Portmore Lough
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The lough is near the site of the former Portmore Castle, erected in 1664 and removed in 1761.[3] It is also the presumed location of the Portmore Ornament Tree whose demise in a windstorm of 1760 is lamented in the Irish folk song, Bonny Portmore.[4]
Portmore Lough has the alternative name Lough Beg[4] (Loch Bheag, or "small lake"), not to be confused with the Lough Beg on the Lower Bann.
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- ↑ Oxford Island
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- ↑ Castles of Ireland – County Antrim
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