Lough Egish
Template:Short description Template:Refimprove Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Irish English Lough Egish (Template:Irish place name) is a rural area in County Monaghan, Ireland, which takes its name from the local lake, Lough Egish.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It is situated approximately midway between Ballybay, Castleblayney and Carrickmacross.
In 1901, after the Cooperative movement was formed in Ireland by Sir Horace Plunkett,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> a group comprising ten local farmers set about forming the County Monaghan-based Lough Egish dairy co-operative which was, until the 1980s, independently known as Lough Egish Co-operative and Dairy Society. Lough Egish later merged with the County Cavan-based Killeshandra Co-op Creameries in an effort to consolidate the movement's ambitions of becoming the largest milk processing unit in the north midlands region by rationalising the capacity for milk production to form a new company called Lakeland Dairies. The other major milk processing co-operative in the region Bailieboro Co Op was a later addition to the Lakelands Dairies, making the group one of the largest and most successful milk processing companies in Ireland. Template:Citation needed There is a DVD about Lough Egish; its name is A Trip To Loch Egish.
Lough Egish and surrounding areas host a number of national and international brands including Agro Merchants, Cooltrim Oil Co Ltd, Gaffey Motors, Glanbia, Lakeland Dairies, Lavelle Hardware, Malones, Platinum Tanks, Rangeland Foods and SFS Steel Formed Sections.[1]