"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
Text Item Type Metadata
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.