Friars' Island

Location: Friars' Island, Lough Derg

Timeline: 1795

Pilgrims board their boats south-east of Station Island

View of Station Island from east shore

View of Station Island with boats and Friars' Island

Friars' Island detail

Rowers in front of Friars' Island

The Drowning of the Boat

"There were boats at hand, and presence of mind, even among the onlookers, could have averted the tragedy"

Burials on Friars' Island, in Templecarne, and further away

The 1795 disaster

Forty-six small islands

Friars' Island