Dunlewey Lough, or Dunlewy Lough (), is a lake in

County Donegal County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconne ...

, Ireland. It lies at the foot of

Errigal Errigal () is a mountain near Gweedore in County Donegal, Ireland. It is the tallest peak of the Derryveagh Mountains and the tallest peak in County Donegal. Errigal is also the most southern and the highest of the mountain chain called the ...

and beside the hamlet of

Dunlewey ''Dún Lúiche'', known in English as Dunlewey or Dunlewy, is a small ''Gaeltacht'' village in the Gweedore area of County Donegal, Ireland. It sits in the Poisoned Glen, at the foot of Errigal and on the shore of Dunlewey Lough. The Cronaniv B ...

(or Dunlewy). It is separated from the larger Lough Nacung Upper, to the west, by a narrow strip of land. The

Cronaniv Burn The Cronaniv Burn (Irish language, Irish: ''Abhainn Chró Nimhe'', meaning 'Poisoned Glen River';''Discovery Series'' Sheet 1 (Fourth Edition). Ordnance Survey of Ireland (O.S.I.), Dublin, 2012.Patrick McKay, ''A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names ...

, which flows through the

Poisoned Glen The Poisoned Glen () is a glen or valley located near Dunlewey in Gweedore, a district in the north-west of County Donegal, Ireland. It is located beside Errigal and extends beyond Glenveagh National Park, facing Loch Altan. The Poisoned Glen i ...

, flows into the Devlin River very near where that river flows into Dunlewey Lough. The Devlin River flows into the south-eastern end of the lough, on the southern edge of Dunlewey village. ''Discovery Series'' Sheet 1 (Fourth Edition).

Ordnance Survey of Ireland Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI; ga, Suirbhéireacht Ordanáis Éireann) is the national mapping agency of Ireland. It was established on 4 March 2002 as a body corporate. It is the successor to the former Ordnance Survey of Ireland. It and the ...

(O.S.I.),

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

, 2012. There are the remains of a

crannóg A crannog (; ga, crannóg ; gd, crannag ) is typically a partially or entirely artificial island, usually built in lakes and estuary, estuarine waters of Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Unlike the prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, whic ...

(a fortified lake dwelling) on the lake. This may be the source of the name ''Dún Lúiche'', which means "

Lugh Lugh or Lug (; ga, label=Modern Irish, Lú ) is a figure in Irish mythology. A member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, a group of supernatural beings, Lugh is portrayed as a warrior, a king, a master craftsman and a savior.Olmsted, Garrett. ''The God ...

's fort". There is a modern wooden sculpture of Lugh, an ancient Irish god, on the lakeshore. On the lakeshore there is also tourist centre, called the Lakeside Centre or ''Ionad Cois Locha'', which offers boat trips of the lake, and where they tell folk tales of a witch that is said to have lived in the big house in the forest across the lake.

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Geography of Gweedore Lakes of County Donegal Gaeltacht places in County Donegal {{Donegal-geo-stub

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