Dunlewey Lough Explained

Dunlewey Lough
Coords:55.0227°N -8.1321°W
Outflow:Clady River (Irish: An Chláidigh)
Catchment:35.96km2
Basin Countries:Ireland
Area:1.1km2
Pushpin Map:island of Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:none
Pushpin Map Alt:Location in Ireland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Elevation:61m (200feet)
Islands:Irish: Oilean Gráinne
Reference:[1]

Dunlewey Lough, or Dunlewy Lough,[2] is a lake in County Donegal, Ireland. It lies at the foot of Errigal and beside the hamlet of Dunlewey (or Dunlewy). It is separated from the larger Lough Nacung Upper, to the west, by a narrow strip of land. The Cronaniv Burn, which flows through the Poisoned Glen, flows into the Devlin River very near where that river flows into Dunlewey Lough. The Devlin River flows into the south-eastern end of the lough, on the southern edge of Dunlewey village.[3]

There are the remains of a crannóg (a fortified lake dwelling) on the lake. This may be the source of the name Dún Lúiche, which means "Lugh's fort". There is a modern wooden sculpture of Lugh, an ancient Irish god, on the lakeshore.

On the lakeshore there is also tourist centre, called the Lakeside Centre or Ionad Cois Locha, which offers boat trips of the lake, and where they tell folk tales of a witch that is said to have lived in the big house in the forest across the lake.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Reference Based Typology and Ecological Assessment System for Irish Lakes . 2006 . 11 . . 17 August 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220726141316/https://www.epa.ie/publications/research/water/Final-Report-(2000-FS1-M1).pdf . 26 July 2022.
  2. Web site: Loch Dhún Lúiche/Dunlewy Lough . Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie) . . 4 February 2020.
  3. Discovery Series Sheet 1 (Fourth Edition). Ordnance Survey of Ireland (O.S.I.), Dublin, 2012.