{{Short description|Lake in County Donegal, Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Use Irish English|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox lake | name = Lough Finn | native_name ={{native name|ga|Loch Finne}} | image = Lough Finn.jpg | caption = | image_bathymetry = | pushpin_map = Island of Ireland | pushpin_label_position = none | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland | caption_bathymetry = | location = County Donegal, Ireland | coords = {{coord|54.864|N|8.131|W|region:IE_type:waterbody_scale:20000|display=inline,title}} | type = | inflow = | outflow = | catchment = {{convert|10.61|km2|1|abbr=on}} | basin_countries = Ireland | length = approx. {{convert|5|km|mi|abbr=on}} | width = approx. {{convert|0.5|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} | area = {{convert|1.15|km2|abbr=on}} | depth = | max-depth = | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = {{convert|132|m|abbr=on}} | islands = | cities = Fintown | reference = <ref name=EPA>{{cite web | url = http://www.epa.ie/pubs/reports/research/water/Final%20Report%20(2000-FS1-M1).pdf | title = A Reference Based Typology and Ecological Assessment System for Irish Lakes | date = 2006 | pages = 11 | publisher = Environmental Protection Agency (Ireland) | access-date = 6 October 2022}}</ref> }} '''Lough Finn''' ({{Irish place name|Loch Finne}})<ref name=logainm>{{cite web | url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/111245 | title = Loch Finne/Lough Finn | work = Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie) | publisher = Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University | accessdate = 11 February 2020}}</ref> is a freshwater lough (lake) in County Donegal, Ireland. The lough, along with its neighbouring village of Fintown, was named after a mythological woman, Finngeal, who drowned in the lake after attempting to save her wounded brother Feargamhain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dun-na-ngall.com/fintown.html |title=Dún na nGall.com & Donegal County.com - Fintown - Baile na Finne |accessdate=2013-03-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728111120/http://www.dun-na-ngall.com/fintown.html |archivedate=2012-07-28 }} County Donegal on the Net</ref> The water from Lough Finn outflows into the River Finn.
==Gallery== <gallery> Image:Lough Finn from the railway.jpg|The lough, as seen from the nearby heritage railway. Image:Lough Finn SW.jpg|Looking down on the SW end of Lough Finn. Image:Fintown Railway on trackbed of CDR County Donegal Railway (5950840669).jpg|Fintown Railway on trackbed of CDR County Donegal Railways Joint Committee, next to Lough Finn with a train in the platform at Fintown station. </gallery>
{{Fintown-Glenties railway line}}
==See also== *List of loughs in Ireland
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Finn}} Category:Lakes of County Donegal Category:Gaeltacht places in County Donegal