freshwater
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...
Dromore Lough measures about long and wide. It is about north of
Ennis
Ennis () is the county town of County Clare, in the mid-west of Ireland. The town lies on the River Fergus, north of where the river widens and enters the Shannon Estuary. Ennis is the largest town in County Clare, with a population of 25,27 ...
near the village of Ruan. Dromore Castle lies on the lake's northeastern shore. The lake is located in the townland of Dromore.
rudd
''Scardinius'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae commonly called rudds. Locally, the name "rudd" without any further qualifiers is also used for individual species, particularly the common rudd (''S. erythrophthalmus''). Th ...
,
pike
Pike, Pikes or The Pike may refer to:
Fish
* Blue pike or blue walleye, an extinct color morph of the yellow walleye ''Sander vitreus''
* Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes
* ''Esox'', genus of ...
and the critically endangered
European eel
The European eel (''Anguilla anguilla'') is a species of eel, a snake-like, catadromous fish. They are normally around and rarely reach more than , but can reach a length of up to in exceptional cases.
Eels have been important sources of fo ...
gadwall
The gadwall (''Mareca strepera'') is a common and widespread dabbling duck in the family Anatidae.
Taxonomy
The gadwall was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. DNA studies have shown that ...
List of loughs in Ireland
This is an alphabetical list of loughs (lakes) on the island of Ireland. It also shows a table of the largest loughs. The word ''lough'' is pronounced like ''loch'' () and comes from the Irish ''loch'', meaning ''lake''.
According to the Environm ...
References
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{{cite web , url = http://www.logainm.ie/en/1399925 , title = Loch Dhrom Mór/Dromore Lough , work = Placenames Database of Ireland , publisher = Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University , accessdate = 10 Jan 2016
{{Google maps , url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dromore+Lake,+Co.+Clare,+Ireland/@52.9197061,-8.9818112,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x485b72e23960c925:0xcc165f6f78b5581?hl=en , title = Dromore Lake , accessdate = 10 Jan 2016
{{cite web , url = http://wfdfish.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Dromore_report_2012.pdf , title = Water Framework Directive Fish Stock Survey of Dromore Lough , publisher = Inland Fisheries Ireland , date = Sep 2012 , accessdate = 10 Jan 2016
{{cite web , url = http://www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/protected-sites/synopsis/SY000032.pdf , title = Dromore Woods and Loughs SAC , publisher = National Parks and Wildlife Service (Ireland) , accessdate = 10 Jan 2016
Dromore