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St. Dabheoc's Seat and the old pilgrim road

"To the west of St. Brigid's Chair, and about two furlongs from the shore of the lake, but somewhat further from the chair, is situated on the very summit of a mountain a carn-shaped eminence, on the summit of which is St. Dabheoc's Seat..."

Tags: bogland, Daniel O'Connor, hills, John O'Donovan, mountains, ordnance survey, pilgrim path, Seedavog Mountain, St. Dabheoc's Seat, swamp

Station island gazetteer entry

The entry for Lough Derg in an 1842 Irish gazetteer

Tags: Augustinians, barefoot, bogland, east shore, ferry, gazetteer, nineteenth century, ruins, Saints' Island

Tamur Bog Special Area of Conservation

The watershed, geology and wildlife of the Tamur Bog Special Area of Conservation

Tags: Ash (Fraxinus excelsior), Badger (Meles meles), Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), biodiversity, Black Bog-rush (Schoenus nigricans), blanket bog, Bog moss (Sphagnum spp.), Bog Sedge (Carex limosa), Bogbean (Menyanthes trifoliata), bogland, Bottle Sedge (Carex rostrata), Broad Buckler-fern (Dryopteris dilatata)., cattle, Common Club-rush (Scirpus lacustris), Common Frog, Common Lizard, Common Reed (Phragmites australis), Common Valerian (Valeriana officinalis), Cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos), Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix), Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus), Downy Birch (Betula pubescens), dryness, False Oat-grass (Arrhenatherum elatius), Greenland White-fronted Goose, Hare’s-tail Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum), Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum), Irish Hare, Lesser Bladderwort (Utricularia minor), Marsh Pennywort (Hydrocotyle vulgaris)., Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre), Otter, Perfoliate Pondweed (Potamogeton perfoliatus), Purple Moor-grass (Molinia caerulea), Rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum), Rhyncehosporion Vegetation, Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia), Shoreweed (Littorella uniflora), Soft Rush, Soft Rush (Juncus effusus), sphagnum moss, Tamur bog, vicinity, Water Horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile), Water Lobelia (Lobelia dortmanna), White Beak-sedge (Rhynchospora alba), Wild Angelica (Angelica sylvestris), Willow (Salix spp.), Yellow Water-lily (Nuphar lutea)

The appearance of Lough Derg

"Lough Derg is a large sheet of water surrounded by black bogs relieved only by few detached cabins and patches of cultivation and its groups of islands..."

Tags: agriculture, appearance, bogland, cultivation, islands, lake, Lieutenant W. Lancey, mountains, negative description, ordnance survey, Parish of Templecarne, quaking bog, remoteness, Royal Irish Academy, rural landscape, Templecarne

The bogs of Templecarn

"There is a vast extent of bog in Templecarn in which fir and other timber are found..."

Tags: blanket bog, bogland, ecosystem, environment, fir, landscape, Lieutenant W. Lancey, ordnance survey, Parish of Templecarne, quaking bog, Royal Irish Academy, Templecarne, water

The conservation status of the Lough Fad blanket bog to the south-west of Lough Derg

The conservation status of the Lough Fad Bog National Heritage Area (NHA)

The dimensions of Lough Derg

"The lakes [of the Parish of Templecarn] amount to 110, of which Lough Derg is the most extensive..."

The extent of the Templecarn bogs

"Though the number of bogs in this district is considerable, yet few of them reach to any great extent..."

Tags: bogland, extent, fir, landscape, Lieutenant W. Lancey, North West Farming Society, oak, ordnance survey, Parish of Templecarne, Royal Irish Academy, Templecarne, Termon Magrath, trees

The journey from Pettigo to Lough Derg

“From Pettigo to Lough Dergh, the distance is about three miles, over bog and mountain. It is a scramble all the way, endeavouring to avoid the marsh and bog land, that cannot, however, be avoided..."

Tags: barefoot, barrenness, bogland, hills, impressions, landscape, marsh, mountains, Pettigo, Philip Dixon Hardy, pilgrim road, pilgrimage, quaking bog, second-hand accounts

The Leslies of Glaslough

An account of the religious history of Lough Derg for the traveller.

Tags: bogland, County Monaghan, Glaslough, J. B. Doyle, landowners, Leslie family, nineteenth century, profiteering, rent

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