Lough Key, Co. Roscommon

Lough Key, Co. Roscommon

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Lantern slide depicting two figures boarding a boat on Lough Key Co. Roscommon. Originally titled 'On Lough Key, Co. Roscommon' and labelled 'R 12'. The slide depicts two men in and boarding a boat. One man stands in the boat with the oar, and the other, dressed in a top hat appears to be boarding the boat. The lake the boat is on is Lough Key, in Roscommon near the town of Boyle. In Irish mythology, Ce was the druid of the god Nuada. He was wounded in the Second Battle of Mag Tuired and fled southward until he came to Carn Corrslebe, where he rested. He saw ahead of him a beautiful plain full of flowers. He sought to reach it, and when he did, he died. When his grave was dug there, a lake burst out of it, and flooded the whole plain. It was thus named Loch Ce after him.

Holly Cooper

The Discovery Programme

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI)

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RSAI, Lantern Slide, BOX 38

BOX38_012

22/08/15

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RSAI Lantern Slide Collection

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Lantern Slides

Country: Ireland

County: Roscommon

Logainm Code: https://www.logainm.ie/100027.aspx

Townland: Tawnytaskin

Logainm Townland: https://www.logainm.ie/42760.aspx

Irish National Grid East:183751

Irish National Grid North: 305392

Position Source: www.logainm.ie

Latitude: 53.997679

Longitude: -8.2485437

Place: Lough Key, Co. Roscommon Latitude: 53.9838971 Longitude: -8.23708529999999

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