Crannog at Lake Knockalough, County Clare, Ireland

A sinking dock and the distant island, known as a crannog, are reflected in the still waters of Lake Knockalough near Kilmihil in County Clare, Ireland.

Crannogs are the Medieval equivalent to present-day “safe rooms” or “panic rooms”… these small islands in the middle of lakes were usually artificially created as a refuge from shoreside marauders in the days of old.

This image appears in my book, “Magical Irish Countryside,” the third volume in my “Mystical Moods of Ireland” series, available here!