The Franciscans
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Title
The Franciscans
Subject
Lough Derg--Pilgrimage--Description--Alice Curtayne
Description
"The Franciscans took up the charge of St. Patrick's Purgatory when it was the most persecuted and derided institution of the Irish Church..."
Creator
Alice Curtayne, 1898-1981
Source
Curtayne, Alice, Lough Derg: St. Patrick’s Purgatory, p. 98
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_0133
Coverage
54.6083, -7.8714
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
"The Franciscans took up the charge of St. Patrick's Purgatory when it was the most persecuted and derided institution of the Irish Church. Fugitives themselves, they encouraged and assisted this pilgrimage when to do so meant incurring hourly danger of death. They carried it on amidst its material ruin, joining the people in an attempt to gather together for veneration the broken and scattered stones of its buildings. They were the mainstay of the pilgrimage for one hundred and fifty years, or five generations, from 1631 to 1781, out from their convent in Donegal, then ruined and abandoned, but from local glens and farmsteads where they found refuge. They were able to live on the island only during the last twenty years of that period."
Original Format
Monograph
Collection
Citation
Alice Curtayne, 1898-1981, “The Franciscans,” Digital Derg: A Deep Map, accessed October 10, 2024, https://digitalderg.eu/items/show/150.