Loch Garman

Loch Garman's Irish name derives from the dindsenchas tradition, referring to the legendary Garman mac Bomma Licce, who was pursued to the river mouth and drowned after stealing the queen's crown from Temair during the feast of Samhain. The Vikings founded the settlement around 800 AD, naming it Veisafjǫrðr ('inlet of the mudflats'), which evolved through the medieval Yola dialect form Weisefor...