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Secrets of Templecarne Graveyard

A description of the graveyard and its relationship with the lake

Tags: cattle, devotional activities, James Spencer Knox, lake, mountains, Pettigo, pilgrim path, pilgrim road, Protestant critique, ruins, sanctity, seventeenth century, Shane Leslie, St. Patrick, Station Island, Templecarne Graveyard, Termon Magrath

Fauna surrounding the lake

"In describing the seventeenth-century Fauna, Knox makes note of wolf and red deer at Lough Derg. 'The deer come some times from Barnesmore to this Estate but having no coverts they do not stay in it,' whereas 'the wolves are but rare in the country…

Tags: fauna, James Spencer Knox, lake, red deer, Shane Leslie, Termon Magrath, wolves

"What we saw was the great serpent or fish"

Knox describes the fear of his Irish boatmen at the appearance of a lake monster, which he sees as a rock just above the waterline

Tags: elitism, Folklore, James Spencer Knox, lake, monster, nineteenth century, Protestant critique, rock, serpent, superstition, Travelogue

"They would make a Jonas of me against my will"

Knox reasons that the boatmen would prefer that the monster eat the heretic reverend rather than them

Tags: elitism, James Spencer Knox, monster, nineteenth century, Protestant critique, sectarianism, serpent, superstition, Travelogue

"The unbroken stillness of this consecrated spot, was exchanged to bustle, noise, and jarring, of a countless multitude"

Knox reflects on the recent Catholic activities on the land under his feet

Tags: Catholicism, James Spencer Knox, juxtaposition, nineteenth century, Protestant critique, Protestantism, sectarianism, temporality, Travelogue

"The pilgrims throng the shore opposite to the island"

Knox describes the practices of the pilgrimage as he has heard them

Tags: crowds, ferry house, James Spencer Knox, nineteenth century, pilgrim crossing, Protestant critique, Travelogue

"The lake itself changes its wonted blue into a dull brown colour"

Knox observes a change in the weather

Tags: colour, James Spencer Knox, nineteenth century, Protestant critique, Travelogue, water, waves, weather

"So long as the Church of Rome finds dupes"

Knox reflects on the cause of the "fraud" of miracles

Tags: Catholic Church, James Spencer Knox, miracle, negative description, nineteenth century, Protestant critique, Protestantism, Rome, sectarianism, Travelogue

"So far shalt thou go, and no farther, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed"

Knox considers the agriculture surrounding Lough Derg as a spiritual parable

Tags: Catholic Church, exegesis, James Spencer Knox, landscape, morality, nineteenth century, Protestant critique, scripture, sectarianism, sermon, theology, Travelogue

"So ended my pilgrimage to Lough Derg"

Knox advises Protestant travellers to visit Loug Derg and see Catholic folly

Tags: Catholic Church, elitism, James Spencer Knox, negative description, nineteenth century, Protestant critique, Protestantism, recommendations, sectarianism, Travelogue

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