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Lough Corrib , lake, 68 sq mi (176 sq km), Counties Galway and Mayo, W Republic of Ireland. The irregularly shaped lake, which is 27 mi (43 km) long, drains into Galway Bay through the Corrib River. It is connected by a partly subterranean channel with Lough Mask to the north. Lough Corrib is an important transportation route; it is also a major brown-trout fishery.

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A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology | 2004 | | Â© A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Lough Corrib [Ir. An Choirb; OIr. Loch nOirbsen, Oirbsiu's lake]. A lake of 70 square miles in Connacht, counties Galway and Mayo, the second largest in Ireland. The Old Irish name for the Lough, Loch nOirbsen, alludes to Oirbsiu or Oirbsiu Mór, an obscure epithet (denoting inundation) of the sea-deity Manannán mac Lir, and possibly his original name. An oral story of later composition claims that Manannán drowned here. Lug Lámfhota was thought to have a palace under Lough Corrib. Adjacent to Connemara, the Lough Corrib region is also a reservoir of folklore and folk culture.

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See Sir William Wilde , Lough Corrib, Its Shores and Islands (Dublin, 1867), 3rd edn., abridged by Colm Ó Lochlainn (Dublin, 1936, 1955);
Richard Hayward , The Corrib Country (Dundalk, 1954).

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A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Â© A Dictionary of British Place-Names 2003, originally published by Oxford University Press 2003. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Corrib, Lough (Loch Coirib) Galway. ‘Lake of Oirbse’.

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