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Station island gazetteer entry

The entry for Lough Derg in an 1842 Irish gazetteer

Augustinians, barefoot, bogland, east shore, ferry, gazetteer, nineteenth century, ruins, Saints' Island
The afforestation of Lough Derg, and its geese

A description of Lough Derg and its Pilgrimage in the American Donahoe's Magazine

afforestation, biodiversity, birdlife, Boston, Donahoe's Magazine, eagle, fauna, fir, nineteenth century, trees, wild goose
The monk of Eymstadt

An account of the Dutch monk's visit to Lough Derg and his charges of usury.

archaeology, fifteenth century, Folklore, Heemstede, misconduct, monk, purgatory, suppression, William Pinkerton
The quality of Lough Derg's road access

A description of Lough Derg and its Pilgrimage in the American Donahoe's Magazine

bogland, Boston, Donahoe's Magazine, landowners, nineteenth century, Pettigo, pilgrimage, road, taxes
A disappointed description of Station Island

An account of the religious history of Lough Derg for the traveller.

built heritage, disappointment, J. B. Doyle, Lough Derg, nineteenth century, Station Island
A traveller's guide to Lough Derg

An account of the religious history of Lough Derg for the traveller.

J. B. Doyle
An account of the stations

An account of the religious history of Lough Derg for the traveller.

description, J. B. Doyle, landing, nineteenth century, penitential beds, pilgrimage, prior, stations
Lough Derg gazetteer entry

The entry for Lough Derg in an 1842 Irish gazetteer

gazetteer, Inishgoosk, islands, Lough Derg, Lough Erne, nineteenth century, Pettigo, Saints' Island
Place name of Termon Magrath

An account of the place name origin for Termon Magrath and the River Termon

Aircheannach, Annals of the Four Masters, Castle Magrath, Church of St. Dabheoc, Erenagh, Lough Erne, Magrath family, nineteenth century, P. W. Joyce, Pettigo, River Termon, Termon Dabheoc, Termon Magrath, termoners
Questioning the boatman

An account of the religious history of Lough Derg for the traveller.

boatmen, Cholera, demographics, ferry house, interview, J. B. Doyle, numbers, pilgrimage
Raymond de Perilleux and Lough Derg

A history of Lough Derg and its Antiquities. This extract comes from an 1836 story in the Dublin Penny Journal Count Raymond de Perilleaux's 1397 journey to the Purgatory.

aesthetics, beech, commentary, fiction, fourteenth century, James Stephens, murder, nineteenth century, oak, penny journal, pilgrim crossing, Raymond de Pereilleux, revenge, romance, Ugolino, vista
Situating Lough Derg

A history of Lough Derg and its Antiquities.

blood, Bundoran, commentary, Derg abban, dimensions, eighteenth century, Fair Lake, Fenian Cycle, Fionn mac Cumhaill, Folklore, Gerald of Wales, James Stephens, mica, moorland, railway, red, slate, St. Dabheoc, St. Fintan, Tirconnell, water
The boatmen describes the "wine" of Purgatory

An account of the religious history of Lough Derg for the traveller.

austerity, boatmen, drinking, interview, J. B. Doyle, nineteenth century, pilgrimage, rain, weather, wine
The Derg as it Flows to Castlederg

An account of the river Derg

The dimensions of Lough Derg

An account of the town of Pettigo

The excavations of Ludovicus Pyrrhus

A critique of St. Patrick's Purgatory and Catholic pilgrimage in general.

archaeology, Brittany, Caoranach, eighteenth century, excavation, investigation, John Richardson, Ludovicus Pyrrhus, purgatory
The History and Suppression of Lough Derg

A history of Lough Derg and its Antiquities.

commentary, destruction of built heritage, destruction of written heritage, James Stephens, Magrath family, nineteenth century, Saints' Island, St. Brigid, St. Colmcille, St. Dabheoc, St. Patrick, St. Patrick's bed, Station Island, suppression
The History of Lough Derg

An account of the town of Pettigo

east shore
The Leslies of Glaslough

An account of the religious history of Lough Derg for the traveller.

bogland, County Monaghan, Glaslough, J. B. Doyle, landowners, Leslie family, nineteenth century, profiteering, rent
The O'Donnells and Lough Derg

A history of Lough Derg and its Antiquities.

commentary, James Stephens, middle ages, nineteenth century, O'Donnell family, patronage, pilgrimage
The Pettigo to Lough Derg Road

An account of the town of Pettigo

The purgatorial chapel

An account of the religious history of Lough Derg for the traveller.

chapel, J. B. Doyle, night vigil, pilgrimage, prayer, Station Island
The road from Pettigo to Donegal Town

An account of the town of Pettigo

Donegal Town
The suppression of the pilgrimage

An account of the religious history of Lough Derg for the traveller.

barefoot, destruction of built heritage, English Parliament, J. B. Doyle, nineteenth century, seventeenth century, suppression
The tradition of the Purgatorial Myth

A critique of St. Patrick's Purgatory and Catholic pilgrimage in general.

eighteenth century, John Richardson, legend, Purgatorial cave, purgatory, Rome, St. Patrick, Station Island