Lough Gill

Lough Gill
Loch Gile (Irish)
Lake and Innisfree
Location in Ireland
LocationCounty Sligo & County Leitrim, Ireland
Coordinates54°15′N 08°22′W / 54.250°N 8.367°W / 54.250; -8.367
Primary inflowsBonet River
Primary outflowsRiver Garavogue
Basin countriesIreland
Max. length8 km (5.0 mi)
Max. width2 km (1.2 mi)
Surface area12.8 km2 (4.9 sq mi)
Max. depth31 m (102 ft)
Surface elevation7 m (23 ft)
Islands~20, including Church Island
SettlementsSligo

Lough Gill (Irish: Loch Gile, meaning 'bright or white lake') is a freshwater lough (lake) mainly situated in County Sligo, but partly in County Leitrim, in Ireland. Lough Gill provides the setting for William Butler Yeats' poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree".