Lough Key Boats & Tours, Lough Key, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
Lough Key is a family business. My name is Catriona Walsh I have created this video for my Mum and Dad and all their friends. We love Lough Key and respect the lake. It is without doubt a home from home for me and my family having grown up on the lake.
Lough Key - Boyle - Roscommon - Ireland
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Lough Key (Irish: Loch Cé) is a lake in Ireland. It is in the northwest of County Roscommon, northeast of the town of Boyle. The lough's is believed to be named after a mythical figure named Cé.
The name Lough Key comes from the Irish Loch Cé. In Irish mythology, Cé was the druid of the god Nuada. He was wounded in the Second Battle of Mag Tuired and fled southward until he came to Carn Corrslebe, where he rested. He saw ahead of him a beautiful plain full of flowers. He sought to reach it, and when he did, he died. When his grave was dug there, a lake burst out of it, and flooded the whole plain. It was thus named Loch Cé after him.
The lake is in the northern part of the River Shannon drainage basin, and is fed by the Boyle River which flows from Lough Gara, through the town of Boyle, into Lough Key. From there it flows eastwards until it reaches the River Shannon just above Carrick-on-Shannon. Its area is 843.7 hectares (2,085 acres) and its average depth is 5.1 metres (17 ft). One can see a view of the lake from the N4 road as it ascends the Curlew Mountains after bypassing Boyle. The view is enhanced by a modern steel sculpture of an Irish chieftain mounted on horseback (see photograph).
The area around Lough Key and the nearby town of Boyle, in County Roscommon, have been inhabited for thousands of years.
The lake is several kilometres across and contains over thirty wooded islands including Castle Island, Trinity Island, Orchard Island, Stag Island, Bullock Island, and Drumman's Island. Castle Island has had a number of structures built on it over the centuries. The earliest record dates to 1184, in the Annals of Loch Cé, where a lighting strike is reported to have started a fire in The Rock of Loch-Cé, a very magnificent, kingly residence. Currently a folly castle built in the early 19th century by the King family stands on the island. Trinity and Church Islands each have the ruins of medieval priories standing on them. [ Archaeology digs from c.2005-2012 found that the 'folly' seems in fact to be a remnant of several previous historic structures.
The King family acquired the land around Lough Key in the 17th century Cromwellian Settlement, renaming the area from Moylurg to Rockingham. In 1809, Rockingham House – a mansion designed by English architect John Nash[5] – was built. The house remained the seat of the Stafford-King-Harman family until it was badly damaged in a fire in 1957. It was subsequently demolished in 1970, despite earlier pledges by the Irish government to restore this historically important building.
Immediately to the south of the lough is Lough Key Forest Park, a popular destination for recreational walkers. The park, opened in 1972,[7] covers 865 acres (350 ha) formerly part of the Rockingham estate. The Moylurg Tower, standing on the site of the old Rockingham house, now stands overlooking the lake to the north and lawns to the south. There are many amenities in the park including boat tours, boats for hire, water activities, camping and caravan park, an outdoor playground and shop. A 2007 development[8] added a number of new attractions including a forest canopy walkway and children's play areas, to cater to the 21st century visitor.[9]
Sir Cecil Stafford-King-Harman (1895–1987), second (and last) Baronet of Rockinghamensured that the land went back to the people of Ireland through the Irish Land Commission, who subdivided the pasture land into several farms of approximately 50 acres (20 ha) and granted these to local people. An extensive area around the then-derelict Rockingham house became the Forest Park and this was looked after by the Department of Forestry. It is currently in the care of Coillte, a semi-state body. The park contains the remains of five ring forts, giving evidence of the long habitation of this region.
The area surrounding the lake is significant in medieval Irish literature and legend. Starting around 1000 AD, the Annals of Boyle were compiled on Trinity Island, and from 1253 to 1590 the Annals of Lough Key continued from where the Boyle annals ended. Lough Key was also the site for the legend of Una Bháin. Famed harpist Turlough O'Carolan is buried at Kilronan, three miles (5 km) to the north of the lake.
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Ireland - October 2015
DISCOVERING BOYLE, IRELAND
Time lapses from various locations in Boyle town and the surrounding area including Lough Key forest park and the lake itself.
Video made and edited by Gvido Roze
Music used in the video is Paradise by Amasi.
Carrick on Shannon to Lough key forest park, one of the best cruises on the Shannon. Episode #3
The trip up the river Shannon to Lough Key takes us along the Boyle river, one of the tributaries of the river Shannon.
We cruise through the lake passing Castle Island on the way and we tie up at the public moorings at Lough key Forrest Park.
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'As we go' by the 1263rs
'The Place Inside' by Silent Partner
'Walk with me' by Silent Partner
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Hot air balloon flight over Lough Key, Boyle, Ireland, Saturday May 25, 2013
Flying over Lough Key as part of Balloons over Boyle 2013.
Seventy minutes of flight squeezed in to three minutes!
lough key forest
lough key forest and activity centre boyle co. roscommon
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Lough Key Self Catering Boyle Roscommon Ireland
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The B B Getting Closer To Ireland - Lough Key House.flv
A peep into Lough Key House.Making Brown Soda Bread
Castle Island, Lough Key
castle island, lough key co. roscommon - the jewel of lough key. A huge thanks to Peter and Oliver of loughkeyboats.com for taking the time to speak to me and give me a personal tour of both this and trinity island
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Lough Key Marina, Boyle, Co Roscommon
Lough Key Marina is situated on Lough Key and beside Lough Key Forest Park and Adventure Centre, Boyle, Co Roscommon
2017 Shannon Expedition 23 Castle Island, Lough Key
A short paddle out to Castle Island on Lough Key, with a surprising history lesson.
Time to chill....@ Lough Key
lough key to drumsna
barge trip - lough key to drumsna - may 2007
Lough Key Forest Park, Boyle Co Roscommon, by Mai Hernon
This is a short video of Lough Key, Forest Park, near Boyle Co Roscommon. Here we can see McDermotts Castle and all the beautiful Islands on the lake. Perfect place to visit with Secret Ireland Tours.
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Timelapse balloon flight from Lough Key, Ireland Saturday 25 May 2013
Time-lapse flight from Lough Key as part of Balloons over Boyle 2013. Seventy minutes of flight in one minute!
From Lough Key we cruise to Battlebridge in Leitrim. Episode #5
After visiting Lough Key Forest park in episode #4 now we cruse about the lake before going through Clarendon Lock and then follow the Boyle river to its junction with the river Shannon. We pull into Leitrim village and tie up on the floating jetty to use the service block. After visiting Leitrim we cast off and head up river to Battlebridge.
Check out our new shop at driftwood.tv/shop where you get your hands on our book 'Driftwood from the Shannon to the Marne' the humorous account of our first ever venture into the sea, and on to the French inland waterways.
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Feelin Good by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (
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I Found an Answer by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (
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'As we go' by the 1263rs
'The Place Inside' by Silent Partner
'Walk with me' by Silent Partner
NB The above music is included in various videos on this channel.
Easter pike fishing competition lough key ireland
Missing the big one ????
lough key to carrick
lough key to carrick on papillon
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Lough Key
Stop Motion animation of Lough Key, County Roscommon, Ireland
Irelands Toughest Muckers - Dreaded Tower
Some of the challenges Muckers will face during the west of Irelands premier 10k obstacle challenge. Lough Key Forest Park. July 19th 2014. Irelands Toughest Muckers.
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