Lough Graney | |
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Loch Gréine (Irish) | |
Location | County Clare, Ireland |
Coordinates | 52°58′59″N 8°39′48″W / 52.983121°N 8.663227°W |
Primary outflows | River Graney |
Catchment area | River Shannon |
Basin countries | Ireland |
Surface area | 3.7 km2 (1.4 sq mi) |
Surface elevation | 49 m (161 ft) |
Islands | Green Island, Sand Island |
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 is a site for fishing perch, ferox trout, roach and bream.[5]
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]