Lough Tay
| Lough Tay Loch Té |
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| The Guinness Lake | |
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 Lough Tay
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| Location | Wicklow Mountains, County Wicklow |
| Coordinates | 53°06′22″N 6°16′00″W / 53.106014°N 6.266763°WCoordinates: 53°06′22″N 6°16′00″W / 53.106014°N 6.266763°W |
| Primary inflows | Cloghoge River |
| Primary outflows | Cloghoge River |
| Basin countries | Ireland |
| Surface area | 48.1 ha (119 acres) |
| Average depth | 10.1 m (33 ft) |
| Max. depth | 35 m (115 ft) |
| Water volume | 0.005 km3 (0.0012 cu mi) |
| Surface elevation | 246 m (807 ft) |
| Islands | none |
Lough Tay (Irish: Loch Té), commonly called The Guinness Lake, is a small but scenic lake set on private property, in the Wicklow Mountains in County Wicklow, Ireland. It lies between the mountains of Djouce and Luggala, and is most easily viewed from above, from the R759 or the Wicklow Way as it descends past the J. B. Malone memorial. It is fed by the Cloghoge River, which then drains into Lough Dan to the south. It is not possible to visit Lough Tay without prior permission.
The name is believed to derive from the Proto-Indo-European root *teh₂w-, "melt", "dissolve", "flow".
The northern coastline forms part of an estate belonging to the Guinness family; it is edged with a beach of startlingly white sand, the dark peaty water and the white sand create a striking similarity to a pint (a glass) of Guinness.
The philosopher Bertrand Russell wrote in his Autobiography:
Many people say that Lough Tay is the site used to portray the city of Kattegat in the very popular series Vikings.
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