Waterways Ireland is still pumping water from the River Inny into the Royal Canal at the Whitworth Aqueduct near Abbeyshrule, but the level is still well down. I imagine that that makes it impossible, at least for larger boats, to travel the canal at present.
The location
The inflow from the pump
The level on the aqueduct
The navigation of the River Inny from Ballynacarrow upriver to Lough Sheelin.
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