Dunlewey
| Dunlewey | |
| County Donegal | |
|---|---|
 Dunlewey Lough and ruined church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | B929191 |
| Location: | 55°1’10"N, 8°6’42"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Glenties |
| Dáil constituency: |
Donegal |
Dunlewey is a small Gaeltacht village in the Gweedore area of County Donegal. It sits in the Poisoned Glen, at the foot of Errigal and on the shore of Dunlewey Lough. The Cronaniv Burn flows along the southern edge of the village. Dunlewey has a tourist centre, called the Lakeside Centre or Ionad Cois Locha, which offers boat trips of the lake. To the west of the lake is a ruined church.
The Irish language name Dún Lúiche means "fort of Lugh", an ancient Irish god. Officaldom has decreed this to be the village's sole official name.
Near the Lakeside Centre is a modern wooden sculpture of the god. Folklore says that the Poisoned Glen is where Lugh slew Balor, and that it is so named because poison seeped from Balor's 'evil eye'.[1]
Dunlewey is the home of the Dunlewey Connemara ponies.
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- ↑ Monaghan, Patricia. The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore. Infobase Publishing, 2009. p.383