THE LAKES OF WESTMEATH 263

Few in search of the beautiful know anything about them;

are best known to fishermen--Not many places of historic

interest in Westmeath--Loch Ouel--Turgesius, the Dane,

drowned in it by Malachy the First--Legend about Malachy's

daughter--Lover's poem about her--Quotation from the Book

of Leinster about Turgesius--Loch Sheelin; beauty of its

name--Beauty of Celtic place names--Beauty of the name

Lorraine.

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