Since his injury, he has organised the event as the annual Freewheelers Lough Neagh Charity Cycle in aid of disability sport.
In the 19th century, three canals were constructed, using the lough to link various ports and cities: the Lagan Navigation provided a link from the city of Belfast, the Newry Canal linked to the port of Newry, and the Ulster Canal led to the Lough Erne navigations, providing a navigable inland route via the River Shannon to Limerick, Dublin and Waterford.
Lough Neagh | Belfast Lough | The Boys of the Lough | Lough Swilly | Lough Derg | Lough Foyle | Lough Erne | Lough Allen | John Graham Lough | Dorian Lough | Crag Lough | Strangford Lough | Lough Mask | Lough Eske | Lough Egish | Lough Derg (Ulster) | Lough Derg (Shannon) | Ernest Lough |
Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Ard Bó Uí Dhonnabhain Rossa (Ardboe O'Donovan Rossa in English) is a club based in east County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, close to the shores of Lough Neagh.
Other lakes reputed to contain the gillaroo are Loughs Neagh, Conn, Mask and Corrib.
They have been reported from: on an Adriatic island in 1824; Western Australia & Victoria in Australia; Belgium; frequently on calm summer days in the Bay of Fundy, Canada; Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland; Scotland; Passamaquoddy Bay, New Brunswick & Cedar Keys, Florida & Franklinville, New York in 1896 & in northern Georgia in the United States.