Saints Island

"Unconcernedly the Easter sunshine poured down on that scene of desertion and decay"

"The buildings give the impression of resting on the water"

John O'Donovan described the lake

The ruins of Saints Island

The seizure of Purgatory

Lough Derg and its islands

Saints Island is too close to shore

The heritage of prayer

The moveable purgatory

The movement of Purgatory

Knight Owen crosses to Saints Island

The lough in the twelfth century

The Augustinians

The Rathnacross to Saints Island pilgrim road

Saints Island on Lough Derg