the setting of the song "Lough Sheelin Eviction", made popular by the Wolfe Tones. The song is purportedly based on an account of an eviction of more than 700 tenants, witnessed by Dr. Thomas Nulty, Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath, in 1848, in his first year as a priest in the diocese. See also List of loughs in Ireland References External links Ordnance Survey of Ireland Map Shannon Regional Fisheries Board Lough Sheelin Guide Sheelin Sheelin Sheelin Important Bird Areas of the Republic of Ireland