The ugly terrain of Lough Derg
Lough Derg--Vicinity--Purgatory--Travel guide
An account of the religious history of Lough Derg for the traveller.
J. B. Doyle
Tours in Ulster: A hand-book to the antiquities and scenery of the north of Ireland.
By J. B. Doyle. With numerous illustrations, chiefly from the author's sketch-book, p. 361
Hodges and Smith, Dublin
1854
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Handbook
English
Travel guide
DD_0480
54.616218, -7.876212
Feijoo's critique of Purgatory
Lough Derg--Pilgrimage--Magazine--Narrative
An account of Lough Derg from a late-nineteenth-century pilgrim.
Matthew Russell, 1834-1912
'Lough Derg: By a Recent Pilgrim', The Irish Monthly: A Magazine of General Literature Sixth Yearly Volume, pp. 27-8
M.H. Gill & Son, Dublin
1878
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Article
English
Magazine Article
DD_0447
54.6083, -7.8714
"A mere rock"
Lough Derg--Pilgrimage--Magazine--Narrative
An account of Lough Derg from a late-nineteenth-century pilgrim.
Matthew Russell, 1834-1912
'Lough Derg: By a Recent Pilgrim', The Irish Monthly: A Magazine of General Literature Sixth Yearly Volume, p.23
M.H. Gill & Son, Dublin
1878
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Article
English
Magazine Article
DD_0434
54.626894, -7.924317
"So ended my pilgrimage to Lough Derg"
Travelogues--James Spencer Knox--Lough Derg--Description
Knox advises Protestant travellers to visit Loug Derg and see Catholic folly
James Spencer Knox, 1789-1862
Pastoral Annals. By an Irish Clergyman [i.e. James S. Knox], p. 396
R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, London
1840
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Monograph
English
Travelogue
DD_0284
Lough Derg
"A rock, which, rising to the surface of the water, the breeze had exposed"
Travelogues--James Spencer Knox--Lough Derg--Description
Knox reveals that the "serpent" is a rock
James Spencer Knox, 1789-1862
Pastoral Annals. By an Irish Clergyman [i.e. James S. Knox], p. 392
R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, London
1840
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Monograph
English
Travelogue
DD_0282
54.608669,-7.877939
"So long as the Church of Rome finds dupes"
Travelogues--James Spencer Knox--Lough Derg--Description
Knox reflects on the cause of the "fraud" of miracles
James Spencer Knox, 1789-1862
Pastoral Annals. By an Irish Clergyman [i.e. James S. Knox], pp. 380-81
R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, London
1840
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Monograph
English
Travelogue
DD_0268
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
Citation for the purposes of criticism
Published poem
English
Poetry chapbook
DD_0246
54.6083, -7.8714
"Their hands push closed the doors that God holds open"
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
Citation for the purposes of criticism
Published poem
English
Poetry chapbook
DD_0245
54.6083, -7.8714
"They come to Lough Derg to fast and pray and beg"
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
Citation for the purposes of criticism
Published poem
English
Poetry chapbook
DD_0244
54.6083, -7.8714
Bobby describes Station Island
Literature--Twentieth Century--Sean O'Faolain--Lough Derg
Bobby, attempting to make peace with Jenny as she performs the pilgrimage, discusses the power of Station Island
Sean O'Faolain, 1900-1991
The Lovers of the Lake', in The Collected Stories of Sean O'Faolain, Vol. 2, pp. 18-43, here p. 30
Constable and Company, London
1981
Citation for the purposes of criticism
Edited edition
English
Collection of short stories
DD_0241
54.608913,-7.870977