John Richardson

The excavations of Ludovicus Pyrrhus

The tradition of the Purgatorial Myth

"A very strange Story hath been invented"

"Every Body knows how excessively the Irish are addicted to Pilgrimage"

"Lakes, Ponds, Wells, Trees, Stones, Crosses, Images, and Relicks"

"Such dismal and loansom Places are very apt to make frightful and melancholy Impessions upon the Minds for Weak and Ignorant"

"Surrounded by Wild and Barren Mountains"

"The Profit of a Ferry-Boat for wafting the Pilgrims over the Lake"

"When any Superstitious Place is defaced or demolished, they repair it"

A Map of the Island of Purgatory