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Lough Leane

Also known as Loch Léin

Lough Leane is the largest of the Lakes of Killarney in County Kerry, south-western Ireland. In the early Middle Ages it gave its name to the Eoganacht Locha Léin, a branch of the Munster dynasties who ruled the kingdom of Iarmumu around it. Its island monastery of Inisfallen produced the Annals of Inisfallen.

Lough Leane
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Kingdom of Iarmumu

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Lough Leane. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lough-leane
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