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Two cruisers lie at the jetty of Spencer Harbour on Lough Allen, with wooded Corry Island and the hills beyond under white clouds.
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Harbour Co. Leitrim

Spencer Harbour

A small 19th-century harbour on the north-west shore of Lough Allen near Drumkeeran, with overnight moorings and a lakeside picnic area.

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Spencer Harbour

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Harbour · open to all boats

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Waterways Ireland

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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

Small public harbour with overnight moorings and a picnic area; no services listed.

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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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Call 112 or 999 and ask for the Coast Guard. Both numbers work in Ireland and in Northern Ireland.

About Spencer Harbour

Spencer Harbour lies between Drumkeeran and Tarmon on the north-western shore of Lough Allen and is the northernmost of the Waterways Ireland moorings on the lake. Its name honours the 5th Earl Spencer, and it was once busy: in the 19th century up to 200 people worked here shipping bricks and iron, and local tradition holds that iron from Sliabh an Iarainn sent from here went into Dublin’s Ha’penny Bridge. Today Leitrim Tourism lists overnight moorings in the small marina and a picnic area by the water, with wide views across to the Iron Mountain; Waterways Ireland looks after the harbour. A slipway was approved in 2020 but was still waiting to go to tender in early 2025, so do not count on it. Drumkeeran, a few kilometres away, holds a traditional music festival each June in honour of the flute player John McKenna and a family festival in August.

Things to do

  • Festival

    Drumkeeran festivals

    A traditional music festival in June honouring the local flute player John McKenna, and a family festival every August.

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Services

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Neighbours by water

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  • Drumleague Lock ≈ 16 km · 1 lock · ≈ 2 h 30 min Next opening 09:30 (in 7 h 02 min)
  • Battlebridge Lock ≈ 19 km · 2 locks · ≈ 3 h Next opening 09:30 (in 7 h 02 min)
  • Leitrim Village ≈ 20 km · 3 locks · ≈ 3 h 30 min Shannon–Erne Waterway

≈ 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