A map of Lough Corrib taken from the Admiralty Chart made in 1846
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 second largest in Ireland after Lough Neagh, 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"). Thumbnail of a map of Lough Corrib. ... The River Corrib (Irish -Gaillimh / Abhainn na Gaillimhe) in the west of Ireland flows from Loch Coirib / Lough Corrib through Galway to Galway Bay. ... Galway (official Irish name: Gaillimh) is a city in the province of Connacht in Ireland and capital of County Galway. ... Lough Neagh Lough Neagh (pronounced ; Irish Loch nEathach ) is the largest lough, or body of freshwater, in Ireland and Britain. ... This article is about a mythical people of Ireland. ... In Irish mythology, Manannan mac Lir was a sea and weather god. ...
Sir William Wilde wrote a book on the lake, first published in 1867. Sir William Robert Willis Wilde (1815 - April 19, 1876), today best known for being the father of Oscar Wilde, was a man of prominence in his own day. ...
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