Weather

The boatmen describes the "wine" of Purgatory

"I had long experienced extreme anxiety to visit"

"The lake itself changes its wonted blue into a dull brown colour"

Jenny crosses to Station Island

Jenny struggles with her emotions

Lough Derg in the rain

The impression of Lough Derg on Jenny and Bobby

"Shades of evening were adding solemnity to the landscape"

Becalmed on the Lake

John O'Donovan catches a cold

The March of the Dead Maguires

"A fantastic display of lightning which continued for nearly two hours"

"A melancholy silence shrouded the scene"

"Occasional freakish summer storms"

"Recited in the open, while facing the airy spaciousness of mountain, sky and water"

"The stones become doubly slippery and the whole slope acquires a slithery and greasy surface"

"Rolling, tawny bogland framed the blue water"

"One might well imagine it to be the golden portal to some bright realm"

"We left the Island with dry skies but still carrying our fast with us"

John O'Donovan described the lake

The approach to the lake

Antonio Mannini is rowed to the island

The waves of the Lough