192 THE BOOK OF DUCK DECOYS. 



Neagh (on the eastern side), still bear the name of Coy Meadows, from the 

 circumstance that there was a Decoy there at a very distant period." 

 Lough Beg, this writer adds, was, in 185 1, "one of the finest haunts for 

 wildfowl in the north of Ireland, Wild Ducks and Wigeon in particular are 

 so numerous, and in such dense flocks as sometimes in calm weather, when 

 most conspicuous on the smooth surface of the water, to appear like floating 

 Islands." 



Lough Beg is at the extreme northern corner of Lough Neagh, and is 

 14 miles NW. of the town of Antrim. 



County Galway. 

 Decoys in use. Decoys not in use. 



None. 



Eyre Court. 

 Clonfert. 



Eyre Court, 7 miles W. of Banagher and 12 miles N. of the shores 

 of Lough Derg at Portumna. A small Decoy existed here till about i860, 

 but Mr. Eyre informs me that it is now numbered with things of the 

 past. Thompson, writing of this Decoy in 1851, says : "40 to 50 Teal are 

 often taken here in a day when the wind is favourable." 



Clonfert, 2 miles S. of Shannon Bridge, where the Rivers Suck and 

 Shannon unite. I have no notes of this Decoy. It was discontinued 

 about 1820, for Thompson writes in 185 1 : " In the County Galway there was 

 an extensive Decoy at Clonfert, but it was given up about 30 years ago." 



County Kildare. 

 Decoys in use. Decoys not in use. 



None. 



Ballynakill. 

 Lyons. 



Ballynakill. — Several sporting writers merely allude to a Decoy 

 as having formerly existed here, but I am unable to obtain any reliable 

 particulars of it. 



