Dún Lúiche, known in English asDunlewey orDunlewy, is a smallGaeltacht village in theGweedore district in the north-west ofCounty Donegal inUlster, the northernprovince in Ireland. The village sits in thePoisoned Glen, at the foot ofErrigal and on the shore ofDunlewey Lough. TheCronaniv Burn flows along the southern edge of the village. Dunlewey has a tourist centre, called the Lakeside Centre orIonad Cois Locha, which offers boat trips of the lake. To the west of the lake is a ruined church.
TheIrish language nameDún Lúiche means "fort ofLugh", an ancient Irish god. Near the Lakeside Centre is a modern wooden sculpture of the god. Folklore says that the Poisoned Glen is where Lugh slewBalor, and that it is so named because poison seeped from Balor's 'evil eye'.[1]
Dunlewey is the home of the DunleweyConnemara ponies.
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