3 10 616 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shane Leslie Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Irish Identity--Shane Leslie--Biography Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James L. Smith Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Digital Derg: A Deep Map Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY, sui generis database Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Omeka collection Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Digital Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lough Derg Ulster Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document "Year by year the Gaelic heart turns thither, as the magnet to the north, and pilgrims come across the division of the seas. The sighs of dead generations are heavy in the air, and the very stones are steeped with their prayers. On the red tideless water is writ the destiny of Ireland." Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Monograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "On the red tideless water is writ the destiny of Ireland" Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Irish identity--literature--poetry Description An account of the resource "Year by year the Gaelic heart turns thither, as the magnet to the north, and pilgrims come across the division of the seas. The sighs of dead generations are heavy in the air, and the very stones are steeped with their prayers..." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shane Leslie, 1885-1971 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Leslie, Shane, Lough Derg in Ulster : The Story of St. Patrick’s Purgatory, p. 10 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Maunsel, Dublin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Digitised by archive.org, sponsored by University of California Libraries Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Monograph Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Religious History Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DD_0021 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. https://archive.org/details/loughderginulste00lesliala/page/2 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 54.616218, -7.876212 Celtic revival destiny future myth prehistory Shane Leslie St. Patrick storytelling Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shane Leslie Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Irish Identity--Shane Leslie--Biography Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James L. Smith Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Digital Derg: A Deep Map Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY, sui generis database Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Omeka collection Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Digital Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lough Derg Ulster Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document "One soft autumn noon, the lough lay in a haze of golden mist. Behind the eastern clouds the sun puffed out some streaks of red, angry and livid in their broken setting, but softened and mellow ere they reached the hillsides of Ireland or rested on far-off little flakes of dreamy cloud. It was then that a group of strange men were seen on the lough shore. They were clad in heavy skins, fastened over their shoulders with great belts of gold. Though they shouted loudly towards the monastery, the holy brethren thought well to discipline any idle curiosity, and betook themselves more than carefully to their different tasks. The Danesmen, for such they were, shouted all the more, till, finding the islanders were deaf as well as blind, they turned to search for such boats as they had been accustomed to find on the Irish loughs. After some trouble they found a few narrow pieces of craft, which they launched and paddled rapidly to the island. Above the plash of their heavy oars rose the angry song of the sword, first but a whisper, then a wail that ended with a terrible melody that shot the beating blood through their heads. It was the song that few ever heard and lived to tell, the war-song the Danesmen had sung in every sea save their own. The boats crashed into the rocks, and the strangers leapt into the shallows and mounted the slopes of the island. At the sight of the poor wattled huts the children of Wodan and Thor laughed long and bitterly. It seemed a poor business to come across that length of country to set fire to these old huts and to feed their swords with a few old men. Nevertheless, slaying was good for its own sake and the land was well ridded of these hoarse singers of psalms." (pp. 37-38) Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Monograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The coming of the Norsemen Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--History--Middle Ages--Norse Description An account of the resource "One soft autumn noon, the lough lay in a haze of golden mist. Behind the eastern clouds the sun puffed out some streaks of red, angry and livid in their broken setting, but softened and mellow ere they reached the hillsides of Ireland or rested on far-off little flakes of dreamy cloud..." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shane Leslie, 1885-1971 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Leslie, Shane, Lough Derg in Ulster : The Story of St. Patrick’s Purgatory, pp. 37-38 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Maunsel, Dublin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Digitised by archive.org, sponsored by University of California Libraries Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Monograph Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Religious History Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DD_0022 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. https://archive.org/details/loughderginulste00lesliala/page/2 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 54.6153, -7.8864 blood Celtic revival hills literature massacre monasticism myth ninth century Norse Shane Leslie St. Patrick Vikings Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shane Leslie Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Irish Identity--Shane Leslie--Biography Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James L. Smith Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Digital Derg: A Deep Map Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY, sui generis database Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Omeka collection Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Digital Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lough Derg Ulster Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document "No record was kept of all the years that passed after the coming of the Danesmen till the Archbishop of Armagh sent a band of canons regular of the rule of Augustine. In this manner was Derg replanted from the house of SS. Peter and Paul. Once more the old glory revived, and new lamps hung before the ancient shrines. The lives of these old canons, so full of activity and toil, were not lacking in communion with the unseen. Never a day could they spare from the Divine service. Every act in the garden or in the chapel was an act of symbolism or prayer. Gradually they rebuilt the monastery that the Danesmen had wasted, and ploughed up the tilth land. They planted the garden close with healing plants, and under the mounds sowed such flowers as call by their names on the Saints' protection. Spring and summer passed over the island in an embroidery of blossom. The winds carried new and richer scents to the bleak mountains beyond. Year upon year the unwearied hours of prayer followed the sun by day and the moon by night. Truly this was a little garden where God might not be displeased to walk in the cool of the day. Here the canons toiled as it were His gardeners, or as lay folk would call them His Saints. Flowers they watched and tended of a rarity and a beauty that men can scarce dream of. How often do men think of the blossoms of eternity, or look for travellers' joy or Passion-flowers? What is the mystic's Love-in-a-mist-of-tears to this present age? Perhaps sometimes, as men tread the rough heathery plains of the world, a stray perfume reaches them from these old monastic gardens. Such was Derg in the days when all Europe was arming and marching to the east to wrest the burying-place of God from the hands of the Moslem. Look at Derg to-day, and it is not hard for the memory to run back over the centuries. The great loughs of Ireland change little with time. Their depths are still deep enough to bury the cities and civilisations of to-day as they engulfed those of the past. In old days there were little brown billows tumbling round Saint's Island and singing in the clefts of half-sunken stone, while the wind shrieked through the thorn trees and tossed the white gulls over the hills to Tir-owen, and the golden harmony of the monks could be heard stealing down the slopes and over the waters.” (pp. 45-46) Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Monograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Augustinians Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--History--Middle Ages--Augustinians Description An account of the resource "No record was kept of all the years that passed after the coming of the Danesmen till the Archbishop of Armagh sent a band of canons regular of the rule of Augustine..." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shane Leslie, 1885-1971 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Leslie, Shane, Lough Derg in Ulster : The Story of St. Patrick’s Purgatory, pp. 45-46 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Maunsel, Dublin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Digitised by archive.org, sponsored by University of California Libraries Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Monograph Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Religious History Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DD_0023 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. https://archive.org/details/loughderginulste00lesliala/page/2 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 54.6153, -7.8864 Augustinians Celtic revival hills literature mountains Saints Island Shane Leslie St. Patrick twelfth century Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shane Leslie Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Irish Identity--Shane Leslie--Biography Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James L. Smith Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Digital Derg: A Deep Map Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY, sui generis database Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Omeka collection Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Digital Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lough Derg Ulster Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document "On every side of the island lay the watery fields, winding themselves into inlets and across bays. Great sheets of water, unbroken save by a group of smaller islands that rode like ships that had run to seed and blossom in tropical seas, with the pine-masts budding over the green decks. 'Mid these islands of southern sea lay the grim little rock of the Purgatory, without fruit or leaf. Two grey stoned chapels, surrounded by a few poor thatched cottages, marked the spot of the famous prison-house. A mile down the lough lay Saint's Island, rising out of the water like the ridge of a sunken mill-stone. The purple girdle of many mountains enclosed lough and islands, and they have changed least. Their rough surface has not given an inch to a thousand years of storm. Then, as ever, the thick heath grew from their crown to the water's edge. Beautiful unburnt heather purple and red and white. In such surroundings the happy canons could follow out a rule of toil and contemplation to their heart's content. There was endless work to be done in the garden. There were vegetables as well as flowers to be sown and tended. There were merry brown fish to be caught in the lake for days of fast and abstinence. There was the stone flag-way from the island to the little harbour opposite to be built and repaired, which lies under the water to this day. Rough weather and winter found them behind their walls the garden of the soul had also to be tilled." Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Monograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The lough in the twelfth century Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--History--Middle Ages--Augustinians Description An account of the resource "On every side of the island lay the watery fields, winding themselves into inlets and across bays. Great sheets of water, unbroken save by a group of smaller islands that rode like ships that had run to seed and blossom in tropical seas, with the pine-masts budding over the green decks..." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shane Leslie, 1885-1971 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Leslie, Shane, Lough Derg in Ulster : The Story of St. Patrick’s Purgatory, pp. 47-48 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Maunsel, Dublin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Digitised by archive.org, sponsored by University of California Libraries Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Monograph Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Religious History Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DD_0024 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. https://archive.org/details/loughderginulste00lesliala/page/2 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 54.616218, -7.876212 Augustinians Celtic revival daily life Heather (Calluna vulgaris) landscape literature monasticism mountains Saints Island Shane Leslie St. Patrick Station Island twelfth century Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Shane Leslie Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Irish Identity--Shane Leslie--Biography Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James L. Smith Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Digital Derg: A Deep Map Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY, sui generis database Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Omeka collection Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Digital Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lough Derg Ulster Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document “When [Owen] had sufficiently recovered his strength he vowed to remain as a religious on Saint's Island for the rest of his life. So on an evening they brought him to the stone causeway leading over the water. As he passed this narrow bridge a sudden remembrance fell upon him of all he had suffered in his vision and of the troubled waters he had seen at his feet. For a moment horror had bowed him down, and he would have fallen if the Prior had not held him from behind. But once his feet had touched Saint's Island the bright joy of his dream re-echoed in his heart. Once more he seemed to move across the scented meadows into the presence of the King, who abideth in His tabernacle for ever surrounded by the witness of the dead and the praise of the living.” Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Monograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Knight Owen crosses to Saints Island Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Station Island--Purgatory--Knight Owen Description An account of the resource “When [Owen] had sufficiently recovered his strength he vowed to remain as a religious on Saint's Island for the rest of his life..." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shane Leslie, 1885-1971 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Leslie, Shane, Lough Derg in Ulster : The Story of St. Patrick’s Purgatory, p. 61 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Maunsel, Dublin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Digitised by archive.org, sponsored by University of California Libraries Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Monograph Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Religious History Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DD_0025 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. https://archive.org/details/loughderginulste00lesliala/page/2 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 54.6153, -7.8864 causeway Celtic revival Knight Owen miracle Saints Island Shane Leslie St. Patrick vision Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Irish Identity--Medievalism--Nostalgia Description An account of the resource A collection of items detailing the medievalisms of Lough Derg's pilgrimage, the continuing process of creating the Middle Ages through the lake and its islands. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James L. Smith Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Digital Derg: A Deep Map Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY, sui generis database Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Omeka Collection Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Digital Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lough Derg Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document "The road from the village of Petigo leading towards Lough Derg, runs along a river tumbling over rocks ; and then after proceeding for a time over a boggy valley, you ascend into a dreary and mountainous tract, extremely ugly in itself, but from which you have a fine view indeed of the greatest part of the lower lake of Lough Erne, with its many elevated islands, and all its hilly shores, green, wooded, and cultivated, with the interspersed houses of its gentry, and the comfortable cottages of its yeomanry — the finest yeomanry in Ireland : men living in comparative comfort, and having in their figures and bearing that elevation of character which a sense of loyalty and independence confers. I had at length, after travelling about three miles, arrived where the road was discontinued, and by the direction of my guide, ascended a mountain-path that brought me through a wretched village, and led to the top of a hill. Here my boy left me, and went to look for the man who was to ferry us to Purgatory, and on the ridge where I stood I had leisure to look around. To the south-west lay Lough Erne, with all its isles and cultivated shores ; to the north-west, Lough Derg, and truly never did I mark such a contrast. Lough Derg under my feet — the lake, the shores, the mountains, the accompaniments of all sorts presented the very landscape of desolation; its waters expanding in their highland solitude, amidst a wide waste of moors, without one green spot to refresh the eye, without a house or tree — all mournful in the brown hue of its far-stretching bogs, and the grey uniformity of its rocks ; the surrounding mountains even partook of the sombre character of the place ; their forms without grandeur, their ranges continuous and without elevation. The lake itself was certainly as fine as rocky shores and numerous islands could make it : but it was encompassed with such dreariness ; it was deformed so much by its purgatorial island ; the associations connected with it were of such a degrading character, that really the whole prospect before me struck my mind with a sense of painfulness, and I said to myself, 'I am already in purgatory.' A person who had never seen the picture that was now under my eye, who had read of a place consecrated by the devotion of ages, towards which the tide of human superstition had flowed for twelve centuries, might imagine that St. Patrick's Purgatory, secluded in its sacred island, would have all the venerable and gothic accompaniments of olden time : and its ivied towers and belfried steeples, its carved windows, and cloistered arches, its long dark aisles and fretted vaults, would have risen out of the water, rivalling Iona or Lindisfarn ; but nothing of the sort was to be seen. The island, about half a mile from the shore, presented nothing but a collection of hideous slated houses and cabins, which give you an idea that they were rather erected for the purposes of toll-houses or police stations than any thing else." Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Monograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Unimpressed by Lough Derg Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Protestant critique--Negative description--William Carleton Description An account of the resource A dismal scene of the view to the lake on the walk from Pettigo, originally included in Caesar Otway's 'Sketches in Ireland' Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource William Carleton, 1794-1869 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Carleton, William, 'The Lough Derg Pilgrim', in Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, pp. 238-39 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available W. Curry, jr. and Co., Dublin; W. S. Orr and Co., London Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1843 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Digitised by archive.org, sponsored by University of California Libraries Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Monograph Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Description of Ireland Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DD_0026 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. https://archive.org/details/traitsstoriesofi01carlrich Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 54.600640, -7.846374 bogland Caesar Otway disappointment hills landscape medievalism mountains negative Pettigo pilgrimage Protestant critique St. Patrick Station Island The Gothic William Carleton Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document “Lough Derg is a lonely sheet of water, extending from north to south, about six miles in length. Its greatest width from Portcreevy to the River Derg is fully four miles. It is thirteen miles in circuit, and covers an area of 2,140 statute acres. It is surrounded by a chain of mountains, some of which rise to a considerable elevation above the level of the lake. The Rev. Caesar Otway, in his Sketches in Donegal and other writers after him, from whom we should expect a more impartial description, if not so graphic, say that there is no grandeur in the scenery of Lough Derg, no variety in the outline, the mountains without elevation, neither tree nor green spot to relieve this sombre scenery. A more unfair or distorted picture the greatest enemy of the place could hardly give. Here, indeed, you have all the charms of Highland scenery, and much in addition. The extensive sheet of water, with rocky shores and numerous islands, is all that can be admired. In the background the mountains are of considerable and varying elevation. And though heath is here the prevailing robe of nature, yet occasional patches of trees and bushes, with many a sunny slope and green sward and wooded island, relieve the scenery of its stem and wild aspect. But above and beyond all, the traditions and associations of the place impart to it an attraction and charm which no beauty of scenery could supply. The lake is about 450 feet above the level of the sea ; while the highest surrounding mountains are Crockinnagoe, to the south-east of the lake, 1,194 feet ; Ardmore and Ougtadreen towards the north, 1,086 and 1,071 feet high respectively ; the mountains to the south and west not reaching an elevation of 1,000 feet. The chain of hills towards the south of the lake forms the watershed between northern and southern Ulster, The streams flowing south of this chain of hills meet the Termon river at Pettigoe, thence flowing into Lough Erne ; while the streams flowing northward empty into Lough Derg, and thence into the sea at Lough Foyle. ‘The basin of the lake is a huge quarry of the metamorphic rock, known as mike slate, or schist, upheaved in ages azoic by some fiery agent, so that the stratifaction is now almost perpendicular to the surface. It crops up all round the shore, and through the lake into numerous rocky islets and hidden reefs, whose projecting points are sharp as iron spikes, and render the navigation of the lake a matter of great caution.’* * From an article in the Irish Monthly, January Number, 1878.” Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Monograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A description of Lough Derg and its topography Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Landscape--Topography--Description Description An account of the resource “Lough Derg is a lonely sheet of water, extending from north to south, about six miles in length..." Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Daniel O’Connor, Lough Derg and Its Pilgrimages: With Map and Illustrations, pp. 23-4 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available J. Dollard, Dublin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1879 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Digitised by archive.org, sponsored by Harvard University Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Monograph Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Pilgrim handbook Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DD_0027 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Daniel O'Connor, 1843-1919 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. http://archive.org/details/loughdergandits00ocogoog Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 54.616218, -7.876212 Caesar Otway Daniel O'Connor geography geology hills hydrology lake landscape mountains nineteenth century positive description River Derg topography watershed Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document “Lough Derg consists of two large sheets of water, which may be designated the upper and lower lakes. The upper lake is connected with the lower by means of three channels formed by Saints' Island and an islet lying north-east of it, called by that name of bad omen, ‘The Wildgoose Lodge.’ The principal streams flowing into the lake are called the rivers Fluchlynn and Barderg, which fall into Lough Derg at its north-western extremity. The outlet is called the River Derg, which issues from the lake at the north-eastern shore, and pursues its winding way till it mingles with the ocean at Lough Foyle. Lough Derg is bespangled with numerous and pretty islands, some crowned with stunted trees, some bared to the mountain breezes. The principal of these islands are Inishgoosk, alias Bilberry Island; Saints' Island, Station Island, Prior's Island, Allingham's Island, Ash Islands, Boat Islands, near the quay; Stormy Islands, Kelly's Isles, Goat Islands, near the River Fluchlynn; Derg More Island. Derg Beg Island, Trough Island and Bull's Island. Besides these, there are a good many other islets with no particular designation; and which, with few exceptions, are mere groups of barren rocks, where cranes, cormorants and sea-gulls nestle, imparting by their wild and plaintive screams a lonely and romantic charm to this island hermitage. In the above enumeration Saints' Island seems to have been sometimes called St. Fintan's Island, and very often St. Dabheoc's Island. Inishgoosk would appear to be the most ancient name at present attached to any of these islands ; and it may be taken to mean the island of the cove, or creek, on account of its formation at its western extremity.” Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Monograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The archipelago of the lake Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Islands--Archipelago--Description Description An account of the resource “Lough Derg consists of two large sheets of water, which may be designated the upper and lower lakes..." Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Daniel O’Connor, Lough Derg and Its Pilgrimages: With Map and Illustrations, pp. 25-6 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available J. Dollard, Dublin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1879 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Digitised by archive.org, sponsored by Harvard University Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Monograph Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Pilgrim handbook Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DD_0028 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Daniel O'Connor, 1843-1919 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. http://archive.org/details/loughdergandits00ocogoog Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 54.616218, -7.876212 barrenness cormorants cranes Daniel O'Connor Inishgoosk islands lower lake mountains River Barderg River Derg River Fluchlynn seagulls upper lake Wildgoose Lodge wildlife Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document "To the west of St. Brigid's Chair, and about two furlongs from the shore of the lake, but somewhat further from the chair, is situated on the very summit of a mountain a carn-shaped eminence, on the summit of which is St. Dabheoc's Seat, which has been already described in this work. Writing on Templecarn churchyard we have already seen that the ancient roadway to Lough Derg passed by this old churchyard. And so it did. This ancient road, called by O'Donovan a via strata is given on the Ordnance Survey Map of the place. At the present day it is very difficult to trace the course of this road, owing to the fact that it has been disused for at least between two or three hundred years ; during this time heath and bog having accumulated over it where it led through the mountains, and, where it wound its course along the western shore of the lake, the waves having more effectively destroyed almost every trace of it. Traces of this roadway may yet be descried over the summit of Portneillinwore hill (which is convenient to Saints' Island), also in a few places along the shore of the lake, particularly at Portcreevy bay, where it quitted the lake and led on through a mountain valley towards Templecarn and Pettigoe. I have been told that at certain parts of this roadway, where the overlying bog has been cutaway, large stepping-stones, arranged in regular order, have been brought to light, which leaves us to conjecture that these were hollow parts of the roads that may have been partly flooded. I have also learned that where this roadway led through the tortuous defiles of the mountains between Pettigoe and Portcreevy, the pedestal of an ancient way-side cross may yet be seen ; and that the ground immediately surrounding this pedestal is closely paved with stones which are worn smooth; the supposition being that the pilgrims here knelt and offered up a votive prayer either on approaching or quitting the island." (pp. 58-9) Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Monograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource St. Dabheoc's Seat and the old pilgrim road Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Landmarks--Pilgrim Road--Dabheoc's Seat Description An account of the resource "To the west of St. Brigid's Chair, and about two furlongs from the shore of the lake, but somewhat further from the chair, is situated on the very summit of a mountain a carn-shaped eminence, on the summit of which is St. Dabheoc's Seat..." Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Daniel O’Connor, Lough Derg and Its Pilgrimages: With Map and Illustrations, pp. 58-9 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available J. Dollard, Dublin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1879 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Digitised by archive.org, sponsored by Harvard University Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Monograph Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Pilgrim handbook Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DD_0029 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant |12|-875433.2848282|7283722.6427942|osm 54.596797,-7.859638 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Daniel O'Connor, 1843-1919 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. http://archive.org/details/loughdergandits00ocogoog bogland Daniel O'Connor hills John O'Donovan mountains ordnance survey pilgrim path Seedavog Mountain St. Dabheoc's Seat swamp Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document "…The story is told that in ancient times Lough Derg abounded in salmon and salmon-trout, just the same as its next neighbour, Lough Erne. The fishful lake gave an unfailing supply to the frugal table of the good monks, and little were the exertions needed in having always at hand a plentiful supply of this delicious and highly-prized fish. On a certain occasion the monks were expecting St. Patrick on his visitation, and had been out fishing all day, in order to have some salmon for the saint's repast However, they failed in catching any, and were sorely perplexed to find their hospitality thus put to so cruel a test ; which, when the saint had heard, he foretold that salmon would no more inhabit the waters of Lough Derg. And, as if to corroborate the truth of the foregoing incident, the legend goes on to say that about-sixty years ago a gentleman of the sceptical school, having heard the story as already narrated, put himself to great extremes in order to falsify the saint's prediction. He had salmon conveyed from a distance, carefully marked and deposited in the lake ; when lo! the very next morning the salmon were found in a net, which was placed in the River Derg to prevent their escape. Little over forty years ago Dr. O'Donovan related the self-same legend ; and, if it be only to show how much these legends are altered and exaggerated, even in a short period of time, I shall give his version of it. He says: ‘No salmon come into the lake, though they come up to the very throat of the river. Two fishermen (who had a weir near the source of the Derg) cast two live salmon into the lake not many years ago, to see if they'd remain there ; and in order to know them they cut off a part of their fins and tails, but, on their return, they found the same salmon caught in their cochall, or net. This is attributed to the curse of St. Patrick.’ As a matter of fact, salmon cannot be found in Lough Derg. The lake, however, abounds in trout, and affords excellent fishing. In this respect perhaps no other lake in Ireland can compete with it During the summer and autumn a day seldom passes without witnessing a number of arrivals of those bent on this fine Waltonian sport ; and the followers of the angle are generally rewarded with a numerous ‘take,’ Trout weighing six or ^ight pounds are occasionally hauled in ; but the class most commonly caught do not exceed a pound in weight When a gentle ‘fresh’ is blowing, no more contemplative or enticing pastime could be desired than playing a well-trimmed ‘cast’ off the shoals and reefs, which are so numerous throughout the lake. And we can well imagine how the monks of Lough Derg in the olden time, albeit their prayerful and penitential lives, enjoyed ‘to their hearts' content’ this delightful recreation, as they sailed over its waters in their skin-covered currachs. Eels, also, are to be found in Lough Derg. Near the mouth of the River Derg remains of an eel-weir may be noticed. Of late years pike has found its way into the lake, some large fish of this class having been caught weighing over thirty pounds. These ‘fresh-water sharks’ up to this have made sad havoc on the trout of the lake, but it is satisfactory to find that large numbers of them, during the spawning season each year, are netted in the streams flowing into the lake, and in this way, it is hoped, they will be diminished. Through the surrounding mountains, foxes have been a similar source of destruction to hares and heathfowl ; their number, however, is very much reduced, as each year beyond a score of them are caught in traps." Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Monograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Interrogating the curse of St. Patrick Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Folklore--St. Patrick--Interrogation Description An account of the resource "…The story is told that in ancient times Lough Derg abounded in salmon and salmon-trout, just the same as its next neighbour, Lough Erne..." Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Daniel O’Connor, Lough Derg and Its Pilgrimages: With Map and Illustrations, pp 72-4 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available J. Dollard, Dublin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1879 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Digitised by archive.org, sponsored by Harvard University Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Monograph Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Pilgrim handbook Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DD_0030 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 54.616218, -7.876212 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Daniel O'Connor, 1843-1919 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. http://archive.org/details/loughdergandits00ocogoog Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Daniel O'Connor eels fishing Folklore John O'Donovan mountains Salmon scientism St. Patrick trout wildlife