Lough Thuile near
Kilcommon in North Tipp.
A Mountainy Lake
Monster?
"On top of a
Hill in townland of Garrycummer is a lake called Loughthuile. It has no outlet.
An attempt was made to drain it hundreds of years ago but when they looked back
as they were just letting go the water all the houses in the valley below were
on fire and so the lake was left as it is. ....
Like all mountain
tarns a monster guards the lake. A Huge Eel appears there occasionally and when
a death is about to take place a light crosses it. It is said that no man could
swim it that the monster would suck him down in the middle. It is frequented by
plover, wild duck and wild geese but contains no fish of any kind."
https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922168/4857884/5018877
There is similar
folklore about the draining of Lough Muskry in the Glen of Aherlow, when they
tried to drain it, there houses ended up on fire back at home.
Also similar to Lough Muskry - there is a story of a lake monster.
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