Lough Corrib

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Image:Loughcorribmap.png Lough Corrib (Loch Coirib in Irish) is a lake in the west of Ireland. The River Corrib / Galway river connects the lake to the sea at Galway. It is the largest loch in the Republic of Ireland and it covers some 200 sq km. Loch Coirib is a corruption of Loch nOirbsean, which according to placename lore is named after the Danann navigator Orbsen Mac Alloid (commonly called Manannán Mac Lir, "The Son of the Sea," for whom the Isle of Man is named.) In Irish the loch is also called An Choirib ("the Corrib").

Sir William Wilde wrote a book on the lake, first published in 1867.

See also

• List of Irish loughs

External link

• William R. Wilde's "Lough Corrib"cs:Lough Corrib

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