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View across lake from east including Friars' and Station Islands, including rock formations and shore

Gerald of Wales describes the number and disposition of Ireland's lakes

“Lough Derg consists of two large sheets of water, which may be designated the upper and lower lakes..."

"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..."

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A portolan chart of Europe by Grazioso Benincasa, showing the Aegean

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This is a map of the British Isles. It is a wood cut and is by the Venetian Pietro Coppo.

The entry for Lough Derg in an 1842 Irish gazetteer

"In the county of Donnegal, at the distance of four miles from Lough Earn, and in the midst of mountains and morasses, extending every way to a considerable distance..."
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