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"Water withers from the oars"

The poetry of Dennis Devlin

Tags: boating, Dennis Devlin, materiality, pilgrim crossing, poetry, social commentary, twentieth century, water, waves

"The penance wheel turned round again"

The poetry of Patrick Kavanagh's 'Lough Derg', detailing a visit in 1941

Tags: boating, departure, Fare Thee Well Lough Derg, Patrick Kavanagh, pilgrim crossing, pilgrimage, poetry, twentieth century

Lough Derg in the rain

Jenny and Bobby arrive at Lough Derg in the rain and are greeted by the sight of the lake and the pilgrims waiting to cross

Tags: boating, cattle, doubt, impressions, Irish identity, literature, negative description, pilgrim crossing, rain, Sean O'Faolain, short stories, St. Patrick, twentieth century, weather

Station Island boat leaving

A pilgrim boat leaving the shore, pilgrims boarding another crowded boat, and a crowd on shore

Tags: boating, ferry house, Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, pilgrim crossing, queue, Robert French, Station Island, William Lawrence

Pilgrims board their boats south-east of Station Island

Two boats of pilgrims pose for a photograph south-east of Station Island, with Station and Friar's island in background

Tags: boating, Friars' Island, Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, pilgrim crossing, pilgrimage, Robert French, Station Island, vista, William Lawrence

Cardinal Michael Logue boards a boat at the Station Island ferry house, 1913

The Cardinal's delegation board a boat to Station Island, surrounded by crowd

Tags: boating, Cardinal Michael Logue, ferry house, Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, pilgrim crossing, Robert French, Station Island, William Lawrence

Ferry boat house, Station Island

View of the nineteenth-century ferry boat house to Station Island

Tags: boating, ferry house, Lawrence Collection, National Library of Ireland, nineteenth century, Photographs, pilgrim crossing, Robert French, Station Island, William Lawrence

"A fantastic display of lightning which continued for nearly two hours"

"Fourteen years passed [from 1918] before there is mention in the records of another such violent upheaval of the waters…"

Tags: Alice Curtayne, lake, lightning, mountains, pilgrim crossing, sound, Station Island, storms, thunder, twentieth century, water, weather

"Occasional freakish summer storms"

"Occasional freakish summer storms are peculiar to Lough Derg. Pilgrims often alighting at the shore on a tranquil summer day are often surprised at the unexpected commotion of the deeps and the dark yeasty appearance of the water..."

Tags: Alice Curtayne, cauldron, danger, lake, lake crossing, pilgrim crossing, rain, storms, summer, turbulence, twentieth century, water, weather

Burials on Friars' Island, in Templecarne, and further away

"About twenty of the victims were buried on Friars' Island, where fir-trees on a mound show their grave to-day..."

Tags: 1795 disaster, Alice Curtayne, burial, Connacht, drowning, Friars' Island, graveyard, mountains, pilgrim crossing, pilgrims, poverty, Station Island, Templecarne Graveyard, twentieth century

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