A visit in the reign of Henry VIII

A visit in the reign of Henry VIII

Lough Derg--Pilgrimage--Pre-Modern--History

"The record of many others who followed the same perilous quest survives. The Sire de Beaujeu, Louis de Sue, Louis of France, Malatesta of Hungary, and, not least, there came in the reign of King Henry VIII. the Cardinal Legate to England, who made a toilful journey across the swamps of Clogher till he was able to cross the lough in a hollowed tree..."

Shane Leslie, 1885-1971

Leslie, Shane, The Story of St. Patrick’s Purgatory, pp. x-xi

B. Herder book co., St. Louis, Mo. and London

1917

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Public domain

Monograph

English

History of Ireland

Text

DD_0054

54.6083, -7.8714

http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044020440756

"The record of many others who followed the same perilous quest survives. The Sire de Beaujeu, Louis de Sue, Louis of France, Malatesta of Hungary, and, not least, there came in the reign of King Henry VIII. the Cardinal Legate to England, who made a toilful journey across the swamps of Clogher till he was able to cross the lough in a hollowed tree. His letter has come to light in the correspondence of Isabella d'Este. He crossed Ireland as the guest of the Archbishop and the Earl of Kildare. Dundalk he found in ruins, and Omagh full of thieves. Two of his companions remained in the cave for ten days. It was the custom, he notes, for visitors to make their wills. Some he saw standing up to their necks in water."

5 p. l., xv p., 1 l., 78 p. 20 cm