There is a saying, that when one is on a boat on Lough Foyle, one is at the only place in the world where north is south, and south is north. (The Republic of Ireland, even Donegal, is referred to as "The South" in Northern Ireland, while "The North" is a common term for Northern Ireland).
LoughFoyle (Loch Feabhail in Irish) is the name given to the estuary of the River Foyle.
There is a saying, that when one is on a boat on LoughFoyle, one is at the only place in the world where north is south, and south is north.
The Broharris Canal was constructed in the 1820s when a cut, some 2 miles long on the south shore of LoughFoyle near Ballykelly was made in the direction of Limavady.
bounded on the south and south-west by the county of Tyrone; on the west by that of Donegal; on the north west by LoughFoyle; on the north, by the Atlantic Ocean; and on the east, by the county of Antrim.
LoughFoyle is a large gulf, which, communicating with the Atlantic by a very narrow mouth, opens into a fine expanse, extending 15 miles into the country to the city of Londonderry, and being 7 miles across where broadest.
In the maritime districts, and from six to ten miles inland, a favourite manure is sea-shells brought by boats from islands in LoughFoyle: the shells are chiefly oyster, muscle, and cockle; from 30 to 60 barrls are spread on an acre.
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