Case file · Cryptid
The Dobhar-chú gravestone of Glenade
Grace Connolly was said to have been killed in 1722 by a dobhar-chú, a giant 'water hound', while washing clothes at Glenade Lough, County Leitrim; her gravestone at Conwell cemetery bears a carved otter-like beast.
1722 CE · 54.37, -8.26 · status: legend
The account
In the legend her husband killed the creature, and its mate chased him across the countryside. The carved headstone is a real 18th-century monument.
The sceptical view
The carving may be a heraldic or symbolic animal; giant otters are not known in Ireland.