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Ultonia ; Hibernis Cui-Guilly ; Anglis Ulster

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 suppression of the pilgrimage

An account of the religious history of Lough Derg for the traveller.

Tags: barefoot, destruction of built heritage, English Parliament, J. B. Doyle, nineteenth century, seventeenth century, suppression

The stones of Station Island

“The island called St. Patrick's Purgatory is altogether rocky, and rather level : without the compass of the island, in the water towards the north east, about two yards from the shore stand certain rocks..."

Tags: barefoot, Caesar Otway, Henry Jones, lake, nineteenth century, Protestant critique, second-hand accounts, seventeenth century, St. Patrick, Station Island, stones

The seizure of Purgatory

"(June 8, 1632) Right Honorable. I have received a copy of a letter sent by my lord Balfour, directed to his Lordship, myself and others for seizing until his Majesty's use St Patrick's Purgatory..."

The Province of Ulster

A detailed map of Ulster by William Petty, 1685

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

The March of the Dead Maguires

An account of Lough Derg folklore on a fishing trip, explaining the strange circular currents of the lake in supernatural terms

Tags: fishing, Folklore, ghosts, Henry Newland, lake, Maguire family, memoir, mythology, nineteenth century, seventeenth century, Station Island, supernatural, water, weather

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

A map of the topography and military activity in Ireland

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

The invasions of England and Ireland performed by John Speed, graven by Renold Elstrak

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A seventeenth-century political map of Ireland from 1603-1625 capturing Lough Derg and Purgatory

Tags: Bibliothèque nationale de France, cartography, Ireland, John Speed, Map, military, politics, 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 "wine" of Station Island

"In all, the pilgrims remain on the island nine days—they eat but once in the twenty-four hours, of oatmeal and water—they have liberty to refresh themselves with the water of the lake..."

Tags: Caesar Otway, drinking, Henry Jones, nineteenth century, Protestant critique, second-hand accounts, seventeenth century, water, wine

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