Lough Ennell

Lough Ennell is a lake close to the town of Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland. It is situated beside the N52 avenue, off the Mullingar/Kilbeggan street. It is approximately four.Five mi lengthy through 2 mi extensive, with an area of approximately 3,540 acres. It has a big region of shallow water with nearly -thirds of its place being less than 25 toes and almost half of of it being beneath 10 feet deep. Lough Ennell produced Ireland's biggest ever lake brown trout at 26 lbs. Lough Ennell is dotted with islands, a lot of which have now turn out to be attached to the shoreline as the stages of the lake have modified.

The essential river flowing into Lough Ennell is the River Brosna, which enters at the Mullingar aspect of the lake and exits on the other facet at Lilliput. Lilliput and Lilliput House had been often utilized by Jonathan Swift as a vacation domestic and vicinity to jot down, neighborhood subculture states that Jonathan Swift became in a boat on the lake when he appeared returned at Lilliput and observed how small the human beings checked out that distance, therefore the muse for his maximum famous e book Gulliver's Travels.