"The Profit of a Ferry-Boat for wafting the Pilgrims over the Lake"

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Title

"The Profit of a Ferry-Boat for wafting the Pilgrims over the Lake"

Subject

Lough Derg--Protestant critique--Treatise--Purgatory

Description

A critique of St. Patrick's Purgatory and Catholic pilgrimage in general.

Creator

John Richardson, 1664-1747

Source

The Great Folly, superstition and idolatry of Pilgrimages in Ireland, especialy of that to St. Patrick's Purgatory: together with an account of the loss that the publick sustaineth thereby, truly and impartially represented, p. 4

Publisher

J. Hyde, Dublin

Date

1727

Contributor

Digitised by Collections numérisées - Université de Rennes 2

Rights

Public domain

Format

Monograph

Language

English

Type

Religious treatise

Coverage

54.6153, -7.8864

Bibliographic Citation

DD_0464

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Text

"In this Lake there are many Islands, the biggest of which is by some called St. Aveogs, who is said to have been buried in it; by others St. Fintanus's; and by others the Island of Saints. There was a Convent of Canons Regular, of the Order of St. Augustin, subject to the Monastery of the Apostles Peter and Paul at Armagh, erected in it, and a fine Chappel and convenient Houses built for the Monks, over whom a Prior presided, and two of them were usually chosen to receive and instruct the Pilgrims. The Remains of these Buildings are still to be seen. It is said that the Passage into Purgatory was first found in this Island; but it being near the Shore, and a Bridge from the main Land into it, which gave the People free and ready Access, this Passage into Purgatory was stopped up, and another opened in a less Island about half a Mile from the Shore, by which Means the Monks wisely gained two Points, viz. the Profit of a Ferry-Boat for wafting the Pilgrims over the Lake, and an Opportunity for working farther upon the Imaginations of the People, and making them believe, that were really going into another World."

Original Format

Monograph

Citation

John Richardson, 1664-1747 , “"The Profit of a Ferry-Boat for wafting the Pilgrims over the Lake",” Digital Derg: A Deep Map, accessed March 28, 2024, https://digitalderg.eu/items/show/485.

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