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Where to catch fish
"It is in the neighbourhood of [the islands beyond Station Island] that the fish are caught, and round them the boat made its slow circuit, as the fishermen, keeping accurate time, cast, with lines not above twice the length of their rods, the one to…
The salmon of Lough Derg
"There is one strange fact connected with this lake - no salmon come into it, though they come up to the very point where the River Derg escapes out of it…"
The presence of Arctic Char in the lake in the 1990s
A description of the fishlife found in Lough Derg
The March of the Dead Maguires
An account of Lough Derg folklore on a fishing trip, explaining the strange circular currents of the lake in supernatural terms
The lakes of Ireland
Gerald of Wales describes the number and disposition of Ireland's lakes
The fish stocks of Templecarne
A Parochial Survey of Templecarne Parish
Tags: description, eels, fish, fishing, Parochial survey, perch, pike, Templecarne, trout, William Shaw Mason
Interrogating the curse of St. Patrick
"…The story is told that in ancient times Lough Derg abounded in salmon and salmon-trout, just the same as its next neighbour, Lough Erne..."
Fishing in the Upper Lake
"There was at first quite success enough to test the goodness of the extempore flies, and though few fish of much more than a pound weight were taken, and those of a dull brown, out-of-season sort of character…"
Tags: boating, catch, fishing, fly fishing, Henry Newland, islands, memoir, nineteenth century, upper lake
Fish stocks in the lake
"In this Lough is great plenty of fish such as trouts, eels and salmon as I am told. Trouts may be had by angling in abundance from March till winter and at the head of the river between Knocnacoyne and Leanaght might a good eel fishing be had in the…
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