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Pilgrims at the water station, north view

View of the water station and shoreline, with pilgrims

Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, Robert French, Station Island, William Lawrence
Pilgrims resting, and view of Sanctuary and shoreline

Inset view of Friars' Island, Lough Derg

Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, Robert French, Station Island, William Lawrence
Rowing boats leaving the ferry house

Three boats of pilgrims setting out from the ferry house

Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, Robert French, Station Island, William Lawrence
The landing pier, Station Island

View of the landing site, Station Island

boating, landing, Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, pilgrimage, Robert French, Station Island, William Lawrence
The penitential beds with lake in background

View of the penitential beds on Station Island with view of lake

Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, penitential beds, Photographs, pilgrim, Robert French, Station Island, water, William Lawrence
View of Station Island with man in boat

View of Station Island from the shore near the ferry house with a man in a rowing boat in foreground

boating, Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, Robert French, Station Island, vista, water, William Lawrence
"Fare thee well, Lough Derg"

Pilgrims ready to leave the Ferry House at Lough Derg

carriage, departure, Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, Robert French, Station Island, transportation, William Lawrence
A man in a boat with Station Island in the background

View of Station Island with a rower in the foreground

boating, Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, pilgrimage, reflection, Robert French, Station Island, vista, water, William Lawrence
Photograph of a crowd at the Ferry House, Lough Derg, Co. Donegal

The approach to Lough Derg Ferry House

crowds, ferry house, Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, Robert French, Station Island, William Lawrence
Photograph of Islets on Lough Derg south shore

The approach to Lough Derg Ferry House

boating, Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, Robert French, Station Island, William Lawrence
Photograph of Lough Derg, Co. Donegal

The approach to Lough Derg Ferry House

Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, Robert French, Station Island, William Lawrence
Photograph of Station Island

The approach to Lough Derg Ferry House

Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, Robert French, Station Island, William Lawrence
Pilgrims arriving at Lough Derg

Pilgrims arriving at the Ferry House, Lough Derg

ferry house, Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, pilgrims, Robert French, Station Island, transportation, William Lawrence
Pilgrims at the water station

Pilgrims at the water station

immersion, Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, pilgrims, Robert French, Station Island, water, water station, William Lawrence
Rowers in front of Friars' Island

View of Friars' Island with rowers in foreground

boating, Friars' Island, Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, Robert French, rowers, Station Island, water, William Lawrence
Station Island and its reflection

View of Station Island across Lough Derg

Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, reflection, Robert French, Station Island, vista, water, William Lawrence
The Landing, Station Island

The boats and pilgrims at the landing on Station Island

boating, landing, Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, pilgrims, Robert French, Station Island, William Lawrence
The Oratory, Station Island

View of the Station Island Oratory over the water

Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, oratory, Photographs, Robert French, Station Island, vista, water, William Lawrence
The Sanctuary, Station Island

Pilgrims waiting outside the Sanctuary on Station Island

Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, pilgrims, Robert French, sanctuary, Station Island, William Lawrence, women's history
Portuguese portolan chart of Ireland

A portolan chart of Europe by Grazioso Benincasa, showing the Aegean

British Library, cartography, fifteenth century, Grazioso Benincasa, islands, purgatory
The Orange Order in Pettigo

A description of the context surrounding the formation of the Orange Order district lodge and its relationship to Lough Derg

1795 disaster, eighteenth century, etymology, Fionn mac Cumhaill, monster, Orange Order, Pettigo, Protestant critique, Protestantism, sectarian violence, serpent, St. Patrick
Dutch Map of Ulster with Purgatory

Curator's description: "In 1577, at the age of 63, Adriaen Coenensz from Scheveningen, a Dutch fishing port, started his Vis booc. Over a period of three years he collected all kind of information about the sea, the coasts, and coastal waters,…

"Lough Derg" by Thomas D'Arcy McGee

"In a girdle of green, heathy hills, In song-famed Donegal, An islet stands in a lonely lake, (A coffin in a pall)..."

barefoot, death, environment, history, nature, pilgrimage, poetry, Thomas D'Arcy McGee, tradition
Station Island Archaeological Survey

It is traditionally believed that a monastic settlement was founded on the nearby Saint’s Island (formerly St. Dabheog's Island) in the fifth century by St. Patrick who installed Dabheoc as the first abbot (see…

Archaeological survey, Clogher, description, Station Island, summary
Templecarne Graveyard, County Donegal

Graveyard on irregular-plan, laid out c. 1600. Now out of use. Contains a collection of multidenominational cut stone gravemarkers (upstanding, recumbent, and table-type memorials) mainly dating from c. 1750 to c. 1900. Two ashlar limestone…

1795 disaster, building survey, built heritage, burial, Folklore, Parish of Templecarne, Templecarne, Templecarne Graveyard