"The shaft on which this iron cross is set is precious, for it was salvaged from the lake"

"The shaft on which this iron cross is set is precious, for it was salvaged from the lake"

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

"The pilgrim then walks to St. Patrick's Cross, a poor but cherished relic made of rude iron and set on a very ancient stone column..."

Alice Curtayne, 1898-1981

Curtayne, Alice, Lough Derg: St. Patrick’s Purgatory, p. 168

Burns Oats and Washbourn, Ltd., London and Dublin

1944

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"The pilgrim then walks to St. Patrick's Cross, a poor but cherished relic made of rude iron and set on a very ancient stone column. It stands a few yards south of the church entrance. Kneeling before this, he recites one Pater, one Ave and the Creed. The shaft on which this iron cross is set is precious, for it was salvaged from the lake. It once formed part of an ancient cross that was broken up and flung into the water, probably at the destruction of 1632. The spiral tracery incised on this column and the three parallel bands forming the capital indicate probable ninth-century origin."

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