"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

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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.

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