

Moygara Castle - County Sligo - Ireland

Lough Gara was first mentioned in 1285 and was referred to as ‘Loch Technet’ and was later renamed ‘Loch Uí Ghadhra’. The lake and the nearby Moygara is named after the O’Gara family who ruled the area around Lough Gara since 1285 AD. The O’Gara’s built three castles, the main one was at Moygara built on the NW corner of Lough Gara. It is located in Mullaghroe, Co. Sligo. Moygara castle was thought to have been a very impressive building built on the site of an earlier fortification. It is a very good example of a castellated building with many of its defensive features still evident. The oldest part of the castle is a ruined rectangular structure on the north side of the bawn wall, which may have been an earlier tower house. The gate tower was once two storeys but now lies in ruins. There are two keystones on the ground near the gate tower. These are now very weathered but one is depicted in a 1878 drawing by Wakeman, the drawing is of two figures with interwined limbs. It is thought the other is a single figure holding something in its arms. The castle was attacked in 1538 by O’Donnell and later by a band of mercenary Scots in 1581 when some of the buildings were burnt. There is a local story that a sycamore tree near the castle is of the same shoot on which O’Gara hanged miscreants! It is also said that the castle used to have golden gates which are now hidden in Lough Gara. Moygara dates to 1500 AD, it is still in a relatively good state of preservation and is well worth a visit. Lough Gara and its beautiful surroundings in north west Roscommon is a wealth of history just waiting to be explored.

White-tailed Eagle 'Star' at Lough Gara, Co. Sligo

Male 'Star' is one of the birds introduced to Ireland from Norway in around 2009. I think he's about 9 years old (someone correct me).

Monasteraden Lough Gara

Shroofe Monasteraden Lough Gara

Lough gara cottage

2 bed cottage for sale
Guide price €25000
Contact John Gill Auctioneer
086 6089591

Lough Gara

Lough Gara

Took a few photos with my phone camera in the Lough Gara/Monasteraden area recently and made a little video from them. Background music is from Matt Molloy (from Ballaghaderreen) and Donal Lunny playing The Bucks of Oranmore.

Village Drive Through

A drive through Monasteraden village

Lough Arrow County Sligo Ireland

Lough Arrow in County Sligo has a man made short cut reducing the travel time from a sheltered launching bay into the main lough. The bridge over the cut doesn't leave much head height space!

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Nearly a waterspout on Lough Gara , Monasteraden