Lough Graney

Lough Graney (Irish: Loch Gréine)[1] is a lake in County Clare, Ireland.

[2] The lake's outlet is the short River Graney, which flows through Lough O'Grady and past the town of Scarriff into the west side of Lough Derg.

[3][4] Lough Graney is a site for fishing perch, ferox trout, roach and bream.

In 1780, local poet and hedge school master Brian Merriman set the beginning of his mock-Aisling poem Cúirt An Mheán Oíche ("The Midnight Court") along the shores of Lough Graney.

A stone, which has been carved with the opening lines of the poem in Munster Irish, stands overlooking the site.