The O'Donnells and Lough Derg

The O'Donnells and Lough Derg

Lough Derg--Antiquities--Guide--Commentary

A history of Lough Derg and its Antiquities.

James Stephens, 1882-1950

Illustrated handbook of the scenery and antiquities of Southwestern Donegal ... / [by Monsignor James Stephens] ; with notes of the road for tourists to the wild, p. 91

McGlashan and Gill, Dublin

1872

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Public domain

Handbook

English

Illustrated handbook

DD_0469

54.6083, -7.8714

"In early times, Lough Derg was one of the most celebrated shrines of penance in Europe ; and it was by no means uncommon for princes from foreign lands to leave their palace homes, in order to find rest for a troubled conscience by performing a pilgrimage to the Sainted Isle.

In the sixteenth century, the Castle of Sligo was taken by O'Donnell, Hugh Oge, the son of Hugh Roe, after being a long time out of his possession. A French knight, who had come to perform a pilgrimage to St. Patrick's Purgatory, on Lough Derg, sojourned, on his journey to and from the island, in the house of O'Donnell, where he received respect and hospitality, and presents, by which they formed bonds of friendship with one another."

iv, [3]-128 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm