Lough Graney (Irish: Loch Gréine)[1] is a lake in County Clare, Ireland.[2] The lake's outlet is the short River Graney, which flows through Lough O'Grady and past the town of Scarriff into the west side of Lough Derg.[3][4]

Lough Graney
Loch Gréine (Irish)
Lough Graney is located in Ireland
Lough Graney
Lough Graney
LocationCounty Clare, Ireland
Coordinates52°58′59″N 8°39′48″W / 52.983121°N 8.663227°W / 52.983121; -8.663227
Primary outflowsRiver Graney
Catchment areaRiver Shannon
Basin countriesIreland
Surface area3.7 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Surface elevation49 m (161 ft)
IslandsGreen Island, Sand Island

Recreation

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Lough Graney is a site for fishing perch, ferox trout, roach and bream.[5]

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The Lough has a place in the history of Irish literature. In 1780, local poet and hedge school master Brian Merriman set the beginning of his mock-Aisling poem Cúirt An Mheán Oíche ("The Midnight Court") along the shores of Lough Graney. A stone, which has been carved with the opening lines of the poem in Munster Irish, stands overlooking the site.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Loch Gréine/Lough Graney". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Cahermurphy - Recreation Sites - Coillte Outdoors".
  3. ^ Joyce, Patrick Weston; Bartholemew, John (1999). "Lough+Graney" Atlas & Geography of Ireland.
  4. ^ Kinahan, George Henry (1873). The water basin of Lough Derg, Ireland. Geological Magazine. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Fishing in Ireland. An angler's guide to the best fishing in Ireland".
  6. ^ Seamus Heaney (1995), The Redress of Poetry, Faber & Faber, p. 62.