Where is the Sidh or Fairy Palace of Bove Derg near Lough Derg? The Sidh of Bove Derg connects Lough Derg to the well known story of the Children of Lir. Sidh Buidhbh being a location where part of the story takes place and also one of the residences of Bove Derg, one of the Tuath De Danann. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodb_Derg I have looked for references to its exact location a number of times and discussed it with a number of fellow researchers. One of the earliest clear mentions that I could find is in PW Joyce's 1869 "Irish Names of Places" vol. 1 (p. 182), where he refers to the "Tale of Curchóg" It says, "Sidh Buidhbh [Boov], with Bove Derg for its chief, was on the shore of Lough Derg, somewhere near Portumna." It seems to get this reference from the Book of Fermoy. Hogan's Onomasticon Goedelicum records the following - p2523 "Síd boidb *síd buidb* 2 on brink of Loch Derg, above Killaloe, Atlantis, iv 116; Síd Buidb,...
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