Lough Talt is situated in south Sligo

Sligo

Sligo is the county town of County Sligo in Ireland. The town is a borough and has a charter and a town mayor. It is sometimes referred to as a city, and sometimes as a town, and is the second largest urban area in Connacht...

 between the villages of Tubbercurry

Tubbercurry

Tubbercurry or Tobercurry is a town in County Sligo, Ireland. It lies at the foot of the Ox Mountains, on the N17 national primary road.Tubbercurry has a very active Tidy Towns Project which is setting out to transform the town's visual appearance...

, Aclare

Aclare

Aclare is a village in County Sligo, Ireland, and the main village in the parish of Kilmactigue. Formerly, the village of Aclare was not part of the same-named townland, but straddled the border of the adjacent townlands of Lislea and Carns, though later the borders of the townland were extended...

 and Bunnyconnellan.

The lake is a noted site of picture perfect sunsets on calm evenings, as the sun sinks over "The Gap". The Lake is a good source of trout averaging 250g. Arctic char

Arctic char

Arctic char or Arctic charr is both a freshwater and saltwater fish in the Salmonidae family, native to Arctic, sub-Arctic and alpine lakes and coastal waters. No other freshwater fish is found as far north. It is the only species of fish in Lake Hazen, on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic...

are also reported to be still present in the deeper waters of the lake.

Crayfish

Lough Talt has a notable population of fresh water crayfish, a species that is listed on Annex II of the E.U. Habitats Directive.

Zebra Mussels

The lake is free of this invasive species at present. Please observe all precautions to maintain this status.

Water Supply

Lough Talt is the source of domestic treated water for a large percentage of the population in South Sligo.