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==Background== The area around Lough Key and the nearby town of Boyle, in County Roscommon, has been inhabited for thousands of years. The lake is several kilometres across and contains over thirty wooded islands including [[McDermott's Castle|Castle Island]], Trinity Island, Orchard Island, Stag Island, Bullock Island, and Drumman's Island. Castle Island has had a number of structures built on it over the centuries. The earliest record dates to 1184, in the [[Annals of Loch CΓ©]], where a lightning strike is reported to have started a fire in "The Rock of Loch-CΓ©," a "very magnificent, kingly residence." Currently [[McDermott's Castle|a folly castle]] built in the early 19th century by the King family stands on the island. [[Holy Trinity Abbey|Trinity]] and Church Islands each have the ruins of medieval [[priory|priories]] standing on them.
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