"In media lacus"
Dublin Core
Title
"In media lacus"
Subject
Lough Derg--Ordnance Survey--Description--John O'Donovan
Description
"This shews that Saints island is the one on which the monastery, because the present station does not contain 10 acres. There is however a mistake in the phrase 'in media lacus' for Saints island is very near the land…"
Creator
John O'Donovan, 1806-1861
Source
Letter from John O'Donovan, Ballyshanny, 1st of November, 1835, p. 245, O’Donovan, John, Ordnance Survey Letters, Donegal: Letters Containing Information Relative to the Antiquities of the County of Donegal Collected during the Progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1835, p. 122
Publisher
Four Masters Press, Dublin
Date
1835 [2000]
Contributor
Transcribed and edited by Michael Herity, MRIA
Rights
Citation for the purposes of criticism
Format
Edited edition of letters
Language
English with Irish text in Celtic script
Type
Ordnance Survey Letters
Identifier
DD_0173
Coverage
54.6153, -7.8864
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
"This shews that Saints island is the one on which the monastery, because the present station does not contain 10 acres. There is however a mistake in the phrase 'in media lacus' for Saints island is very near the land; but it may be presumed that by this phrase they meant no more than 'in the lake.' Be this as it may, there is every evidence that Saints Island is the original Station island thought it appears from Ware that the cave was in the present Station island."
Original Format
Hand written letters held in Royal Irish Academy
Citation
John O'Donovan, 1806-1861, “"In media lacus",” Digital Derg: A Deep Map, accessed March 29, 2024, https://digitalderg.eu/items/show/191.