"All was as still as death"
Travelogues--James Spencer Knox--Lough Derg--Description
Knox describes the deserted scene on Station Island
James Spencer Knox, 1789-1862
Pastoral Annals. By an Irish Clergyman [i.e. James S. Knox], pp. 384
R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, London
1840
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Monograph
English
Travelogue
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"A lonely and remote region"
Travelogues--James Spencer Knox--Lough Derg--Description
Knox describes Lough Derg as remote and obscure
James Spencer Knox, 1789-1862
Pastoral Annals. By an Irish Clergyman [i.e. James S. Knox], p. 375
R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, London
1840
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Monograph
English
Travelogue
DD_0264
54.6083, -7.8714
"Low rocks, a few weasels, lake"
Poetry--Twentieth Century--Dennis Devlin--Lough Derg
The poetry of Dennis Devlin
Dennis Devlin, 1908-1959
Lough Derg', in Devlin, Dennis, Lough Derg and Other Poems, pp. 1-4, here p. 1
Cornwall Press Inc, Cornwall, NY
1946
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Published poem
English
Collection of poems
DD_0259
54.6083, -7.8714
"For this is Lough Derg, St. Patrick’s Purgatory"
Poetry--Twentieth Century--Patrick Kavanagh--Lough Derg
The poetry of Patrick Kavanagh's 'Lough Derg', detailing a visit in 1941
Patrick Kavanagh, 1904-1967
Kavanagh, Patrick, Lough Derg, p. 9
Goldsmith Press, The Curragh, Ireland
1978
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Published poem
English
Poetry chapbook
DD_0246
54.6083, -7.8714
Becalmed on the Lake
Lough Derg--Henry Newland--Fishing--Wind
"But the breeze gradually dropped. Large splashes of calm, glazy-looking water appeared here and there, spreading by little and little over the whole surface, while the rises became more and more infrequent, and, before a dozen fish had been caught, ceased altogether..."
Henry Newland, 1804-1860
Newland, Henry, The Erne, Its Legends and Its Fly-Fishing, pp. 222-23
Chapman and Hall, London
1851
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Public domain
xiv, 395 p. plates. 20 cm
English
Fishing memoirs
DD_0182
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"Wild and gloomy loneliness"
Lough Derg--Henry Newland--Fishing--Scenery
"Lough Derg has certainly been well chosen as a spot of religious penitence and seclusion, for the character of its scenery harmonises well with such a feeling; it is that of wild and gloomy loneliness."
Henry Newland, 1804-1860
Newland, Henry, The Erne, Its Legends and Its Fly-Fishing, p. 220
Chapman and Hall, London
1851
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xiv, 395 p. plates. 20 cm
English
Fishing memoirs
DD_0179
54.631629,-7.862233
The trees of Templecarn
Lough Derg--Ordnance Survey--Description--Lieutenant Lancey
"Of woods, nurseries or plantations [Templecarn] is at present completely destitute, thought there is every appearance of it having been formerly well supplied with timber..."
Lieutenant W. Lancey, 1835
Replies to Queries on Termon Magrath District from North West Farming Society, Parish of Templecarn, in Institute of Irish Studies, and Royal Irish Academy, Parishes of County Donegal / Edited by Angélique Day and Patrick McWilliams. II 1835-6, Mid, West and South Donegal., Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland; v.39, pp. 164-65
Institute of Irish Studies in association with The Royal Irish Academy, Belfast
1835-6 [1997]
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English
Ordnance survey memoir
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Templecarn is a "barren subject"
Lough Derg--Ordnance Survey--Description--Lieutenant Lancey
"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..."
Lieutenant W. Lancey, 1835
Replies to Queries on Termon Magrath District from North West Farming Society, Parish of Templecarn, in Institute of Irish Studies, and Royal Irish Academy, Parishes of County Donegal / Edited by Angélique Day and Patrick McWilliams. II 1835-6, Mid, West and South Donegal., Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland; v.39, p. 159
Institute of Irish Studies in association with The Royal Irish Academy, Belfast
1835-6 [1997]
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English
Ordnance survey memoir
DD_0165
54.590453,-7.856407
"Recited in the open, while facing the airy spaciousness of mountain, sky and water"
Lough Derg--Pilgrimage--Description--Alice Curtayne
"The repetition of the baptismal vow [before St. Brigid's Cross] is a reaching back again towards baptismal innocence and is the usual ritual of retreats..."
Alice Curtayne, 1898-1981
Curtayne, Alice, Lough Derg: St. Patrick’s Purgatory, p. 168
Burns Oats and Washbourn, Ltd., London and Dublin
1944
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Monograph
English
History
DD_0147
54.609083,-7.871620
"Rip Van Winkle whose experience is reversed"
Lough Derg--Pilgrimage--Description--Alice Curtayne
Alice Curtayne describes how traveling to Station Island is like stepping back into the fifth century
Alice Curtayne, 1898-1981
Curtayne, Alice, Lough Derg: St. Patrick’s Purgatory, p. 167
Burns Oats and Washbourn, Ltd., London and Dublin
1944
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Monograph
English
History
DD_0144
54.6083, -7.8714