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County Monaghan

Gortnawinney Lake

Gortnawinney Lake is on the EPA's list of places people swim, though not one of the waters it tests in County Monaghan, 2.9 km north-east of Clones. The State does not test the water here, so there is no grade. The register records parking and a lifebuoy. It leaves 2 of the questions on this page unanswered, and those are shown as not recorded rather than as a no.

No
Blue Flag
No
lifeguard
2.9 km
from Clones
Water quality
Not monitored for a classification
Water testing
Not tested by the EPA on its list, but not sampled for a grade
Season restriction
Not recorded
Pollution after rain
Not recorded
Awards
None
County
County Monaghan
Managed by
Monaghan County Council
Nearest town
Clones, 2.9 km north-east of it, in a straight line
From that town
3.6 km by road, about 5 min drivingor 3.6 km on foot, about 44 minutes at 4.8 km/h
Lifeguard
No
Toilets
No
Parking
Limited
Access
No
Dogs
No
Cars on the beach
No
Public transport
No
Position
54.2025° N, 7.2136° W
Record changed
2025-03-31

No openly licensed photograph of Gortnawinney Lake was found on Wikimedia Commons. Rather than show a picture of somewhere else, this page shows none.

What the EPA says about it

narrow gravel access or off jetty

Where it is

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Destination, access and nearby stops

Gortnawinney Lake is in Clones, County Monaghan. Routes here end at the point the map records for this place. The entrance has not been verified, so the last few metres are for you to judge.

The nearest settlement is Clones, 2.9 km north-east of the beach. The register records parking here. Getting to the town is not getting to the beach, so the journey below is worked out to the beach itself and the last stretch on foot is measured rather than left out.
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No scheduled stop was found within 2.5 km of Gortnawinney Lake. On-demand services may not be included.

Getting to Clones covers the journeys into the town itself.

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Questions people ask

Is the water clean at Gortnawinney Lake?
Gortnawinney Lake is on the EPA's list but is not one of the waters it tests, so the State works out no grade for it and none exists. Nothing here says the water is clean or dirty, because nobody has published either.
Is swimming restricted at Gortnawinney Lake?
The register leaves this blank for Gortnawinney Lake, which it does for the 89 waters it does not monitor. A blank is not a no. Check with Monaghan County Council.
Does Gortnawinney Lake have a Blue Flag?
No. A beach without one can still have excellent water: the Blue Flag also asks for facilities, lifeguards and information boards, which a quiet strand may not have.
Is there a lifeguard at Gortnawinney Lake?
No. The register records no lifeguard here, so nobody is watching the water.
How do you get to Gortnawinney Lake without a car?
No stop in the national timetable is within two and a half kilometres of Gortnawinney Lake. That is what the published timetable holds rather than a statement that nothing goes near: services that run on demand, and routes that file no schedule, are not in the feed at all.
Where does this come from?
The Environmental Protection Agency's list of places people swim, which it calls the bathing water register, read on 2026-09-20, where this record was last changed on 2025-03-31. Water quality, awards, lifeguards and facilities are the EPA's own fields, and a field it leaves blank is shown as not recorded rather than as a no. The distance to the nearest town is this site's own measurement, in a straight line.

Water quality, awards, lifeguards, toilets, parking and access are the Environmental Protection Agency’s own fields, from its bathing water register, read 2026-09-20. The classification covers four years of sampling and is not a reading for today: after heavy rain the water can be worse than the classification suggests, and the EPA and the local authority post notices when it is. Positions are the EPA’s grid references, projected to latitude and longitude. Journeys are the National Transport Authority’s published timetable.

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