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

The poetry of Dennis Devlin

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…

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

Curator's description: "In 1577, at the age of 63, Adriaen Coenensz from Scheveningen, a Dutch fishing port, started his Vis booc. Over a period of three years he collected all kind of information about the sea, the coasts, and coastal waters,…