The dimensions of Lough Derg

The dimensions of Lough Derg

Lough Derg--Vicinity--Pettigo--Travel guide

An account of the town of Pettigo

James Fraser

A hand book for travellers in Ireland, descriptive of its scenery, towns, seats, antiquities, etc., with various statistical tables. Also an outline of its mineral structure, a brief view of its botany, and information for anglers, p. 532

W. Curry, Dublin

1844

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Public domain

Handbook

English

Travel guide

DD_0473

54.616218, -7.876212

"Lough Derg, by far the most celebrated place of pilgrimage in Ireland, lies three and a half miles north-west from Pettigoe, and is bounded by a vast and dreary tract of moorland hills, which stretch on the north-east to the fertile valley of the Finn, and connect with the bleak hills of Tyrone lying around the more northerly parts of Fermanagh. On the north and west these hills join the mountain district which pervades the greater part of the county of Donegal, and here springing from the heathy wastes around Lough Derg, reach to the sea. The hills around this dreary lough are not of great elevation: they range in their altitude from 700 to 1200 feet. They are not precipitous, but rise gently from the water's edge. They also form in this direction the commencement of that vast micaceous district which occupies so large a portion of the counties of Donegal, Londonderry, and Tyrone."

xi, 735 p. map. 12mo.