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Fionn mac Cumhaill escapes the monster's belly

"…Fin M’Coul stood before the monster; but instead of innocently submitting to be sucked in like a common man, Fin, famed as he was above all the Fions for feats of agility, took a hop, step, and leap, and fairly and clearly jumped down its…

Tags: blood, Caesar Otway, colour, dryness, evacuation, Fionn mac Cumhaill, Folklore, hills, lake, monster, mountains, nineteenth century, St. Patrick, superstition

Saints Island Quay Archaeological Survey

It is traditionally believed that a monastic settlement was founded here in the fifth century by St. Patrick who installed Dabheoc as the first abbot. There are forty-six islands in Lough Derg but only two of them are of archaeological interest. The…

Tags: Archaeological survey, boating, dryness, medieval, monasticism, pilgrim crossing, quay, Saints' Island, Saints' Island townland

Saints Island Enclosure Archaeological Survey

It is traditionally believed that a monastic settlement was founded here in the fifth century by St. Patrick who installed Dabheoc as the first abbot. There are forty-six islands in Lough Derg but only two of them are of archaeological interest. The…

Tags: Archaeological survey, dryness, enclosure, monastery, monasticism, Saints' Island

Saints Island Graveyard Archaeological Survey

It is traditionally believed that a monastic settlement was founded here in the fifth century by St. Patrick who installed Dabheoc as the first abbot. There are forty-six islands in Lough Derg but only two of them are of archaeological interest. The…

Tags: Archaeological survey, dryness, graveyard, monastery, monasticism, Saints' Island

Saints Island Structure Archaeological Survey

It is traditionally believed that a monastic settlement was founded here in the fifth century by St. Patrick who installed Dabheoc as the first abbot. There are forty-six islands in Lough Derg but only two of them are of archaeological interest. The…

Tags: Archaeological survey, dryness, monastery, monasticism, ruins, Saints' Island, structure

Sibby's moat

"There is a moat or mound in the townland of Cullion where a woman named Sabina did penance on the way to Lough Derg. She used to sleep on this mound the night before she went no matter whether the weather was wet or dry. It is still called Sibby's…

Tags: Cullion Townland, dryness, etymology, Folklore, moat, mound, pilgrimage, place name, Sibby's moat

Eagle's eggs

"It so happened, that the Parson had marked the very clump in which the bird had pitched, and had taken the bearings accurately. Guiding his course by these, he scrambled over huge, loose, mossy stones, so large, so irregular, and so unconnected with…

Tags: birdlife, dryness, eagle, eggs, fauna, fishing, Henry Newland, lake, memoir, nesting, nineteenth century, poaching, upper lake

Templecarn is a "barren subject"

"The author of the following brief sketch, on first receiving a copy of the statistical queries, was for a considerable time in doubt whether to forward any answer to the inquiries proposed..."

Tags: agriculture, barrenness, commerce, dryness, isolation, Lieutenant W. Lancey, manufacturing, negative description, North West Farming Society, ordnance survey, Parish of Templecarne, potential, Royal Irish Academy, rural landscape, Templecarne, Termon Magrath

Lough Eske and Ardnamona Wood Special Area of Conservation

The watershed, geology and wildlife of the Lough Eske and Ardnamona Wood Special Area of Conservation

Croaghonagh Bog Special Area of Conservation

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

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