"One might well imagine it to be the golden portal to some bright realm"
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Title
"One might well imagine it to be the golden portal to some bright realm"
Subject
Lough Derg--Description--Daniel O'Connor--Sunset
Description
"A sunset on Lough Derg, under favourable circumstances, is, also, a spectacle of extraordinary grandeur..."
Creator
Daniel O'Connor, 1843-1919
Source
O'Connor, Daniel, St. Patrick's Purgatory, Lough Derg : its history, traditions, legends, antiquities, topography and scenic surroundings, with some account of its more notable pilgrims, p. 178
Publisher
Duffy, Dublin
Date
1895
Rights
Citation for the purposes of criticism
Format
History
Language
English
Type
Monograph
Identifier
DD_0096
Coverage
54.6083, -7.8714
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
"A sunset on Lough Derg, under favourable circumstances, is, also, a spectacle of extraordinary grandeur. Such a sight have I witnessed from Station Island on 2nd July, 1879, between 8 and 9 o'clock, as the sun was going down behind Croagh Breac. Its reflection in the lake looked like a massive pillar of gold, having its apex in Upper Lough Derg, and reaching down through the channel between Saints' Island and the mainland more than midway to Station Island. One might well imagine it to be the golden portal to some bright realm. The sight was one my companion had never before witnessed during his twenty-five years' connection with the place."
Original Format
Monograph
Citation
Daniel O'Connor, 1843-1919, “"One might well imagine it to be the golden portal to some bright realm",” Digital Derg: A Deep Map, accessed March 28, 2024, https://digitalderg.eu/items/show/112.