http://www.sheepstealers.com/artman/publish/article_8.shtml

zoomable
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/mapcenter/map.aspx?TextLatitude=39.45&TextLongitude=-98.907&TextAltitude=0&TextSelectedEntity=39070&SearchEnc=false&MapStyle=Comprehensive&MapSize=Large&MapStyleSelectedIndex=0&searchTextMap=lough+ree&MapStylesList=Comprehensive&ZoomOnMapClickCheck=on
on which you can see the 3 counties & the mentioned
road from athlone to glasson town
where the possibly emblematic 3 jolly pigeons pub is
located
according to
http://forum.virtualtourist.com/discussion-111941-1-1-Travel-0-221-Longford-discussion.html
& can thus tell that the try for the point where the 3
counties actually do meet
evidently at the thalweg junction of the shannon &
inny forks of the lough
was probably still elusive at that point

i mean
even before the pub was actually reached & the song
completed
when the approach presumably ended too

on another hand
it looks like you could get a real look at the
tripoint for a class d visit on either of these walks
from rindoon or portlick
http://walks.iwai.ie/ree/index.shtml
where it seems you might even pick up the necessary
flotation for a first class beeline to the point

the lough comes with the usual tales of monsters etc

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