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The slopes of the mountains
"The Lough, which is said to be about nine miles in circumference, is situated in the midst of high hills, which rise on all sides without the slightest appearance of cultivation..."
The seizure of Purgatory
"(June 8, 1632) Right Honorable. I have received a copy of a letter sent by my lord Balfour, directed to his Lordship, myself and others for seizing until his Majesty's use St Patrick's Purgatory..."
The sanctity of Lough Derg
"From Armagh it is almost one day's journey to a certain Island, which is slightly large called Mabeoch and beyond this Island to a small island in which is the Purgatory aforsaid..."
The ruins of Saints Island
"The ground-works of many ruins can still be traced to Saint Daveog's Island on Olean na Naomh or Island of the Saints) and a paved way (via strata) or old road can still be traced..."
The nature of granite outcrops
"Ballyshannon. (July 25, 1824.) Soon after leaving Pettigo going towards Lough Derg, the limestone ceases and the mineral productions change entirely..."
The miracle of the floating crosses
"Among all the prodigies and all the great miracles which happened at Loch Derg, it is told in particular in those latter times..."
The lough in the twelfth century
"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…
The legacy of the Druids
"It is a long passage of time since the men of Ireland first felt the mystery of those quiet little hills and looked for the unseen in the waters that lie at their feet, for the spiritual history of Derg stretches back into the dimmest age of…
Tags: Celtic revival, Druid, dryness, forest, hills, myth, pre-Christian, prehistory, Rome, Shane Leslie, St. Patrick, storytelling
The Island of Swimmers
"There is on the cliff of Cruachan looking out on the sea and the Western sun a very deep cave exhaling icy blasts all the time..."
The heritage of prayer
"The three days of fasting, the night spent in prison, the prayers prayed in the cold water at the Pilgrimage to-day, are all in glorious descent from the time of the Culdees..."
Tags: Celtic revival, legacy, mythology, romance, saints, Saints Island, Shane Leslie, St. Patrick, water