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Lough Shindilla is a freshwater lake in the west of Ireland. It is located in the Connemara area of County Galway.GeographyLough Shindilla measures about 2km long and 1km wide. It lies about 40km northwest of Galway city on the N59 road near the village of Maam Cross.HydrologyLough Shindilla flows east into Ardderry Lough. The lake, like other area lakes, is oligotrophic.Natural historyFish species in Lough Shindilla include brown trout, perch, Arctic char, salmon and the critically endangered European eel. Lough Shindilla is part of the Maumturk Mountains Special Area of Conservation.