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| Lough Foyle | |
|---|---|
| Loch Feabhail (Irish) | |
 From south shore | |
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| Location | Republic of Ireland – United Kingdom border |
| Coordinates | 55°07′00″N 7°05′00″W / 55.116667°N 7.083333°W |
| River sources | River Foyle, River Roe, River Faughan |
| Ocean/sea sources | Atlantic Ocean, Irish Sea |
| Basin countries | Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland |
| Settlements | Ballykelly, Derry, Greencastle, Shrove, Magilligan, Moville, Muff |
| Designated | 2 February 1999 |
| Reference no. | 974[1] |
Lough Foyle, sometimes Loch Foyle[2][full citation needed] (Irish: Loch Feabhail, meaning 'Feabhal's loch'[3] or "loch of the lip"[4]), is the estuary of the River Foyle, on the north coast of Ireland. It lies between County Londonderry in Northern Ireland and County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. Sovereignty over the waters has been in dispute since the Partition of Ireland.
- ^ "Lough Foyle". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ See Google Books for published examples online.
- ^ Flanagan, Deirdre & Laurence; Irish Place Names, page 212. Gill & MacMillan, 2002. ISBN 0-7171-3396-6
- ^ "Place Names NI - Home". www.placenamesni.org. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2021.