Gazetteer description of the 1795 disaster
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Title
Gazetteer description of the 1795 disaster
Subject
Lough Derg--Vicinity--Geography--gazetteer
Description
The entry for Lough Derg in an 1842 Irish gazetteer
Creator
John Parker Lawson, d. 1852
Source
The gazetteer of Ireland, containing the latest information from the most authentic sources, p. 312
Publisher
Edinburgh Print. & Pub. Co., Edinburgh
Date
1842
Contributor
Digitised by Google, sponsored by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, archived on Hathi Trust digital library
Rights
Public domain
Format
Gazetteer
Language
English
Type
Gazetteer
Identifier
DD_0492
Coverage
54.609093, -7.867454
References
https://archive.org/details/gazetteerofirela1842laws/page/n10
Text Item Type Metadata
Text
"On one occasion a boat full of pilgrims was upset when within a few yards of the island, and nearly 60 persons were drowned. At that period it is said that the boatmen were Protestants, over whom the Prior had no control, but since the occurrence of that melancholy accident they have been Roman Catholics. According to all accounts, the scenes at Lough Derg during the pilgrimage must be most extraordinary, but it appears that only the initiated , or properly qualified, can become acquainted with the doings at St Patrick’s Purgatory."
Original Format
xvi, 812 p. 18 cm.
Citation
John Parker Lawson, d. 1852, “Gazetteer description of the 1795 disaster,” Digital Derg: A Deep Map, accessed April 25, 2024, https://digitalderg.eu/items/show/513.