Browse Items · Digital Derg: A Deep Map

"Water withers from the oars"

The poetry of Dennis Devlin

Tags: boating, Dennis Devlin, materiality, pilgrim crossing, poetry, social commentary, twentieth century, water, waves

The poetry of Patrick Kavanagh's 'Lough Derg', detailing a visit in 1941

Tags: boating, departure, Fare Thee Well Lough Derg, Patrick Kavanagh, pilgrim crossing, pilgrimage, poetry, twentieth century

Jenny gets a sensory impression of the island as she approaches and encounters its contents and topography

Tags: barefoot, boating, building, impressions, literature, penitential beds, pilgrims crossing, Sean O'Faolain, short stories, Station Island, twentieth century, weather, wetness

Jenny and Bobby arrive at Lough Derg in the rain and are greeted by the sight of the lake and the pilgrims waiting to cross

Tags: boating, cattle, doubt, impressions, Irish identity, literature, negative description, pilgrim crossing, rain, Sean O'Faolain, short stories, St. Patrick, twentieth century, weather

A pilgrim boat leaving the shore, pilgrims boarding another crowded boat, and a crowd on shore

Tags: boating, ferry house, Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, pilgrim crossing, queue, Robert French, Station Island, William Lawrence

Two boats of pilgrims pose for a photograph south-east of Station Island, with Station and Friar's island in background

Tags: boating, Friars' Island, Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, pilgrim crossing, pilgrimage, Robert French, Station Island, vista, William Lawrence

The Cardinal's delegation board a boat to Station Island, surrounded by crowd

Tags: boating, Cardinal Michael Logue, ferry house, Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, pilgrim crossing, Robert French, Station Island, William Lawrence

Remains of a boat keel found propped up against a wall on Station Island

Tags: boating, keel, Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, Robert French, Station Island, tradition, William Lawrence

View from shore of the lake and Station Island in the distance with Friars' Island and boats

Tags: boating, Friars' Island, Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, reflection, Robert French, Station Island, vista, water, William Lawrence

View of the nineteenth-century ferry boat house to Station Island

Tags: boating, ferry house, Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, pilgrim crossing, Robert French, Station Island, William Lawrence