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The view from the top of the Magho cliffs down over wooded slopes to Lower Lough Erne
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Viewpoint

Lough Navar Forest and the Magho viewpoint

Derrygonnelly, County Fermanagh

A forest drive climbs through the trees to the Magho viewpoint on top of the cliffs, looking down on Lower Lough Erne and its islands.

Where
Derrygonnelly, County Fermanagh
Official site
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