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Angling

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Angling

If you want to try your hand at angling there is a rich and varied choice on Ireland’s 1,000km of inland waterways.  Game and coarse anglers come here in droves, particularly as there is no closed season for coarse or pike fishing.  All year round you can enjoy some of Ireland’s best stocked waters.

Game fishing has become increasingly popular as the Lower Bann is arguably home to some of the best sites for salmon and trout angling in Ireland.

Brown trout, perch, tench, and bream are just a few of the species to be found, and several areas are renowned for their stocks.

With multiple free access points for launching boats and an angling competition on nearly every week of the year, angling in Ireland is one of the most practised sports and recreational activity on the island.

Specially designed fishing stands offering access to anglers with wheelchairs have been installed at a number of locations along the Grand Canal and Barrow Navigtion.

Waterways Ireland promotes a catch and release policy.

Inland Fisheries Ireland are contracted by Waterways Ireland to manage the fisheries development, weed management and water quality on the Royal Canal, Grand Canal, Barrow Navigation and part of the Shannon-Erne Waterway
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Further information on permits and licences for both coarse and game fishing, can be found by contacting the following:
Erne System
Lower Bann
The Honourable the Irish Society www.honourableirishsociety.org.uk
Shannon-Erne Waterway, Shannon Navigation, Royal Canal, Grand Canal and the Barrow Navigation
Inland Fisheries Ireland www.fishinginireland.info

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Barrow Navigation

​​​​​Winding its way through peaceful woods, fertile valleys and picturesque villages the Barrow is fully navigable for 68km from Athy to St. Mullins. A significant canalised waterway right up to the 1950’s the Barrow’s industrial past saw commercial barges carrying consignments of barley to the Guinness Brewery in Dublin and later, supplying beet to Ireland’s first sugar factory at Carlow.

Erne System

​The Erne System has its share of dramatic landscapes and historical treasures; the monastic round tower at Devenish Island rising up from the Lough, the ruined remains of Tully Castle, the picture postcard image of Enniskillen’s medieval castle on the edge of its island banks and the National Trust’s Castle Coole and Crom Estate all compete for your attention.

Grand Canal

​Built amid the 18th-century canal fever that swept across Ireland, the 144km Grand Canal stretches across the country from Dublin to the Shannon.

Lower Bann Navigation

​The Lower Bann is navigable from Lough Neagh to the sea at the Barmouth between Castlerock and Portstewart Strand.

Royal Canal

​The Royal Canal, on its 146km journey from the River Liffey in Dublin to the Shannon, passes 46 working locks, 10 of them double-chambered.

Shannon Erne Waterway

​Running between Leitrim Village and just north of Belturbet, the Shannon-Erne Waterway links the two great waterways on the island, the Erne System and the Shannon Navigation.

Shannon Navigation

​The Shannon is a treasure waiting to be discovered. The longest river in Ireland, the River Shannon and its lakes are a bustling, colourful navigation.​

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