8 10 616 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alice Curtayne Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Irish Identity--Alice Curtayne--Pilgrim Imaginary Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James L. Smith Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Digital Derg: A Deep Map Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY, sui generis database Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Omeka collection Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Digital Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lough Derg Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document "The antiquary, John O'Donovan…dismissed the name, Loch Dearg, and corrected it to Loch Derc, meaning the Lake of the Cave. This opinion finds a good deal of modern support. The name Lough Deirc would seem to confirm the view that even in pre-Christian times the cave was held to be the central feature of the place. Professor MacNeill, foremost modern authority on the Celtic period, has an original opinion. He holds that the ancient name of the lake was Loch Gerg, meaning "Lake of the Grouse, the oldest bird sanctuary on record!" However, as the evidence for none of these derivations is conclusive, the reader is free the make his own choice among them." Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Monograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Lake of the Grouse"? Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Pilgrimage--Description--Alice Curtayne Description An account of the resource "The antiquary, John O'Donovan…dismissed the name, Loch Dearg, and corrected it to Loch Derc, meaning the Lake of the Cave..." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alice Curtayne, 1898-1981 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Curtayne, Alice, Lough Derg: St. Patrick’s Purgatory, p. 14 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Burns Oats and Washbourn, Ltd., London and Dublin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Monograph Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource History Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 54.616218, -7.876212 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Citation for the purposes of criticism Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DD_0119 Alice Curtayne birdlife etymology Fair Lake grouse John O'Donovan Lake of the Cave Lake of the Grouse Red Lake twentieth century Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document "It has been an endless Work to give an Account of all the Superstitious Places and Things in this Kingdom, of all the Lakes, Ponds, Wells, Trees, Stones, Crosses, Images, and Relicks, in which the Natives place a great deal of Vertue and Holiness, and to which they often go in Pilgrimage, with a firm belief that they shall procure great Blessings by Bathing in the Waters, or by Bowing down to, Kissing, Touching, nay, the very coming near of those Trumperies..." Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Monograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Lakes, Ponds, Wells, Trees, Stones, Crosses, Images, and Relicks" Description An account of the resource A critique of St. Patrick's Purgatory and Catholic pilgrimage in general. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource John Richardson, 1664-1747 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived 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, Preface Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available J. Hyde, Dublin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1727 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Digitised by Collections numérisées - Université de Rennes 2 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Monograph Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Religious treatise Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 54.6083, -7.8714 Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Protestant critique--Treatise--Purgatory Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DD_0460 cross devotional activities eighteenth century holy well immersion John Richardson Protestant critique relics superstition water Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document "The ‘cave’ of Station Island was long ago filled up, and a neat belfry of cut stone is now erected on the spot. Peter Lombard describes from hearsay what that 'cave' or 'prison' was in his time (1620) : ‘A few paces’ to the north of the church is the cave — a narrow building roofed with stone which could contain twelve or at most fourteen persons kneeling two- and-two. There was a small window, near which those were placed who were bound to read the Breviary.’ ‘Ware marks the spot on his map and gives the dimensions of the cave, 16 ½ feet long by 2 feet 1 inch wide. ‘The walls,’ he says, ‘were of freestone, the roof of large flags covered over with green turf.’ It must be borne in mind that this was only an artificial ‘cave,’ constructed, when the ‘station’ was transferred to this island, in imitation of the genuine cave on Saints' Island, which was the real St. Patrick's Purgatory." Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Article Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Long ago filled up" Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Pilgrimage--Magazine--Narrative Description An account of the resource An account of Lough Derg from a late-nineteenth-century pilgrim. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Matthew Russell, 1834-1912 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available M.H. Gill & Son, Dublin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1878 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sponsored and digitised by Google, Princeton University Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Article Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Magazine Article Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DD_0437 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 54.608913,-7.870977 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived 'Lough Derg: By a Recent Pilgrim', The Irish Monthly: A Magazine of General Literature Sixth Yearly Volume, p.24 References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. https://archive.org/details/irishmonthlyvol01unkngoog/page/n5 description Irish Monthly penitential beds pilgrimage Purgatorial cave purgatory Station Island stations Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Irish Identity--Medievalism--Nostalgia Description An account of the resource A collection of items detailing the medievalisms of Lough Derg's pilgrimage, the continuing process of creating the Middle Ages through the lake and its islands. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James L. Smith Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Digital Derg: A Deep Map Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY, sui generis database Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Omeka Collection Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Digital Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lough Derg Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document i. In a girdle of green, heathy hills, In song-famed Donegal, An islet stands in a lonely lake, (A coffin in a pall), A single stunted chesnut tree Is sighing in the breeze, While to and fro “the Pilgrims” flit, Or kneel upon their knees; Down to the shore, from North and East, From Antrim and the Bosses, Come barefoot pilgrims, men and maids, Through water-ways and mosses; And some from Dublin city, far, Where sins grow thick as berries, From Sligo some, and Castlebar, Come crossing by the ferries. ii. Oh ! blessed Isle, a weary wight, In body and in spirit, Last year amid your pious ranks Deplored his deep demerit; And though upon his youth had fall’n A watchful tyrant’s ban. Though sorrow for the unfought fight, And grief for the captive man, * Peopled his soul, like visions That cloud a crystal sleep, These sorrows there pass’d from him — ’Twas his sins that made him weep. And forth he went, confess’d, forgiven. Across the heathy hills, His peace being made in heaven, He laugh’d at earthly ills. iii. Oh ! holy Isle, a ransom’d man On a far distant shore, Still in his day-dreams and his sleep Sits by the boatman’s oar; And crosses to your stony beach And kneels upon his knees, While overhead the chesnut-tree Is sighing in the breeze; And still he hears his people pray In their own old Celtic tongue, And still he sees the unbroken race From Con and Nial sprung; And from departing voices hears The thankful hymn arise — That hymn will haunt him all his years, And soothe him when he dies. iv. Oh, would you know the power of faith, Go ! see it at Lough Derg; Oh, would you learn to smile at Death, Go ! learn it at Lough Derg; A fragment fallen from ancient Time, It floateth there unchanged, The Island of all Islands, If the whole wide world were ranged. There mourning men and thoughtful girls, Sins from their souls unbind; There thin gray hairs and childish curls Are streaming in the wind ; From May till August, night and day, There praying pilgrims bide — Oh, man hath no such refuge left, In all the world wide ! Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Poem Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Lough Derg" by Thomas D'Arcy McGee Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Poetry--Catholicism--Thomas D'Arcy McGee Description An account of the resource "In a girdle of green, heathy hills, In song-famed Donegal, An islet stands in a lonely lake, (A coffin in a pall)..." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thomas D'Arcy McGee, 1825-1868 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived D'Arcy Magee, Thomas, The poems of Thomas D'Arcy McGee : with copious notes: also an introd. and biographical sketch, pp. 483-86 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available P.J. Kenedy, New York Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1902 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Monograph Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Poetry collection Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DD_0194 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 54.616218, -7.876212 References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. https://archive.org/details/poemsofthomasdar00mcge_0/page/n9 barefoot death environment history nature pilgrimage poetry Thomas D'Arcy McGee tradition Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document “Low rocks, a few weasels, lake Like a field of burnt gorse; the rooks caw; Ours, passive, for man’s gradual wisdom take Firefly instinct dreamed out into law; The prophets’ jewelled kingdom down at heel Fires no Augustine here. Inert, they kneel;” Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Poems Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Low rocks, a few weasels, lake" Subject The topic of the resource Poetry--Twentieth Century--Dennis Devlin--Lough Derg Description An account of the resource The poetry of Dennis Devlin Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dennis Devlin, 1908-1959 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lough Derg', in Devlin, Dennis, Lough Derg and Other Poems, pp. 1-4, here p. 1 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cornwall Press Inc, Cornwall, NY Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1946 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Published poem Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection of poems Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 54.6083, -7.8714 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Citation for the purposes of criticism Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DD_0259 Dennis Devlin fauna isolation poetry religious identity rocks timelessness topography twentieth century weasels Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Medievalism Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Irish Identity--Medievalism--Nostalgia Description An account of the resource A collection of items detailing the medievalisms of Lough Derg's pilgrimage, the continuing process of creating the Middle Ages through the lake and its islands. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James L. Smith Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Digital Derg: A Deep Map Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY, sui generis database Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Omeka Collection Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Digital Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lough Derg Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document “Part by this race when monks in convents of coracles For the Merovingian centuries left their land, Belled, fragrant; and honest in their oracles Bespoke the grace to give without demand Martyrs Heaven winged nor tempted with reward. And not ours, doughed in dogma, who never have dared” Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Poems Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Monks in convents of coracles" Subject The topic of the resource Poetry--Twentieth Century--Dennis Devlin--Lough Derg Description An account of the resource The poetry of Dennis Devlin Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dennis Devlin, 1908-1959 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lough Derg', in Devlin, Dennis, Lough Derg and Other Poems, pp. 1-4, here pp. 2-3 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Cornwall Press Inc, Cornwall, NY Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1946 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Published poem Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Collection of poems Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 54.6083, -7.8714 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Citation for the purposes of criticism Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DD_0262 boating Dennis Devlin history Irish history medievalism monasticism pilgrimage poetry timelessness twentieth century Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document "To this holy spot, dear to the national memory by many a fabulous legend, or wild tradition, multitudes of the lower classes of the native Irish still resort, during the months of June, July, and August, of each year." Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Monograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Multitudes of the lower classes of the native Irish" Subject The topic of the resource Travelogues--James Spencer Knox--Lough Derg--Description Description An account of the resource On the crowds of pilgrims travelling to the site and their motivations Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James Spencer Knox, 1789-1862 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Pastoral Annals. By an Irish Clergyman [i.e. James S. Knox], p. 377 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, London Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1840 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Digitised by Google, sponsored by Princeton Library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Monograph Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Travelogue Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DD_0265 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 54.6083, -7.8714 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. https://books.google.com.mm/books?id=kIIuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=lough%20derg&f=false Catholicism class elitism James Spencer Knox nineteenth century pilgrimage Protestant critique Protestantism Travelogue Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alice Curtayne Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Irish Identity--Alice Curtayne--Pilgrim Imaginary Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James L. Smith Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Digital Derg: A Deep Map Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY, sui generis database Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Omeka collection Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Digital Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lough Derg Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document "Only one main road leads to the lake, that from the small town of Pettigo, four miles distant. This road ends at the ferry, where there is a house and a few other buildings. No road, and not even a defined path, goes around the lake. There are the remains of some ruined homesteads on the southern shores; but in all that rolling expanse of barren hill and moorland, in which this water is set, only a couple of houses are visible. These dwellings look like white dots in the hills; they are far away from one another and approached by paths invisible from and distance, so that they seem to emphasize the uninhabited character of this whole region." Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Monograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "No road, and not even a defined path, goes around the lake" Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Pilgrimage--Description--Alice Curtayne Description An account of the resource "Only one main road leads to the lake, that from the small town of Pettigo, four miles distant. This road ends at the ferry, where there is a house and a few other buildings..." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alice Curtayne, 1898-1981 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Curtayne, Alice, Lough Derg: St. Patrick’s Purgatory, pp. 1-2 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Burns Oats and Washbourn, Ltd., London and Dublin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Monograph Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource History Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Citation for the purposes of criticism Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 54.600640, -7.846374 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DD_0114 Alice Curtayne barrenness hills isolation loneliness paths rural landscape twentieth century underdevelopment Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alice Curtayne Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Irish Identity--Alice Curtayne--Pilgrim Imaginary Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James L. Smith Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Digital Derg: A Deep Map Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY, sui generis database Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Omeka collection Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Digital Collection Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Lough Derg Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document "Occasional freakish summer storms are peculiar to Lough Derg. Pilgrims often alighting at the shore on a tranquil summer day are often surprised at the unexpected commotion of the deeps and the dark yeasty appearance of the water.The pilgrimage season of 1918 was long remembered for its storms. On Sunday, June 9th, pilgrims arriving on the shore were confronted with an awesome spectacle, the lake being like a boiling cauldron of spouting water." Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Monograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Occasional freakish summer storms" Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Pilgrimage--Description--Alice Curtayne Description An account of the resource "Occasional freakish summer storms are peculiar to Lough Derg. Pilgrims often alighting at the shore on a tranquil summer day are often surprised at the unexpected commotion of the deeps and the dark yeasty appearance of the water..." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Alice Curtayne, 1898-1981 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Curtayne, Alice, Lough Derg: St. Patrick’s Purgatory, p. 141 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Burns Oats and Washbourn, Ltd., London and Dublin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Monograph Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource History Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Citation for the purposes of criticism Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 54.606912, -7.860865 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DD_0138 Alice Curtayne cauldron danger lake lake crossing pilgrim crossing rain storms summer turbulence twentieth century water weather Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document " LETTER XX. TO J. D. ESQ., M. P. ... While we spoke, we observed a figure emerging from a coppice towards a small well, which issued beneath the roots of a blasted oak. The priest motioned us to stop, and be silent—the figure (which was that of an ancient female wrapped in a long cloak,) approached, and having drank of the well out of a little cup, she went three times round it on her knees, praying with great fervency over her beads; then rising after this painful ceremony, she tore a small part of her under garb, and hung it on the branch of the tree which shaded the well. 'This ceremony, I perceive,' said the priest, 'surprises you; but you have now witnessed the remains of one of our ancient superstitions. The ancient Irish, like the Greeks, were religiously attached to the consecrated fountain, the Vel expiatoria; and our early missionaries, discovering the fondness of the natives for these sanctified springs, artfully diverted the course of their superstitious faith, and dedicated them to Christian saints.' 'There is really,' said I, 'something truly classic in this spot; and here is this little shrine of Christian superstition hung with the same votive gifts as Pausanius informs us obscured the statue of Hygeia in Secyonia.' 'This is nothing extraordinary here,' said the priest; 'these consecrated wells are to be found in every part of the kingdom. But of all our Acquo Sanctificato, Lough Derg is the most celebrated. It is the Loretto of Ireland, and votarists from every part of the kingdom resort to it. So great, indeed, is the still-existing veneration among the lower orders for these holy wells, that those who live at too great a distance to make a pilgrimage to one, are content to purchase a species of amulet made of a sliver of the tree which shades the well, (and imbued with its waters,) which they wear round their necks. These curious amulets are sold at fairs, by a species of sturdy beggar, called a Bacagh, who stands with a long pole, with a box fixed at the top of it, for the reception of alms; while he alternately extols the miraculous property of the amulet, and details his own miseries; thus at once endeavouring to interest the faith and charity of the always benevolent, always credulous multitude.' 'Strange,' said I, 'that religion in all ages and in all countries should depend so much on the impositions of one half of mankind, and the credulity and indolence of the other. Thus the Egyptians (to whom even Greece herself stood indebted for the principles of those arts and sciences by which she became the most illustrious country in the world) resigned themselves so entirely to the impositions of their priests, as to believe that the safety and happiness of life itself depended on the motions of an ox, or the tameness of a crocodile.' 'Stop, stop,' interrupted Father John, smiling; 'you forget, that though you wear the San-Benito, or robe of heresy yourself, you are in the company of those who——' 'Exactly think on certain points,' interrupted I, 'even as my heretical self.' This observation led to a little controversial dialogue, which, as it would stand a very poor chance of being read by you, will stand none at all of being transcribed by me. When we returned home we found the Prince impatiently watching for us at the window, fearful lest the dews of heaven should have fallen too heavily on the head of his heart’s idol, who finished her walk in silence; either, I believe, not much pleased with the turn given to the conversation by the priest, or not sufficiently interested in it." Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Project Gutenberg eBook Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Of all our Acquo Sanctificato, Lough Derg is the most celebrated" Subject The topic of the resource Lough Derg--Fiction--Account--Pilgrimage Description An account of the resource Anecdotes about the pilgrimage to Saint Patrick's Purgatory Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lady Sydney Morgan (AKA Sydney Owenson), 1781-1859 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Lady Sydney Morgan, The Wild Irish Girl, Vol. I and II: A National Tale, In Two Volumes, Letter XX Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available P. M. Haverty: New York Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1879 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Project Gutenberg Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Epistolary Novel Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Literature Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DD_0582 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 54.6083, -7.8714 References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/54683/54683-h/54683-h.htm conversation fiction Lady Sydney Morgan letters nineteenth century pilgrimage