title: Lough Bofin (River Shannon)
text: # Lough Bofin (River Shannon)
  
  Lough Bofin (Irish: Loch Bó Finne) is a lake on the River Shannon on the County Roscommon–County Leitrim border in Ireland.
  
  ## History and legend
  
  The lake's name is Irish for "Lake of the white cow." Lough Bofin is separated from Lough Boderg ("Lake of the red cow") by the Derrycarne Narrows.
  
  ## Recreation
  
  Lough Bofin is a noted fishery for bream, rudd, roach, northern pike, eel and perch.
  
  