#Celtic #MythologyMonday: `Lough Neagh comes from the Irish Loch nEachach, meaning 'Eachaidh's lake'.
After #Eochaidh had parted from his brother Ríbh, he continued into #Ulster. He also had been lent a magic horse under similar conditions. When the horse stopped and lay down, a well sprang up from the ground and Eochaidh decided to build his home there. He placed a cap over the well, and put a woman in charge of tending the well, but one day, after drawing water, she forgot to replace the cap, and the water flooded out, thus forming Lough Neagh. Eochaid, his young wife Ebhliu and all his family were drowned, apart from his daughter, Liban, who became a mermaid.`
Source: Ali Isaac