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Ultonia ; Hibernis Cui-Guilly ; Anglis Ulster

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A topographically-detailed seventeenth-century map of UIster by Joan Blaeu, 1654

Tags: Bibliothèque nationale de France, cartography, Ireland, politics, purgatory, seventeenth century, Ulster

The tradition of the Purgatorial Myth

A critique of St. Patrick's Purgatory and Catholic pilgrimage in general.

Tags: eighteenth century, John Richardson, legend, Purgatorial cave, purgatory, Rome, St. Patrick, Station Island

The sanctity of Lough Derg

"From Armagh it is almost one day's journey to a certain Island, which is slightly large called Mabeoch and beyond this Island to a small island in which is the Purgatory aforsaid..."

Tags: Augustinians, crime, lake, lake crossing, pilgrimage, purgatory, reliugious life, sanctity, Shane Leslie, Station Island

The Province of Ulster

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A detailed map of Ulster by William Petty, 1685

Tags: Bibliothèque nationale de France, cartography, Ireland, military, purgatory, seventeenth century, survey, Ulster

The moveable purgatory

"Before we landed I ascertained from my cautious conductor that the present Purgatorial Island which we had just left, was not the one always resorted to, nor indeed the one that was consecrated by St. Patrick..."

Tags: ambiguity, Caesar Otway, location, nineteenth century, Protestant critique, purgatory, Saints Island, St. Patrick, Station Island

The monk of Eymstadt

An account of the Dutch monk's visit to Lough Derg and his charges of usury.

Tags: archaeology, fifteenth century, Folklore, Heemstede, misconduct, monk, purgatory, suppression, William Pinkerton

The miracle of the floating crosses

"Among all the prodigies and all the great miracles which happened at Loch Derg, it is told in particular in those latter times..."

Tags: Clan O'Donnell, cross, Hugh O'Donnell, lake, miracle, purgatory, Shane Leslie, sixteenth century, Station Island, Tirconnell, vision, water

The Invasions of England and Ireland with al their civil ware since the conquest

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A map of the topography and military activity in Ireland

Tags: battle, Bibliothèque nationale de France, cartography, Ireland, military, purgatory, seventeenth century, Ulster

The Franciscans

"The Franciscans took up the charge of St. Patrick's Purgatory when it was the most persecuted and derided institution of the Irish Church..."

Tags: Alice Curtayne, Catholicism, eighteenth century, Franciscans, neglect, penal times, pilgrimage, Protestant critique, purgatory, ruin, secret worship, seventeenth century, Station Island, suppression, twentieth century

The excavations of Ludovicus Pyrrhus

A critique of St. Patrick's Purgatory and Catholic pilgrimage in general.

Tags: archaeology, Brittany, Caoranach, eighteenth century, excavation, investigation, John Richardson, Ludovicus Pyrrhus, purgatory

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