Foyle

Foyle, river, c.10 mi (16 km) long, formed by the junction of the Mourne and Finn rivers at Strabane, which is on the border between Limavady and Derry dists., W Northern Ireland. It flows northeast through the city of Derry to Lough Foyle, a navigable inlet of the Atlantic Ocean c.15 mi (25 km) long. With its tributaries, the Foyle drains c.1,100 sq mi (2,850 sq km). There are valuable freshwater fisheries on the Foyle.

Foyle can refer to:

• The River Foyle in Northern Ireland
• Lough Foyle, the river's estuary
• Several organisations and divisions that take their name from the river including:
• Foyle (Assembly constituency)
• Foyle (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
• Foyle (UK Parliament constituency)
• Foyle and Londonderry College, a grammar school in Derry
• Ulsterbus Foyle, the Derry based bus operator
• Foyles, a bookshop in London
• Kitty Foyle, a 1940 film
• Adonal Foyle, a basketball player.
• Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle, the protagonist of the TV series Foyle's War.
• Foyle, a parody of the character Ray Doyle in The Professionals, and partner of Bonehead in the Comic Strip films The Bullshitters and Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown.