"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

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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.

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