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Lough Fee
Lough Fee () is a freshwater lake in the west of Ireland. It is located in the Connemara area of County Galway. Geography Lough Fee measures about long and wide. It is located about northeast of Clifden and just south of Killary Harbour. Hydrology The Tooreenacoona River enters Lough Fee at its southwestern shore. Lough Fee flows out to the northwest to Lough Muck, which in turn flows to the Atlantic Ocean via the Culfin River. Natural history Fish species in Lough Fee include Atlantic salmon, salmon and brown trout. Lough Fee is part of The Twelve Bens/Garraun (Galway), Garraun Complex List of Special Areas of Conservation in the Republic of Ireland#Galway, Special Area of Conservation. See also *List of loughs in Ireland References External links * {{Commons category-inline, Lough Fee Lakes of County Galway, Fee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Galway
"Righteousness and Justice" , anthem = () , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Galway.svg , map_caption = Location in Ireland , area_footnotes = , area_total_km2 = 6151 , area_rank = 2nd , seat_type = County town , seat = Galway , population_total = 276451 , population_density_km2 = auto , population_rank = 5th , population_as_of = 2022 , population_footnotes = , leader_title = Local authorities , leader_name = County Council and City Council , leader_title2 = Dáil constituency , leader_name2 = , leader_title3 = EP constituency , leader_name3 = Midlands–North-West , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = Connacht , subdivision ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twelve Bens
, photo=Boats and mountains, Roundstone (6047965086).jpg , photo_caption= View of the range from Roundstone village. , region = Connacht , region_type = Provinces of Ireland , translation = The peaks of Beola , language = Irish language , location = Connemara, County Galway, Ireland , border= , length_km= , length_orientation= , width_km= , width_orientation= , area_km2 = 161.3 , highest=Benbaun , elevation_m= 729 , elevation_ref = , coordinates = , range_coordinates = , geology=quartzites, grits, graphitic , period=Precambrian-Cambrian , map= Ireland , map_caption=Location of the Twelve Bens , topo = OSI ''Discovery'' 37, 44 , normal_route = ) * "Twelve Bens Challenge" The Twelve Bens or Twelve Pins, also called the Benna Beola (), is a mountain range of mostly sharp-peaked quartzite summits and ridges in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, in the west of Ireland. The widest definition of the range includes the Garraun Complex to the no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland)
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for protecting and improving the environment as a valuable asset for the people of Ireland. It operates independently under the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. History The EPA was founded in 1993, following the enactment of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992. In 2014, it merged with the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland, which was itself founded in 1992. The present-day EPA continues the activities of both groups. Organisation The EPA operates independently under the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. It is led by an advisory committee headed by a director general. The current director general, Laura Burke, was appointed in 2011. Offices There are five offices which answer to the advisory committee. * The Office of Environmental Enforcement is responsible for implementing and enforcing environmental legislation. * The Office of Environmental Sustainabi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin City University
Dublin City University (abbreviated as DCU) ( ga, Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a university based on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. Created as the ''National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin'' in 1975, it enrolled its first students in 1980, and was elevated to university status (along with the NIHE Limerick, now the University of Limerick) in September 1989 by statute. In September 2016, DCU completed the process of incorporating four other Dublin-based educational institutions: the Church of Ireland College of Education, All Hallows College, Mater Dei Institute of Education and St Patrick's College. As of 2020, the university has 17,400 students and over 80,000 alumni. In addition the university has around 1,200 online distance education students studying through DCU Connected. There were 1,690 staff in 2019. Notable members of the academic staff include former Taoiseach, John Bruton and "thinking" Guru Edward De Bono. Bruton accepted a position as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
