Sacred Sites

Lough na Súil

Geevagh, County Sligo, Ireland

Lough na Súil, the Lake of the Eye, is linked to the death of Balor at the Second Battle of Mag Tuired: his fallen eye is said to have burned a hollow into the ground. The Sligo lake periodically drains through its limestone bed and later refills.

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