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"A good road leads from Pettigo in the direction of Lough Derg ; but, when within about half a mile from the lake (through whose fault I do not inquire, though it certainly redounds but little to the credit either of the local magnates or of the Donegal grand jury), the road stops short at the mountain-side, and the pilgrim has to enter on a boggy path, which in wet weather baffles description. And yet these pilgrims pay their share of county taxes, and the island itself is also assessed. And, again, these pilgrims pay a tax of eightpence each to the lord of the soil for permission to cross the haunts of the hare and moor-fowl, and thence to be ferried to Station Island ; and for these no road has been hitherto allowed, even at the public expense. Verily might we here moralize with Burns on ‘man's inhumanity to man’ ; but we will rest content with asking, if it were the merest Protestant conventicle of which there was question, would this condition of things, think you, be allowed to continue for a single day ? At length, I understand, an effort has been made to have this track converted into a good county road, and thus the old reproach will be finally got rid of."
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60 v. ; ill. (part col.) ; 24 cm.
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The quality of Lough Derg's road access
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Lough Derg--Ireland--Journal--Guide
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A description of Lough Derg and its Pilgrimage in the American Donahoe's Magazine
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Lough Derg and Its Pilgrimages', in Donahoe's Magazine, vol. 4, p. 307-8
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T.B. Noonan, Boston
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1880
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54.5494, -7.8320
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bogland
Boston
Donahoe's Magazine
landowners
nineteenth century
Pettigo
pilgrimage
road
taxes
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"The island known as Saint’s Island, on which are the remains of a Priory, was in early times the resort of pilgrims, and is said to have contained the original St Patrick's Purgatory , for centuries removed to Station Island. The latter island is less than a mile from the south-east shore of the lake, is about one acre in extent, and contains two small chapels, one of which is appropriated to the use of those doing penance, a residence for the officiating priests, and a few inhabited cabins. The road from Pettigoe to the ferry, by which access is gained to the island, is very bad, over bog and mountain, and the reason assigned for the non-construction of a good road is, that the pilgrims would be interrupted by the presence of too many heretics!
Over this road to the ferry thousands of pilgrims, of all ages, wend their way to the island, to atone for their sins and offences, by way of penance, barefooted. The ferry is let for L.160 per
annum by the proprietor of the lake, and at one time yielded L.260. It is calculated that from 10,000 to 15,000 votaries annually repair to do penance in this bleak and dreary scene from the 1st of June to the 15th of August. On the latter day the affair concludes, the pilgrims return to their respective localities, the boat is laid up, and silence once more reigns supreme over the solitary and sequestered Lough Derg."
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Station island gazetteer entry
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Lough Derg--Vicinity--Geography--gazetteer
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The entry for Lough Derg in an 1842 Irish gazetteer
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The gazetteer of Ireland, containing the latest information from the most authentic sources, p. 310
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Edinburgh Print. & Pub. Co., Edinburgh
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1842
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54.6153, -7.8864
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John Parker Lawson, d. 1852
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DD_0488
Augustinians
barefoot
bogland
east shore
ferry
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ruins
Saints' Island
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Shane Leslie
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Lough Derg--Irish Identity--Shane Leslie--Biography
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James L. Smith
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Digital Derg: A Deep Map
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2021
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CC BY, sui generis database
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English
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Lough Derg
Ulster
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"Wending my way back by the boggy and rocky paths through the mountains to the high road, I arrived late in the evening at Pettigo, with humbled feelings, almost regretting that I was so unfortunate as to verify so much that I had previously heard of the superstitions practised at this place.
The Lake is upon the estate of Mr. Leslie, of Glasslough, county of Monaghan, who derives 200 per year for the right of ferry. It has proved a profitable speculation to those who have farmed it. The usual rate of charge is sixpence each, and it is calculated that from ten to twelve thousand visit the island in the course of the season ; these pay dues to the amount of a shilling to two shillings and sixpence a head."
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396 p. illus. 17 cm.
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The Leslies of Glaslough
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Lough Derg--Vicinity--Purgatory--Travel guide
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An account of the religious history of Lough Derg for the traveller.
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J. B. Doyle
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Tours in Ulster: A hand-book to the antiquities and scenery of the north of Ireland.
By J. B. Doyle. With numerous illustrations, chiefly from the author's sketch-book, p. 366
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Hodges and Smith, Dublin
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1854
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54.317310, -6.895760
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DD_0485
bogland
County Monaghan
Glaslough
J. B. Doyle
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Leslie family
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profiteering
rent
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"Lough Derg is four miles from Pettigo ; for the first three miles there is a good high road, which runs for a considerable distance alongside a considerable stream, called the Tarmon Water; the last mile is through a wild mountain moor to the left. It will be necessary to take a guide and a pony from Pettigo, both of which can always be obtained at the little hotel. Part of this path runs along the steep acclivities of the rocky hills that rise from the moor, and in some instances it is no small trial to the nerves to keep your seat ; but it is best to allow the pony to take its own way, and to resign yourself to your fate the smallest interference on your part might precipitate the horse and his rider into the morass below.
A more wild and desolate scene cannot be imagined than that which presents itself upon gaining the high grounds near the lake. The expanse of water, although more than ten miles in circumference, has nothing pleasing in it embosomed in a waste of red swampy bogs, its shores are not enlivened by cultivation or beautified by the presence of a single tree. Its peat-stained, sluggish waters are broken here and there by a few unsightly islands, upon which nothing grows above the rank of the stunted juniper. At the far side, long ranges of low, un- interesting mountains, with the same brown swampy covering, dip down upon its shores, without grandeur ; it looks a very Stygian waste a dull and melancholy wilderness.
Such is the scene to which ‘the weary and heavy laden’ have come for ages to find rest for their souls, and such the place to which superstition leads her votaries from the broad daylight of the busy world, and the haunts of civilized man."
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396 p. illus. 17 cm.
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The ugly terrain of Lough Derg
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Lough Derg--Vicinity--Purgatory--Travel guide
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An account of the religious history of Lough Derg for the traveller.
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J. B. Doyle
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Tours in Ulster: A hand-book to the antiquities and scenery of the north of Ireland.
By J. B. Doyle. With numerous illustrations, chiefly from the author's sketch-book, p. 361
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Hodges and Smith, Dublin
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1854
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English
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Travel guide
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54.616218, -7.876212
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DD_0480
bogland
disappointment
J. B. Doyle
lake
negative description
nineteenth century
ugliness
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"[Lough Derg] is almost inaccessible by Horsemen, even in Summer, because of great Bogs, Rocks, and Precipices with which it is environed on all Sides. Such dismal and loansom Places are very apt to make frightful and melancholy Impessions upon the Minds for Weak and Ignorant; and, therefore, it is very probably, that it was pitched upon, as a convenient Place for passing so grand an Imposture upon them."
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"Such dismal and loansom Places are very apt to make frightful and melancholy Impessions upon the Minds for Weak and Ignorant"
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A critique of St. Patrick's Purgatory and Catholic pilgrimage in general.
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John Richardson, 1664-1747
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The Great Folly, superstition and idolatry of Pilgrimages in Ireland, especialy of that to St. Patrick's Purgatory: together with an account of the loss that the publick sustaineth thereby, truly and impartially represented, p. 2
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J. Hyde, Dublin
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1727
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Digitised by Collections numérisées - Université de Rennes 2
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English
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Religious treatise
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54.6083, -7.8714
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Lough Derg--Protestant critique--Treatise--Purgatory
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DD_0462
approach
bogland
eighteenth century
inaccessibility
John Richardson
mountains
Protestant critique
roads
rocks
terrain
wildness
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Lough Hill Bog NHA is an upland blanket bog located just north of Barnesmore Gap, 10m north-east of Donegal town, in south-east Co. Donegal. The site, which lies within the townland of Croaghonagh, is situated on a broad hilltop known as Lough Hill. This hill slopes gently westwards to the shores of Lough Mourne and southwards to the Mourne Beg River. The northern and southern sides of the site are bounded by conifer plantation, while the western and eastern site boundaries are defined by the transition from intact blanket bog to re-vegetating cutover bog and rough grassland. The site occurs at an elevation of between 190 m and 221 m and is underlain by granite and metamorphosed sediments.
The north-western and eastern side of the site contain an area of very wet to quaking blanket bog with extensive tear pool and hummock/hollow systems. This part of the site is quite undisturbed by grazing or human activities, such as burning, drainage or peat cutting. The blanket bog vegetation comprises a deep canopy of Ling Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus), cottongrasses (Eriophorum spp.) and Purple Moor-grass (Molinia caerulea) with species-rich moss cover formed of bog mosses (Sphagnum spp.) and other mosses (Racomitrium lanuginosum, Breutelia chrysocoma). Up to 50% of this intact area is quaking bog with extensive inter-connecting pool systems and a well developed hummock-hollow microtopography. The pool margins are colonised by quaking lawns of bog mosses, White Beak-sedge (Rhynchospora alba) and Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum). Lichens (Cladonia spp.) are abundant.
The western and south-western parts of the site contain cutover bog that has not been worked for many years and is regenerating well. The vegetation is dominated by Ling Heather and Purple Moor-Grass with an intact cover of mosses. There are also occasional flushes characterised by Purple Moor-grass. Several large drainage ditches occur in the north-eastern parts of the site, but these are now almost wholly re-vegetated by characteristic blanket bog species.
While the western side of the site is grazed by sheep, most of the interior and eastern side of the site is unaffected by grazing. There are no other activities disturbing the vegetation in these areas. There is a small amount of active mechanical peat-cutting within the site. The main threats to the site are from damaging activities associated with forestry development and peat extraction, particularly compaction from vehicular access, drainage works, burning and dumping.
A number of Irish Red Data Book species, including Hen Harrier, Golden Plover, Red Grouse and Badger, have been recorded on the site. Pools within the site host a diverse dragonfly fauna.
Lough Hill Bog NHA is a site of considerable conservation significance supporting upland blanket bog. Blanket bog habitat is a globally scarce resource. It is largely confined to coastal regions at temperate latitudes with cool, wet, oceanic climates. North-west Europe contains some of the best-developed areas of blanket bog in the world. The most extensive areas are found in Ireland and Britain. Upland blanket bogs, due to their exposure to severe climatic conditions at high elevations, are particularly vulnerable to erosion by human activities and extensive areas are currently undergoing active erosion due mainly to overgrazing. The current area of intact upland blanket bog in Ireland represents only a fraction of the original resource, due to the combined impacts of afforestation and overgrazing, and intact examples are therefore extremely valuable for nature conservation. Their long-term survival requires sensitive management. This site also supports several Red Data Book species.
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Lough Hill Bog Natural Heritage Area
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Lough Derg--Region--Lough Hill Bog--Heritage Area
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A description of the Lough Hill Bog Natural Heritage Area (NHA)
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National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ireland
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Site Synopsis, Lough Hill Bog Natural Heritage Area (NHA) entry
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National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ireland
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20 January 2004
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English
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DD_0451
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54.752, -7.87546
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Site code: 002437
Badger (Meles meles)
biodiversity
Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum)
bogland
conifer plantations
Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus)
Donegal Town
dragonflies
Golden Plover
Hen Harrier
Lichens (Cladonia portentosa and C. uncialis)
Ling Heather (Calluna vulgaris)
Purple Moor-grass (Molinia caerulea)
quaking bog
quaking lawns
Red Grouse
sheep grazing
sphagnum moss
vicinity
White Beak-sedge (Rhynchospora alba)
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Meenagarranroe Bog NHA is part of a series of upland blanket bogs just outside Barnesmore Gap, 2 km north-east of Donegal town, in south-east Co. Donegal.
The site occurs within the townlands of Meenagarranroe and Meenabrack. The altitude range over this site is from 175 m to 204 m. Bedrock geology is granite and metamorphosed sediments.
The site lies within a watershed between the Mourne Beg and Burn Daurnett Rivers. At the northern end of the site, several separate areas of very deep, intact blanket bog occur, surrounded by mature conifer plantation. Two of these areas are slightly domed and are completely undisturbed by human influences. They are ungrazed, except by small numbers of Red Deer, and undamaged by burning, drainage or peat cutting. To the south, a more shallow and drier area of blanket bog grazed by sheep and cattle, extends up to a mineral ridge on Meenalughoge Hill.
The areas of intact blanket bog support a continuous cover of characteristic blanket bog vegetation comprising a deep canopy of Ling Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus), cottongrasses (Eriophorum spp.) with frequent White Beak-sedge (Rhynchospora alba) and Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum) in wet hollows. The moss and liverwort cover is deep and species-rich. Up to 75% of intact areas consist of quaking bog with extensive interconnecting pool systems. Pools are colonised by a relatively rare species Intermediate Bladderwort (Utricularia intermedia), while pool margins contains quaking lawns of bog moss (Sphagnum auriculatum, S. magellanicum, S. cuspidatum) with Sundews (Drosera anglica, D. rotundifolia), Bogbean (Menyanthes trifoliata) and frequent patches of other mosses (Campylopus atrovirens, C. brevipilus).
In between the pool systems there is an excellent hummock-hollow microtopography with large hummocks of bog mosses (S. subnitens, S. capillifolium, S. imbricatum, S. papillosum) and other mosses (Racomitrium lanuginosum, Breutelia chrysocoma), liverworts (Odontoschisma sphagni, Pleurozia purpurea) and lichens (Cladonia spp.) in abundance. Islands within the pools also contain large hummocks, but unusually, there is no difference in vegetation on the islands as there is virtually no grazing impact on the surrounding bog.
On the slightly drier margins of the bog, a tall, ungrazed canopy of Ling Heather occurs with abundant Bog-myrtle (Myrica gale), Purple Moor-grass (Molinia caerulea) and Bell Heather (Erica cinerea). There are also occasional flushes characterised by Common Reed (Phragmites australis) and Purple Moor-grass on the wetter margins of the site where conifer plantation has failed. Other habitats that occur within the site include scrub woodland, small streams and lowland wet grassland. Several extensive drains transect parts of the site. These were probably excavated over 40 years ago during adjacent afforestation, but are now wholly re-vegetated and thus have a reduced impact.
The site hosts several Irish Red Data Book species, including Irish Hare, Hen Harrier, Golden Plover and Merlin, as well as a diverse dragonfly fauna.
There is no active land use within the northern part of the site, which was possibly targeted for afforestation but proved to be too wet to plant. There are no other activities disturbing the vegetation in these areas, apart from light grazing by Red Deer. The southern part of the site is moderately grazed and there is active mechanical peat-cutting occurring to the south and south-west of the site. The main threats to the site are from damaging activities associated with forestry development and peat extraction, particularly drainage and burning.
Meenagarranroe Bog NHA is a site of considerable conservation value due to the high state of integrity of the blanket bog habitat and the occurrence of particularily wet areas with notable and charateristic species. Blanket bog habitat is a globally scarce resource. It is largely confined to coastal regions at temperate latitudes with cool, wet, oceanic climates. North-west Europe contains some of the best-developed areas of blanket bog in the world. The most extensive areas are found in Ireland and Britain. Upland blanket bogs, due to their exposure to severe climatic conditions at high elevations, are particularly vulnerable to erosion by human activities and extensive areas are currently undergoing active erosion due mainly to overgrazing. The current area of intact upland blanket bog in Ireland represents only a fraction of the original resource, due to the combined impacts of afforestation and overgrazing, and intact examples are therefore extremely valuable for nature conservation. Their long-term survival requires sensitive management.
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Meenagarranroe Bog Natural Heritage Area
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Lough Derg--Region--Meenagarranroe Bog--Heritage Area
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A description of the Meenagarranroe Bog Natural Heritage Area (NHA)
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National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ireland
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Site Synopsis, Meenagarranroe Bog Natural Heritage Area (NHA) entry
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National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ireland
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20 January 2004
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English
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DD_0450
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54.7574, -7.85296
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Site code: 002437
afforestation
Bell Heather (Erica cinerea)
Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum)
Bog Myrtle (Myrica gale)
Bogbean (Menyanthes trifoliata)
bogland
cattle
Common Reed (Phragmites australis)
conifer plantations
Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus)
Donegal Town
dragonflies
drainage
Golden Plover
Hen Harrier
Intermediate Bladderwort (Utricularia intermedia)
Irish Hare
Ling Heather (Calluna vulgaris)
Merlin
moss
Purple Moor-grass (Molinia caerulea)
quaking bog
red deer
sphagnum moss
vicinity
White Beak-sedge (Rhynchospora alba)
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Cashelnavean Bog NHA consists primarily of upland blanket bog and is located in Barnesmore Gap, 8 km south-west of Ballybofey in Co. Donegal. It is situated mostly in the townlands of Cashelnavean and Croaghonagh. The site forms part of the catchment area for the Sruhanderg River that drains into Lough Mourne, east of the site. The lower part of this river divides the bog into northern and southern halves. A second smaller stream drains the northern portion of the bog into Lough Sallagh. Coniferous forestry plantations form most of the boundary on the northern, western and southern parts of the site. The road to Ballybofey forms the boundary along much of the eastern side. Bedrock geology is metamorphic sandstone and the altitude of the site ranges from 180 m to 252 m.
The site consists mainly of upland blanket bog with areas of wet heath, re-vegetated cutover, an infilling lake and wet quaking areas. The heath vegetation is mostly confined to the higher ridge that runs in a north-east/south-west direction along the centre of the site. Flat plateau areas hold deep blanket peat with pool systems while the lower lying area along the western boundary holds quaking areas and an infilling lake.
Characteristic species on the wet plateau areas include White Beak-sedge (Rhynchospora alba), Common Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium), Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix), Purple Moor-grass (Molinia caerulea), Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum), Star Sedge (Carex echinata) and Deergrass (Scirpus caespitosus). The presence of bog mosses accounts for approximately 40 % of ground cover, consisting mainly of Sphagnum cuspidatum, S. auriculatum and S. papillosum, with S. capillifolium forming hummocks around the pools. Also common are the Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia), Great Sundew (D. anglica) and cushions of lichen, Cladonia portentosa. Deeper pools contain Bogbean (Menyanthes trifoliata), Bog-sedge (Carex limosa) and Lesser Bladderwort (Utricularia minor).
Occasional isolated hummocks stand up to 1.5 m high, carrying species such as Ling Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Bell Heather (Erica cinerea), Purple Moor-grass, Tormentil (Potentilla erecta), Heath Bedstraw (Galium saxatile), Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) and mats of Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum). Cushions of the mosses Racomitrium lanuginosum, Hylocomium splendens, and Rhytidiadelphus loreus also occur. The presence of the locally occurring species, Juniper (Juniperus communis), in this vegetation, is of significant interest.
Drier land at the higher, rockier altitudes has shallower peat with a vegetation more characteristic of heathland, being dominated by Ling Heather, Bell Heather, Heath Rush (Juncus squarrosus), and Purple Moor-grass. The cutover slopes along the main road are wet and are dominated by Bog Myrtle (Myrica gale). Bog mosses are also present (approximately 35 % of ground cover), consisting mainly of Sphagnum cuspidatum, S. subnitens and S. papillosum. In the wetter, low-lying areas along the streams and infilling lake, sedges occur, such as Bottle Sedge (Carex rostrata) and Bog-sedge (Carex limosa), with Common Reed (Phragmites australis), Bog Pondweed (Potomogeton polygonifolius) and Black Bog-rush (Schoenus nigricans).
Red Grouse, an Irish Red Data Book species occurs on the site. Fox and Snipe also occur.
The site is potentially threatened by the possible expansion of coniferous plantation forestry. A degree of disturbance has also resulted from sheep grazing, both along the eastern slopes and the wetter, western boundary, with bare patches of peat and low peat hags resulting. Both activities can cause drying of the peat and loss of characteristic bog flora.
Cashelnavean Bog NHA is a site of considerable conservation significance. It contains a good example of upland blanket bog. The site is reasonably diverse in terms of species and communities due to local variation rather than large scale diversity. Blanket bog habitat is a globally scarce resource. It is largely confined to coastal regions at temperate latitudes with cool, wet, oceanic climates. North-west Europe contains some of the best-developed areas of blanket bog in the world. The most extensive areas are found in Ireland and Britain. Upland blanket bogs, due to their exposure to severe climatic conditions at high elevations, are particularly vulnerable to erosion by human activities and extensive areas are currently undergoing active erosion due mainly to overgrazing. The current area of intact upland blanket bog in Ireland represents only a fraction of the original resource, due to the combined impacts of afforestation and overgrazing, and intact examples are therefore extremely valuable for nature conservation. Their long-term survival requires sensitive management.
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Cashelnavean Bog Natural Heritage Area
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54.7511, -7.92523
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Site code: 000122
Bell Heather (Erica cinerea)
Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)
biodiversity
Black Bog-rush (Schoenus nigricans)
blanket bog
Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum)
Bog Myrtle (Myrica gale)
Bog Pondweed (Potamogeton polygonifolius)
Bog Sedge (Carex limosa)
Bogbean (Menyanthes trifoliata)
bogland
Bottle Sedge (Carex rostrata)
Common Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium)
Common Reed (Phragmites australis)
conifer plantations
Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix)
Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum)
Deergrass (Scirpus caespitosus)
dryness
Great Sundew (D. anglica)
Heath Bedstraw (Galium saxatile)
Heath Rush (Juncus squarrosus)
Juniper (Juniperus communis)
Lesser Bladderwort (Utricularia minor)
Ling Heather (Calluna vulgaris)
Purple Moor-grass
Purple Moor-grass (Molinia caerulea)
Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
sphagnum moss
Star Sedge (Carex echinata)
Tormentil (Potentilla erecta)
vicinity
White Beak-sedge (Rhynchospora alba)
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Barnesmore Bog NHA is an area of upland blanket bog and heath in south Co. Donegal. It extends from Barnesmore Mountain in the north to Clogher Hill in the south and from the lower slopes of Croaghmeen and Croaghakeadew in the west to the Donegal/Tyrone border in the east. The site is bound to the north-west by the main road from Donegal to Ballybofey. The western boundary of the site extends down the slopes of Croaghmeen and Croaghakeadew as far as improved agricultural fields and overgrazed bog. Mature forestry plantations border the eastern, southern and northern parts of the site. Part of the eastern boundary of the site runs between Lough Innaghachola and Loughnaweelagh along the border between Co. Donegal and Co. Tyrone. A wind power installation and associated access roads, which occupies part of Croaghakeadew Mountain (398 m) on the west and extends eastwards to Loughnaweelagh, northwards to Lough Namaddy, and southwards to just north of Lough Naleaghany, has been excluded from the site.
The site has an altitude range 150 m to 450 m, Barnesmore Mountain being the highest point. The western part of the site is drained by tributaries of the Lowerymore River and the eastern part of the site by Camowen Burn and the Leaghany River, the latter watercourses flowing into Lough Derg. Bedrock geology consists of schist and gneiss.
The site is a complex mosaic of upland blanket bog, wet heath and flushes developed on a series of granite ridges connected by gently sloping terrain and incorporating a number of streams. Over twenty relatively nutrient-poor lakes occur within the site, the largest being Lough Golagh, Lough Slug, Lough Atlieve, Lough Namaddy, Lough Nabrackboy and Loughnaweelagh. The blanket bog reaches its greatest extent on the gently undulating slopes on the western, north-western and southern parts of the site.
The vegetation consists of a relatively intact assemblage of blanket bog species, including Ling Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix), Purple Moor-grass (Molinia caerulea), Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia), Great Sundew (D. anglica), Common Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium), Black Bog-rush (Schoenus nigricans), Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus), Bog-myrtle (Myrica gale), Tormentil (Potentilla erecta), Carnation Sedge (Carex panicea), Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum), Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) and Fir Clubmoss (Huperzia selago).
There are occasional bog pools on the site colonised with Bogbean (Menyanthes trifoliata) and Bog Sedge (Carex limosa) grading into quaking bog-moss lawns of Sphagnum papillosum, S. cuspidatum and S. auriculatum at the pool margins together with sundews and Marsh Violet.
Bog mosses are locally frequent throughout the site as hummock/hollow complexes (Sphagnum subnitens, S. papillosum, S. capillifolium, S. compactum, S. auriculatum and S. cuspidatum), quaking lawns and flushes (S. recurvum) or on localised areas of bare peat (S. tenellum). Other mosses include large hummocks of Racomitrium lanuginosum, Hypnum jutlandicum, Pleurozium schreberi and Campylopus atrovirens. Liverworts characteristic of blanket bogs include Mylia taylori and Odontoschisma sphagni.
Lichens on the bog surface include Cladonia portentosa, C. uncialis and C. subcervicornis.
Other habitats on the site include scrub along stream corridors, dry heath, wet heath, acid grassland on peaty soil, lakes, streams and flushes. Regenerating cutover with deep pools occurs west of Lough Slug.
There is variation in the species composition and abundance of the aquatic flora in the lakes depending on exposure, water depth and the nutrient status of the lake waters. The aquatic flora of the lakes includes Broad-leaved pondweed (Potamogeton natans), Bladderwort (Utricularia sp.), Shoreweed (Littorella uniflora), Quillwort (Isoetes lacustris), Water Horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile), stands of Bottle Sedge (Carex rostrata) and Bogbean.
Flushes with a diverse flora occur throughout the site, along the stream corridors and in the vicinity of lakes and at the base of and on slopes. Vegetation includes stands of rushes (Juncus effusus, J. conglomeratus, J. acutiflorus), Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre), Purple Moor-grass, Black Bog-rush, Marsh Pennywort (Hydrocotyle vulgaris), Star Sedge (Carex echinata), Lesser Spearwort, Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis), Bulbous Rush (Juncus Bulbosus), Marsh Violet, Bog Pondweed (Potamogeton polygonifolius) and Common Butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris).
There are patches of dry heath on the drier banks of the streams or on steep slopes with a thinner soil notably the eastern slopes of Barnesmore Gap and the north-eastern side of Lough Nabrackboy. The vegetation of these areas includes Tormentil, Ling Heather, Hard Fern (Blechnum spicant), Heath Milkwort (Polygala serpyllifolia), Bell Heather (Erica cinerea), Green-ribbed Sedge (Carex binervis), Wood Sorrel (Oxalis acetosella), wood-rushes (Luzula multiflora, L. sylvatica) and Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum).
Acid grassland/wet heath mosaics occurs on thinner mineral/peat soils on the slopes of Croaghmeen, to the west of the site, and the hill slopes north-east of Lough Slug. These are characterised by Mat Grass (Nardus stricta), Sweet Vernal-grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum), Heath Bedstraw (Galium saxatile), Green-ribbed Sedge, Sheep’s Fescue (Festuca ovina), Devil’s-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis), Velvet Bent (Agrostis canina), Heath Grass (Danthonia decumbens) and the mosses Pleurozium schreberi, Hylocomium splendens and Polytrichum commune.
Irish Hare, Badger, Red Grouse, Golden Plover, Peregrine Falcon and Common Frog occur on the site. Peregrine Falcon nest on the steep slopes of Barnesmore Gap. These are all Irish Red Data Book species.
In general the blanket bog resource has decreased in the Barnesmore Gap area due to extensive afforestation on the eastern, northern and southern sides of the site.
Relatively recent land uses on the western periphery of the site include localised heavy grazing by sheep.
Apart from very localised damage, Barnesmore Bog NHA is a site of considerable conservation significance containing a very large area of relatively intact upland blanket bog with virtually no peat extraction or overgrazing. This site supports a good diversity of blanket bog microhabitats including hummock/hollow complexes and flushes. Other habitats on the site include rocky outcrops, dry heath, wet heath, streams, several naturally nutrient-poor lakes that add to the habitat diversity and therefore conservation value of the site. Blanket bog habitat is a globally scarce resource. It is largely confined to coastal regions at temperate latitudes with cool, wet, oceanic climates. North-west Europe contains some of the best-developed areas of blanket bog in the world. The most extensive areas are found in Ireland and Britain. Upland blanket bogs, due to their exposure to severe climatic conditions at high elevations, are particularly vulnerable to erosion by human activities and extensive areas are currently undergoing active erosion due mainly to overgrazing. The current area of intact upland blanket bog in Ireland represents only a fraction of the original resource, due to the combined impacts of afforestation and overgrazing, and intact examples are therefore extremely valuable for nature conservation. Their long-term survival requires sensitive management.
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Barnesmore Bog Natural Heritage Area
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Lough Derg--Region--Barnesmore Bog--Heritage Area
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National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ireland
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54.6929, -7.95004
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Site code: 002375
Badger (Meles meles)
Bell Heather (Erica cinerea)
Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)
biodiversity
Black Bog-rush
Black Bog-rush (Schoenus nigricans)
Bladderwort (Utricularia sp.)
Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum)
Bog Pondweed (Potamogeton polygonifolius)
Bog Sedge (Carex limosa)
Bog-myrtle (Myrica gale)
Bogbean (Menyanthes trifoliata)
bogland
Bottle Sedge (Carex rostrata)
Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum)
Broad-leaved Pondweed (Potamogeton natans)
Bulbous Rush (Juncus Bulbosus)
Carnation Sedge (Carex panicea)
Clogher
Common Butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris)
Common Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium)
Common Frog
Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix)
Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus)
Devil’s-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis)
dryness
Fir Clubmoss (Huperzia selago)
Golden Plover
Great Sundew (D. anglica)
Green-ribbed Sedge
Green-ribbed Sedge (Carex binervis)
Hard Fern (Blechnum spicant)
Heath Bedstraw (Galium saxatile)
Heath Grass (Danthonia decumbens)
Heath Milkwort (Polygala serpyllifolia)
Irish Hare
Lesser Spearwort
Ling Heather
Ling Heather (Calluna vulgaris)
Marsh Pennywort (Hydrocotyle vulgaris)
Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre)
Marsh Violet
Mat Grass (Nardus stricta)
Peregrine Falcon
Purple Moor-grass
Purple Moor-grass (Molinia caerulea)
quaking bog
Quillwort (Isoetes lacustris)
Red Grouse
Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis)
Sheep’s Fescue (Festuca ovina)
Shoreweed (Littorella uniflora)
sphagnum moss
Star Sedge (Carex echinata)
Sweet Vernal-grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum)
Tormentil
Tormentil (Potentilla erecta)
Velvet Bent (Agrostis canina)
Water Horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile)
Wood Sorrel (Oxalis acetosella)
wood-rushes (Luzula multiflora L. sylvatica)
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Shane Leslie
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Lough Derg--Irish Identity--Shane Leslie--Biography
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James L. Smith
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Digital Derg: A Deep Map
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2021
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Lough Derg
Ulster
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"Pettigoe, 'the honestest little town in all the North,' said a commercial traveller to me — snuggly nestles between three of those low, round, fertile hills so characteristic of Ulster scenery. The road thence runs nearly due north, for four miles, to Lough Derg. I started from the village early and walked to the lake. As you advance into Donegal, the lands looks colder and more barren, the houses grow less frequent, cultivation is confined to scanty patches of potatoes and oats that seemed in no hurry to ripen, even in mid-September. A little further on there are no houses to be seen, and moorland hills rise threateningly in advance, as if to bar the traveller's further progress. You have, however, all the way the companionship of a turbulent and tortuous stream, that plays some curious pranks in its downward journey from its home in the mountains — now running along the road, two or three times crossing it, then receding and disappearing, only to show its noisy and turbid waters a few moments afterwards. At length the traveller reaches the crest of the hill and the end of the road ; the remainder of the way, be he prince or peasant, he must trudge on foot through the mud to the margin of the lake. Sir John Leslie is land- lord, and not a bad one, they say, of all the ancient territory of Termon Dabeog, and receives £50 a year for permitting the pilgrims to be ferried over the lake — a beautiful remnant of our feudal land laws ; but, it seems, he will neither make the road to the lake's margin him- self nor permit the grand jury to do it, lest, I presume, it might interfere with his proprietary right in the ferry : so he puts on the crowd of benighted Papists who visit the place every summer the additional penance of walking a mile through the mud to the lake's margin."
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"A huge quarry"
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Lough Derg--Pilgrimage--Magazine--Narrative
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An account of Lough Derg from a late-nineteenth-century pilgrim.
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Matthew Russell, 1834-1912
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M.H. Gill & Son, Dublin
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1878
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Sponsored and digitised by Google, Princeton University Library
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Public domain
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DD_0432
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54.5494, -7.8320
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https://archive.org/details/irishmonthlyvol01unkngoog/page/n5
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'Lough Derg: By a Recent Pilgrim', The Irish Monthly: A Magazine of General Literature Sixth Yearly Volume, p.22
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