Knockvicar
Irish name: Cnoc an Bhiocáire
A small village where the Boyle River leaves Lough Key, with public moorings at the bridge, a towpath to Clarendon Lock and a large private marina just downstream.
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- 105 berths
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Knockvicar Bridge public moorings
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About this mooring
Max. stay: Up to 5 days in a row or 7 days in a month, all year unless you have a winter mooring
Public mooring for about five boats at Knockvicar Bridge, a short walk from Clarendon Lock.
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Tara Marina
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- 100
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Private marina of about 100 berths beside a gated housing development just downstream of Knockvicar Bridge; whether visiting boats may stay is not known.
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Mooring limit: 5 days in a row, 7 days a month
Public moorings on the Shannon Navigation and the Shannon–Erne Waterway: at the same public harbour for at most 5 days in a row, or 7 days in total in any month, all year round. A longer stay in winter (1 November to 31 March) needs a winter mooring from Waterways Ireland. Boater information from Waterways Ireland
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About Knockvicar
Knockvicar is the last stop on the Boyle River before Lough Key. Roscommon County Council lists a public mooring for about five boats and a public slipway at Knockvicar Bridge, and from the bridge a short towpath runs some 300 m upstream to Clarendon Lock and its weir, a pleasant stroll while you wait for the lock. Just downstream of the bridge, Tara Marina is a private marina of around 100 berths beside a gated group of houses. Above the lock, on the Lough Key shore, The Moorings bar and restaurant reopened under new management in late 2024; check that it is open before you plan a meal there. Knockvicar Alpacas, a farm nearby, offers visits and treks if you book ahead. The village has a long memory: Donal Cam O’Sullivan Beare’s followers rested here in 1603 on their march north to O’Rourke’s castle at Leitrim.
Things to do 2
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Towpath walk to Clarendon Lock
A short riverside path from Knockvicar Bridge to Clarendon Lock and the weir, about 300 m each way.
- Attraction
Knockvicar Alpacas
A small alpaca farm near the village; farm visits and alpaca treks by arrangement only (+353 86 052 6560).
Services
- Slipway
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Neighbours by water
- Clarendon Lock Next opening Sat, 31 Oct at 09:30
- Cootehall
- Castle Island
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≈ distances are computed along the water, not along the marked channel. Times are our estimate: 7.5 km/h and 15 minutes a lock. Check the Waterways Ireland marine notices
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Other sources · Not known “River Boyle at Knockvicar” by Sarah777 · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Changes: resized and re-encoded -
Other sources · Not known “Lough Key Marina” by Oliver Dixon · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Changes: resized and re-encoded -
Other sources · Not known “Eastern end of Lough Key” by Oliver Dixon · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Changes: resized and re-encoded
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