Legend
Lough Derravaragh is best known for its connection with the Irish legend of the Children of Lír (Irish: Oidheadh Chlainne Lír). According to the legend, after being turned into swans, the four children of King Lír spent 300 years on Lough Derravaragh before moving to the Straits of Moyle for 300 years, (between Ireland and Scotland), 300 years on the Atlantic by Erris and Inisglora. The enchantment would end, when a woman from the south would mate a man from the north.
To the east, of Lough Derravaragh, within the hills of Ranaghan, are Stone Age ringforts.
Turgesius the Viking, renowned for taking Dublin, also possessed strongholds nearby, southwest of Lough Lene.
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