Browse Items (35 total) Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Browse Map Tags: bogland Page of 4 Next Page Sort by: Title Creator Date Added Waterlife, flora and fauna of the Lough Fad blanket bog to the south-west of Lough Derg The location and characteristics of the Lough Fad Bog National Heritage Area (NHA) Tags: Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar), blanket bog, Bog Sedge (Carex limosa), bogland, Cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos), Dioecious Sedge (Carex dioica), Floating Bur-reed (Sparganium angustifolium), Golden Plover, Hen Harrier, Long-stalked Yellowsedge (Carex lepidocarpa), Lough Fad Bog NHA, moss, National Parks and Wildlife Service, otters, peat, Red Grouse, Shoreweed (Littorella uniflora), Water Lobelia (Lobelia dortmanna), watershed, Yellow Water-lily (Nuphar lutea) Unimpressed by Lough Derg A dismal scene of the view to the lake on the walk from Pettigo, originally included in Caesar Otway's 'Sketches in Ireland' Tags: bogland, Caesar Otway, disappointment, hills, landscape, medievalism, mountains, negative, Pettigo, pilgrimage, Protestant critique, St. Patrick, Station Island, The Gothic, William Carleton The ugly terrain of Lough Derg An account of the religious history of Lough Derg for the traveller. Tags: bogland, disappointment, J. B. Doyle, lake, negative description, nineteenth century, ugliness The quality of Lough Derg's road access A description of Lough Derg and its Pilgrimage in the American Donahoe's Magazine Tags: bogland, Boston, Donahoe's Magazine, landowners, nineteenth century, Pettigo, pilgrimage, road, taxes The origin of Lough Derg's name "There are two different opinions to account for the meaning of the denomination, Lough Derg..." Tags: Annals of the Four Masters, blood, bogland, colour, Daniel O'Connor, etymology, Fionn mac Cumhaill, Folklore, John O'Donovan, pilgrimage, place names, Royal Irish Academy, St. Patrick, water, wine 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 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 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 dimensions of Lough Derg "The lakes [of the Parish of Templecarn] amount to 110, of which Lough Derg is the most extensive..." Tags: bogland, circumference, depth, elevation, geography, hazards, hills, hydrology, islands, lake, lake bed, Lieutenant W. Lancey, liminology, measurements, ordnance survey, Parish of Templecarne, Royal Irish Academy, size, submerged rocks, Templecarne, topography, 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) Tags: acid grassland, afforestation, agriculture, Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar), Badger (Meles meles), bogland, conservation, Cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos), Dioecious Sedge (Carex dioica), erosion, Flushes, forestry, Golden Plover, habitat loss, Hen Harrier, lakes, Long-stalked Yellowsedge (Carex lepidocarpa), Lough Fad Bog NHA, National Parks and Wildlife Service, otters, overgrazing, peat cutting, peatlands, Red Grouse, streams, watershed, wet heath Page of 4 Next Page Output Formats atom, csv, dc-rdf, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2
