Loch Gabhair


Loch Gabhair, meaning "Lake of the Goats", is an area in the parish of Ratoath, County Meath, Ireland. It is located between the villages of Ratoath and Dunshaughlin and is the namesake of the townlands of Lagore Big and Lagore Little.
Lagore is also home to the Lagore crannog, the Irish royal residence of the 7th to 10th centuries.
During excavations of the site a number of bronze items were found, including weapons and brooches,, which can now be found at the National Museum of Ireland in Kildare St., Dublin, Ireland.

Kings of Lagore/Deiscert Breg (south Brega)

  1. Fergus mac Fogartach mac Niall mac Cernach Sotal mac Diarmait mac Áed Sláine, died 751
  2. Máel Dáin mac Fergus, died 785
  3. Ailill mac Fergus,, died 800
  4. Beollan mac Ciarmac, died 979
  5. Gilla Mo Chonna mac Fogartach mac Ciarmac, died 1013