The Lough Derg Visitor Experience Development Plan is being launched today, to join us click here:

Why not grab a coffee and catch our short launch film.

The Lough Derg Marketing Group, in association with Fáilte Ireland, Waterways Ireland and the local authorities of Tipperary, Galway and Clare are delighted to welcome you to the launch of the Lough Derg Visitor Experience Development Plan.

Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and TD for Galway East, Anne Rabbitte, will talk about the benefits the Plan will bring to the community and the tourism industry in the Lough Derg region. There will be input from Chief Executive of Tipperary County Council and Chairman of the Lough Derg Marketing Group Joe MacGrath, Eanna Rowe, Regional Manager, Waterways Ireland and Paddy Mathews, Head of Operations, Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands.

You can download the plan here.


If you have any queries about the launch or the Lough Derg Visitor Experience Development Plan email info@discoverloughderg.ie and we will try to assist you.

Tipperary Local Community Development Committee (LCDC) is the managing body for the European Union Rural Development 2014 -2020 (LEADER) Programme in County Tipperary. This project has been co-funded under the EU Rural Development 2014 -2020 (LEADER) Programme implemented in County Tipperary by North Tipperary Development Company on behalf of the Tipperary LCDC.

Acknowledging the assistance of the EU and The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe Investing in Rural Areas. Funded by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan 2014 -2020.

This project was also funded by Fáilte Ireland, Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands and the Lough Derg Marketing Group.