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The waves of the Lough

“…[T]here were times, some of which are fresh in my memory, when the pilgrims' boat ran considerable risk from the waves, and when the skill and energy of such experienced boatmen as Pat M'Kane, of Seeavoc, were taxed to the utmost..."

Tags: commercialism, danger, Daniel O'Connor, improvements, lake, tourism, weather

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 impression of Lough Derg on Jenny and Bobby

Jenny discusses her expectations of the place compared to the reality and hopes that it will not be too commercialized, like Lourdes

Tags: colour, commercialism, foam, greyness, impressions, literature, motion, negative description, Sean O'Faolain, short stories, twentieth century, water, waves, weather

The boatmen describes the "wine" of Purgatory

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

Tags: austerity, boatmen, drinking, interview, J. B. Doyle, nineteenth century, pilgrimage, rain, weather, wine

The approach to the lake

"Pettigo. (July 23, 1824). A country road leads in this direction a mile: after leaving which we passed over the mountains following a path, which the number of devotees who visit the Island, had marked too distinctly to be mistaken..."

Tags: aesthetics, crowds, heath, mountains, negative, negative description, nineteenth century, Pettigo, pilgrim path, pilgrim road, pilgrimage, pilgrims, Shane Leslie, view, vista, weather

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

John O'Donovan described the lake

"Ballyshanny. (Nov. 1, 1835.) I visited the far-famed terrestrial Purgatory of Lough-Derg but received no benefit from my tours except a severe cold, which I attribute more to the wet mountain bogs that surround the Lake..."

Tags: bogland, cold, hills, John O'Donovan, mountains, nineteenth century, ordnance survey, penitential beds, pilgrimage, Royal Irish Academy, Saints Island, Shane Leslie, Station Island, stations, weather

John O'Donovan catches a cold

"I visited the far famed terrestrial purgatory of Lough Derg, but received no benefit from my turas except a severe cold, which I attribute more to the wet mountain bogs that surround the lake, and to the chillyness (chilliness) of the wind than to…

Tags: bogland, cold, complaint, criticism, crossing, John O'Donovan, letters, negative description, nineteenth century, ordnance survey, pilgrim, rain, sickness, weather

Jenny struggles with her emotions

Jenny struggles with her sense of spirituality as she completes the circuits of the penitentian beds

Tags: anguish, bogland, colour, discomfort, embodied experience, emotion, light, literature, mud, penitential beds, pilgrimage, Sean O'Faolain, short stories, smell, stations, subjectivity, twentieth century, water, weather, wetness

Jenny crosses to Station Island

Jenny gets a sensory impression of the island as she approaches and encounters its contents and topography

Tags: barefoot, boating, building, impressions, literature, penitential beds, pilgrims crossing, Sean O'Faolain, short stories, Station Island, twentieth century, weather, wetness

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