The Lake Dwellings of Ireland Or ancient lacustrine habitations of Erin, commonly called crannogs.

“To look back to antiquity is one thing; to go back to it is another. If we look back to antiquity it should be as those who are winning a race--to press forward the faster, and...

_Lough Ravel_ (otherwise Derryhollagh).--This name is but a modern corruption of the ancient form, found in the Inquisition of 1605 to be in the district of the “Feenagh”:--“Est...

XXXVI. Fishing Implements of Iron from Crannogs. Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, from Ardakillen or Strokestown Crannogs. No. 9 from Lagore. All one-third real size, 144

Crannog, derivation of the word; a common townland name. Submarine crannog. Favourite sites for crannogs; mode of construction. Stone lake-dwellings. Theory of crannogs being on...