Shane Leslie
Dublin Core
Title
Shane Leslie
Subject
Lough Derg--Irish Identity--Shane Leslie--Biography
Creator
James L. Smith
Publisher
Digital Derg: A Deep Map
Date
2021
Rights
CC BY, sui generis database
Format
Omeka collection
Language
English
Type
Digital Collection
Coverage
Lough Derg
Ulster
Collection Items
The Leslies of Glaslough
An account of the religious history of Lough Derg for the traveller.
The road from Pettigo to Donegal Town
An account of the town of Pettigo
Letter, James Hamilton Jnr, Strabane, Co. Tyrone, to [Marquess of Abercorn, London]
A report of the 55th Regiment displacing a group of entrenched squatters upon an island in Lough Derg for which they refuse to pay rent.
"A huge quarry"
An account of Lough Derg from a late-nineteenth-century pilgrim.
Saints Island Enclosure Archaeological Survey
It is traditionally believed that a monastic settlement was founded here in the fifth century by St. Patrick who installed Dabheoc as the first abbot. There are forty-six islands in Lough Derg but only two of them are of archaeological interest. The…
The Leslies as landlords
"All the islands of Lough Derg and the eel rivers are let for 5 pounds…"
The landholders of the parish
"The chief proprieters are the representatives of the late Colonel Leslie, who hold 45 townlands out of 50..."
The lake returns to the Diocese
"In the year 1917 the final lawsuit took place, at the Quarter sessions in Donegal, before County Court Judge Cooke, K.C. ..."