"Think of [Saint Patrick] located somewhere near Templecarne for several months and thus surrounded. The lake would certainly invite him with its promise of refuge and sanctuary..."
"Although the transit to Station Island takes only ten minutes in normal conditions, there was not even this interval of calm all that day from nine o'clock in the morning until eight in the evening..."
"Only one main road leads to the lake, that from the small town of Pettigo, four miles distant. This road ends at the ferry, where there is a house and a few other buildings..."
