lough derravaragh

The most majestic of the Westmeath lakes 8.04 km long. It affords good fishing for trout, pike and perch and its steep wooded shores set against a background of rolling grassland give a view to be remembered. The lake is associated with the most tragic of all Irish legendary romances - the Children of Lir; changed into swans by a jealous step-mother, they spent 300 years on its dark waters.