English Explanatory Dictionary

Corrib

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A lake in County Galway and County Mayo, Ireland, also called Lough Corrib.
  2. A river in County Galway, Ireland, connecting the lough to the sea.

Word forms

Corrib

Etymology

From Irish Coirib. It is connected with the legend of Manannán mac Lir, whose distinguishing feature was the corrbolg (literally “crane bag”), the most likely source of Corrib.

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