19/07/2026
🚫🚫Attention🚫🚫
Recreation users of Lough Boora Discovery Park.
Please note swimming or bathing or any other water activities are not permitted in Finnamore or any of Lough Boora’s lakes.
While the open water may look very inviting over this fine spell of weather.
These lakes are extremely dangerous and not suitable for swimming.
The water is stained dark brown or black by dissolved organic carbon and peat sediments. This completely hides underwater hazards like sharp tree roots, submerged logs, and sudden, extreme drop-offs.Floating Bogs & Vegetation Mats:
Suction Effect: The bottom of a bog lake consists of deep, soft, decaying plant material. Standing up can cause you to sink rapidly into the silt, acting like quicksand and pinning your legs.
Water Temperature & Health Risks .
Extreme Cold Shock: Peat water absorbs heat poorly. While the top few inches might feel warm, the water deeper down remains intensely cold, triggering sudden cold shock, muscle failure, and hypothermia.
Entanglement: Thick underwater reeds and sub-surface bog plants easily tangle around a swimmer's legs, increasing panicking and drowning risks.
Waterborne Irritants: Stagnant or low-lying bog pools can harbor parasites that cause swimmer’s itch (cercarial dermatitis) or harmful blue-green algae blooms during warm weather.
Under currents and spings are a major factor that will cause difficulties.
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