Corrib

Slieveannilaun, a mile or so behind the house, she knew that she could overlook, not only the shining Corrib, which is an inland sea, but all the scattered lakelets of Iar Connaught, the creeks, the islands, and beyond, the open sea.

The Tragic Bride Francis Brett Young 1919

The Wolfe Tone Bridge with the Corrib river in full flow beneath it:

Swanlike boat, boatlike swan 2009

The stretch of the Corrib through the town is popular with kayakers for good reason.

Swanlike boat, boatlike swan 2009

As for the rapid Corrib: Does it always carry so much water?

Swanlike boat, boatlike swan 2009

The man laughing in this photo is Michael Walsh, a grand old guide who has spent a lifetime rowing a wooden boat and casting flies for brown trout on Loch Corrib.

When Irish Flies Are Smiling 2009

William Wilde (Oscar's father) described it thus in his 1867 book Lough Corrib, its Shores and Islands: It was believed in the locality that this bell was a present from an angel to the saint, and was originally of pure silver, but that it was rendered black and corroded, as at present seen, "by its contact with the demons on Croaghpatrick, when the Apostle of Ireland was expelling them thence."

Archive 2009-03-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009

Sean: The Corrib sometimes carries even more water.

Swanlike boat, boatlike swan 2009

William Wilde (Oscar's father) described it thus in his 1867 book Lough Corrib, its Shores and Islands: It was believed in the locality that this bell was a present from an angel to the saint, and was originally of pure silver, but that it was rendered black and corroded, as at present seen, "by its contact with the demons on Croaghpatrick, when the Apostle of Ireland was expelling them thence."

"I took many a lump, but 'twas all in good fun" Matthew Guerrieri 2009

The Corrib Natural Gas Field is the focus of environmental protests because the pipeline being laid between the offshore gas [...]

Oil and Natural Gas Industry Playing McSame Dirty Games, Scaring Many to Ballyhoo Few 2008

The protest group Shell to Sea have repeatedly asked for the Corrib Gas to be processed at sea; this is standard practice and generally considered to have less environmental impact and fewer health and safety implications.

Archive 2009-05-01 Geraldine Moorkens Byrne 2009