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The Friary
"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…
There is now no sign of a church or…
Historical Traditions
A folklore account of St. Patrick and the salmon of Lough Derg
The source of the River Termon
"There is a good deal of land [in the disctrict of Cullion] which is mountainous and some good land for the potato crop. There is a small wood growing in it. There is one river and a lake in the mountainous part. The river is the Termon river which…
Tags: border, County Donegal, County Tyrone, Folklore, Lough Erne, Oral History, river, River Termon, Scraghy, source, watershed
Derry and the Valley of the Foyle
An account of the outflow from Lough Derg reaching the ocean in the Foyle Valley at Derry
The snake of Lough Patrick and Lough Peter
"There are no holy wells in this district but there are two holy lakes called Lough Patrick and Lough Peter. These lakes are in the townland of Drumlougher and form the boundary between County Monaghan and County Armagh. St Patrick's stone is in a…
Leprechauns and Mermaids
"Very few stories are told of mermaids in this district as it is too far from the sea. The mermaid or 'maigdean mara' is very attractive. Once upon a time a glan man who made a station in Lough Derg returned home by Bundoran. He spent a few hours…
Tags: Bundoran, County Cavan, County Donegal, drowning, Folklore, Glen, mermaid, Oral History, pilgrimage, supernatural
The River Derg
"The river dividing the counties of Tyrone and Donegal on the north mearing of Templecarn receives the drainage of Lough Derg..."
Lough Derg meets the sea
"[Lough Derg] and [the River Derg] empty themselves into the Mourne and finally mingle with the ocean at Magilligan…"
Rivers of southern Templecarn
"The county boundary of Fermanagh runs in the centre of a stream 40 feet wide flowing from north east to south west for 10 miles and turning the mill above the village, passes through Pettigo and falls into Lough Erne at Burnfoot..."
"The little islands of Pan held in the crooked elbow of the lake"
The poetry of Patrick Kavanagh's 'Lough Derg', detailing a visit in 1941