The 1795 disaster
Dublin Core
Title
The 1795 disaster
Subject
Lough Derg--Lake--Drowning--Disaster
Description
An archive of entries within the collection dealing with the drowning of 90 people during pilgrims on the 12th of July, 1795.
Creator
James L. Smith
Source
Various
Publisher
Various
Rights
Various
Language
English
Collection Items
The Orange Order in Pettigo
A description of the context surrounding the formation of the Orange Order district lodge and its relationship to Lough Derg
Templecarne Graveyard, County Donegal
Graveyard on irregular-plan, laid out c. 1600. Now out of use. Contains a collection of multidenominational cut stone gravemarkers (upstanding, recumbent, and table-type memorials) mainly dating from c. 1750 to c. 1900. Two ashlar limestone…
The Drowning of the Boat
"Being far from the ocean when the stormy wind rose..."
Templecarne Graveyard
An etching of Templecarne Graveyard, where victims of the 1795 disaster were buried.
The 1795 disaster
"But the most lamentable catastrophe of all happened here in 1795 — a catastrophe which for many years cast a gloom over the place..."
Boating accidents on the lake
"Taking into account what angry storms sometimes sweep over the lake, lashing its waves into great fury, it is a merciful dispensation of Providence that more accidents have not occurred here..."