Killadeas

Killadeas and Rossfad, where I was born and raised, are on the middle section of Lower Lough Erne. It is here that the lake opens out into the so-called Broad Lough, the wide, open section stretching 17 km from Muckross to Belleek. The lough at Killadeas, though, is fairly compact, relatively unexposed and (call me biased!) unbelievably beautiful with its densely wooded islands and shorelines.

During World War 2, Gublusk Bay was an RAF base for Sunderland and Catalina flying boats, one of which - on one of its regular reconnaissance runs into the North Atlantic - sighted the famous German warship Bismark which was then sunk, thus removing a key threat to the shipping lifeline across the Atlantic. The site is now the home of the Lough Erne Yacht Club. (There's a standing joke among locals that tourists who see the "LEYC" roadsign on the main Enniskillen to Kesh road think that's how we spell "lake" in Fermanagh!).

Rossahilly, on the Eastern shoreline one mile north of Devenish Island
Southerly view from the tip of Little Paris Island, showing Long Island (private) with its timber dwelling, Strahenny House (centre) and Rossahilly (right)
An evening view of Ardy Beg, a.k.a. Strahenny Point, looking north from Rossahilly.
Inishfree, a private island, nestles just off Gublusk Point near the Lough Erne Yacht Club, Ireland's oldest.
Inish Doney, a pretty island, but please note this is private property!
Inish Davar, a Forestry Commission island in Rossigh Bay (2 miles north of Killadeas), is a beautiful, quiet and usually sheltered spot to moor up.

North of Rossigh Bay, the lough opens up into the "Broad Lough", here looking north-west towards Donegal. The cliffs of Magho can be seen on the left.

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Rossahilly, on the Eastern shoreline one mile north of Devenish Island	Southerly view from the tip of Little Paris Island, showing Long Island (private) with its timber dwelling, Strahenny House (centre) and Rossahilly (right)	An evening view of Ardy Beg, a.k.a. Strahenny Point, looking north from Rossahilly.	Inishfree, a private island, nestles just off Gublusk Point near the Lough Erne Yacht Club, Ireland's oldest.	Inish Doney, a pretty island, but please note this is private property!	Inish Davar, a Forestry Commission island in Rossigh Bay (2 miles north of Killadeas), is a beautiful, quiet and usually sheltered spot to moor up.
North of Rossigh Bay, the lough opens up into the "Broad Lough", here looking north-west towards Donegal. The cliffs of Magho can be seen on the left.