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Rifle
06-05-2007, 07:40 PM
Experts (read; old Corkonians) say that the outer path of the Lough is 1 mile around.

My little legs have been barrelling around it and I don't reckon it's more than 1 of those kilometer yolks.

Can anyone say for sure?
CommanderCian
06-05-2007, 08:45 PM
I used to run around it the odd time, it definitely feels less then a mile anyway. Maybe its because all the swans were keeping me distracted and I did'nt notice the distance. I would seriously doubt its a mile around though.
Beaty
06-05-2007, 09:31 PM
Nah, tis never a mile.

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trasnanadtonnta
06-05-2007, 10:34 PM
It's about two thirds of a mile, I've heard, and that feels about right to me.
Rifle
07-05-2007, 08:17 PM
A council webpage (http://www.corkcorp.ie/news/archive/2004/lights_lough.shtml) declares the outer path to be exactly 1 mile, but I'm not willing to believe that off the cuff.

However, another far more reliable source (http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/flat/flat23.htm), also gives the circumference as 1 mile.

I'm going to have to get a pedometer for my next power-walk around to find out for sure.
Tube a Pringles
08-05-2007, 10:28 AM
It's only a mile if you go anti-clockwise.
Ciotóg
08-05-2007, 07:35 PM
1.1 km on the outer path.

With the wind behind you.
trasnanadtonnta
08-05-2007, 07:38 PM
Why is this thread in current affairs anyway?

Is it because the Lough is only three quarters of a mile if you run around it with the currents, but over a mile if you run around it against the currents?
Glimmerman
08-05-2007, 09:13 PM
Yeah, but how deep is the Lough? I heard a story that 'twas the site of an old castle where the king was holding a banquet for his daughter's wedding but she left the tap running and hence the Lough was created. Tis only a pisheog though.
Rifle
08-05-2007, 09:44 PM
Eh, I put it in here because the description mentioned infrastructure and I figured that was close enough...

Glimmerman, could this (http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/flat/flat23.htm) be the story you're referring to? It has the ring of truth to my ears...
mushypeas
10-05-2007, 09:18 PM
If you trace the outer lap of the lough with Google Earth it comes in at .68 of a mile. The inner ring is just under a kilometer.

5 laps of the lough will give you 3 and a half miles.

As a resident of the area, tis a great ol' spot to go for a jog. Ducks are funny :)
Rifle
13-05-2007, 12:25 AM
That Google Earth feature is dog handy. Good work, mushypeas - you should be a surveyor.
TonyCochrane
13-05-2007, 11:04 PM
Yeah, but how deep is the Lough? I heard a story that 'twas the site of an old castle where the king was holding a banquet for his daughter's wedding but she left the tap running and hence the Lough was created. Tis only a pisheog though.

It is not deep at all. I ended up in there one night after a few beers and I could stand all the way out to the island.