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The opening paragraph's of Alice Curtayne's 1932 pamphlet about Lough Derg

"Most pilgrims develop for this rocky island and its harsh routine an affection that really defies explanation..."

"The Franciscans took up the charge of St. Patrick's Purgatory when it was the most persecuted and derided institution of the Irish Church..."

The rampant flora overgrowing Saints' Island

"Think of [Saint Patrick] located somewhere near Templecarne for several months and thus surrounded. The lake would certainly invite him with its promise of refuge and sanctuary..."

"The Friary is a townland on Killymard ([Cill O mBárd]) side of Lough Eske. It was here the Friars settled when banished from Donegal and ministered to the spiritual wants of the neigh-bouring districts.

There is now no sign of a church or…