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"I felt ashamed for human nature"
"In a short time I arrived at the island, and as stepping out of the boat, I planted my foot on the rocks of this scene of human absurdity..."
The stones of Station Island
“The island called St. Patrick's Purgatory is altogether rocky, and rather level : without the compass of the island, in the water towards the north east, about two yards from the shore stand certain rocks..."
The moveable purgatory
"Before we landed I ascertained from my cautious conductor that the present Purgatorial Island which we had just left, was not the one always resorted to, nor indeed the one that was consecrated by St. Patrick..."
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..."
The call to prison
"I was just on the point of enjoying a little rest, when a man ringing a large hand-bell, came round, crying in a low, supernatural growl, which could be hear double the distance of the loudest shout - 'waken up, waken up, and come to prison.'..."
Attempting to walk on water
"I very well remember that the first sly attempt I ever made at a miracle was in reference to Lough Derg ; I tried it by way of preparation for my pilgrimage..."
"That's the Red Lake unless I mistake"
"Now it seems there's a place they call Purgat're, so I must write it, my verse not admitting the O. But as for the venue I vow I'm perplext To say it's in this world or if in the next, Or whether in both for 'tis very well known That St Patrick at…
Tags: description, doggerel, humour, lake, poetry, purgatory, Shane Leslie, Station Island, Thomas Ingoldsby
Lough Derg in the Seventeenth Century
"The Liffer largens near its source and forms a lake in which there is an Island with a little Convent, near which there is a grotto narrow enough and full of spectres horrible to the view..."
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..."
How the demons came to Lough Derg
"Some of the evil spirits settled on the Island of Swimmers to which they gave the name of demons. The demonaic island in truth is girded by an inland lake..."