Lough Funshinagh
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Lough Funshinagh (Irish: Loch Fuinseann, meaning 'lake of the ash tree') is a lake and Special Area of Conservation (or SAC) in County Roscommon, Ireland, found to the west of Lough Ree. It has been called Ireland's amazing disappearing lake, due to the way it empties quickly - in as little as two days - and unpredictably, sometimes killing thousands of fish. Lough Funshinagh is one of a number of seasonal lakes, or turlough, found in the karst areas of Ireland, west of the River Shannon.
The qualifying interests by which it is protected as an SAC are the presence of two specific habitat types:
Rivers with muddy banks with Chenopodion rubri p.p. and Bidention p.p. vegetation.
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