Loch Ceara

The name Loch Ceara is glossed on logainm.ie, citing an 1838 Ordnance Survey entry, as the white lake of the Carra, from the recorded form Fionnloch Ceara. The Carra is the barony of that name, which lies in County Mayo beside the barony of Kilmaine. The earliest recorded forms, Findloch (c. 1150) and Finloch Cera (1235), carry the Irish word fionn, meaning white. The Irish annals record the de...