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  • Collection: Medievalism

Caesar Otway imagines the avaricious monks of Station Island in the Middle Ages

It is traditionally believed that a monastic settlement was founded on the nearby Saint’s Island (formerly St. Dabheog's Island) in the fifth century by St. Patrick who installed Dabheoc as the first abbot (see…

Gerald of Wales describes the number and disposition of Ireland's lakes

An account of Lough Derg folklore on a fishing trip, explaining the strange circular currents of the lake in supernatural terms

A dismal scene of the view to the lake on the walk from Pettigo, originally included in Caesar Otway's 'Sketches in Ireland'
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