Browse Items · Digital Derg: A Deep Map

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 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 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 History and Suppression of Lough Derg

A history of Lough Derg and its Antiquities.

Tags: commentary, destruction of built heritage, destruction of written heritage, James Stephens, Magrath family, nineteenth century, Saints' Island, St. Brigid, St. Colmcille, St. Dabheoc, St. Patrick, St. Patrick's bed, Station Island, suppression

"The Friary is a townland on Killymard ([Cill O mBárd]) side of Lough Eske. It was here the Friars settled when banished from Donegal and ministered to the spiritual wants of the neigh-bouring districts.

There is now no sign of a church or…

Tags: Catholicism, County Donegal, Folklore, friars, Lough Eske, Oral History, religion, suppression, The Friary

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

Destroying Station Island

"And therefore we do hereby order and resolve that Letters shall be dispatched from this board unto the Rev. Father of God the Lord Bishop of Clogher, Sir John Dundarre High Sheriff of the County of Donegal, Edward Archdale and Leonard Blennerhasset…

Tags: 1632, Clogher, demolition, destruction of built heritage, James Magrath, land acquisition, legislation, penitential beds, Privy Council, Protestant critique, Reformation, seventeenth century, Shane Leslie, St. Patrick, Station Island, stations, superstition, suppression

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Timeline: 1704

Timeline: 1680

Timeline: 1638

The suppression of the pilgrimage

The seizure of Purgatory

The monk of Eymstadt

The History and Suppression of Lough Derg

The Friary

The Franciscans

Destroying Station Island