Lough Derg and its islands

Lough Derg and its islands

Lough Derg--Pilgrimage--Islands--Vista

"In the county of Donnegal, at the distance of four miles from Lough Earn, and in the midst of mountains and morasses, extending every way to a considerable distance..."

Philip Skelton, 1707–1787

Skelton, Philip, "An Account of Lough Derg, in a Letter to the Right Reverend the Bishop of Clogher", in The Complete Works of the Late Rev. Philip Skelton, Rector of Fintona: Several Essays; and Juvenilia: Consisting of Truth in a Mask, Etc, vol. 5, p. 15-16

London, R. Baynes; [etc., etc.]

1824

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DD_0049

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https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433068205800

"In the county of Donnegal, at the distance of four miles from Lough Earn, and in the midst of mountains and morasses, extending every way to a considerable distance, ... there is a very fine lake, in ancient times called Lough Fin, or White Lake, but for several ages past, called Lough Derg, or Red Lake. This piece of water is about a mile and a half in breadth, and somewhat more in length, spangled here and there with small rocky or heathy islands. In the largest of these, still called the Island of Saints, are the ruins of a small well-built chapel, at which the penances were, some ages ago, performed. But that island standing too near the shore, the penitents often stole in at nights, the water being there but shallow, without paying for waftage. On this account it was that the penitential scene was shifted to another island, somewhat more central."

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