Lough Beg (from Irish: Loch Beag meaning "little lake"[1]) is a small freshwater lake north of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland. The lake is located on the border between County Londonderry and County Antrim.
Church Island on the lake was the site of a pre-Viking monastery, during the summer it is normally reachable by foot. Due to the area's many rare plants and a stopping point for migrating birds the area was protected by the Lough Beg National Nature Reserve.
The Great Oak of Portmore stood on the property of Portmore Castle on the shore of Lough Beg. Bonny Portmore is a public domain traditional Celtic folk song, which details the centuries of Ireland's old oak forests being leveled for military and shipbuilding purposes. Specifically The Great Oak of Portmore.
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- ^ Toner, Gregory: Place-Names of Northern Ireland, Volume Five, County Derry I, The Moyola Valley, page 76. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University Belfast, 1996. ISBN 0-85389-613-5
