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1842 Bartlett print PONTOON BRIDGE, LOUGH CONN, COUNTY MAYO, IRELAND (#84)

Nice print titled Pontoon Bridge (Lough Conn), from steel engraving with fine detail and clear impression. Overall size is 27 x 21 cm, image size is 18 x 12 cm. Print was published in: The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland. Illustrated in one hundred and twenty engravings, from drawings by W.H. Bartlett, London, James S. Virtue, 1840-1842.

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Lough Conn

Lough Conn (Irish: Loch Con) is a lake in County Mayo, Ireland  and covers about 14,000 acres (57 km²). With its immediate neighbour to the  south, Lough Cullin, it is connected to the Atlantic by the River Moy. Lough  Conn is noted for its trout and salmon fishing.

The ruins of a priory exist at Errew Abbey.