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The entry for Lough Derg in an 1842 Irish gazetteer

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

"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..."

"There are two different opinions to account for the meaning of the denomination, Lough Derg..."

“‘I was considerably surprised when, upon my remarking, that with only one meal of bread and water in twenty four-hours, the pilgrims must become faint, the women with whom I was speaking, said, “Oh, no! the wine revives us, and gives us…
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