"Lake of the Grouse"?

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Title

"Lake of the Grouse"?

Subject

Lough Derg--Pilgrimage--Description--Alice Curtayne

Description

"The antiquary, John O'Donovan…dismissed the name, Loch Dearg, and corrected it to Loch Derc, meaning the Lake of the Cave..."

Creator

Alice Curtayne, 1898-1981

Source

Curtayne, Alice, Lough Derg: St. Patrick’s Purgatory, p. 14

Publisher

Burns Oats and Washbourn, Ltd., London and Dublin

Date

1944

Rights

Citation for the purposes of criticism

Format

Monograph

Language

English

Type

History

Identifier

DD_0119

Coverage

54.616218, -7.876212

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Text

"The antiquary, John O'Donovan…dismissed the name, Loch Dearg, and corrected it to Loch Derc, meaning the Lake of the Cave. This opinion finds a good deal of modern support. The name Lough Deirc would seem to confirm the view that even in pre-Christian times the cave was held to be the central feature of the place. Professor MacNeill, foremost modern authority on the Celtic period, has an original opinion. He holds that the ancient name of the lake was Loch Gerg, meaning "Lake of the Grouse, the oldest bird sanctuary on record!" However, as the evidence for none of these derivations is conclusive, the reader is free the make his own choice among them."

Original Format

Monograph

Collection

Citation

Alice Curtayne, 1898-1981, “"Lake of the Grouse"?,” Digital Derg: A Deep Map, accessed March 29, 2024, https://digitalderg.eu/items/show/136.

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