a loch or lake of Ireland, situated in the counties of Armagh, Down, Derry, and Antrim, in the province of Ulster. This lake is twenty miles in length, and varies from eight to twelve miles in breadth. The area of this lake is computed at 100,000 acres. Lough Strangford, a lake of Ireland, situated in the county of Down and province of Ulster. It was formerly known by the name of Lough Cone or Lough Coyne. It is a deep bay or inlet of the sea, about seventeen miles long and four or five broad. It reaches west as far as Downpatrick, and north as far as Comber and Newton, and by computation covers 25,775 acres Irish plantation measure.