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From Magrath to Leslie
"The Monastery of Lough Derg, like most other Irish monasteries, was endowed with extensive lands at an early date by neighbouring chieftains..."
Keeronagh, the Devil's mother
"They here shew a bass relief of Keeronagh, the devil's mother, rudely done on a coinstone of one of the chapels, a figure somewhat resembling that of a wolf, with a monstrous long tail and a forked tongue..."
Lough Derg and its islands
"In the county of Donnegal, at the distance of four miles from Lough Earn, and in the midst of mountains and morasses, extending every way to a considerable distance..."
Lough Eske and Ardnamona Wood Special Area of Conservation
The watershed, geology and wildlife of the Lough Eske and Ardnamona Wood Special Area of Conservation
Tags: Alder (Alnus glutinosa), Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus), Ash (Fraxinus excelsior), Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar), biodiversity, bogland, Clogher, Donegal Town, Downy Birch (Betula pubescens), dryness, flora, Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera), Hazel (Corylus avellana), Holly (Ilex aquifolium), Killarney Fern (Trichomanes speciosum), lake, Lough Eske, Moss (C. filicinum), Moss (Cratoneuron commutatum), Moss (Eucladium verticillatum), Old Oak Woodlands, Oligotrophic waters, Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur), Petrifying Springs, Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia), Six-stamened Waterwort (Elatine hexandra), Star Sedge (Carex echinata), vicinity, Whorled Caraway (Carum verticillatum), Willow (Salix spp.)
Station Island Archaeological Survey
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…
The acknowledgement of a rebaptised pilgrim
"The sufferings hitherto mentioned [on Station Island] do not carry off the whole mass of sins..."
The comedy of fantastical myth
"Whether this narrative should have been given in a tragic or comic style; or should excite tears or laughter, is wholly submitted to the state of spirits your lordship shall happen to be in when it shall arrive from."
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. ..."