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The nature of granite outcrops

"Ballyshannon. (July 25, 1824.) Soon after leaving Pettigo going towards Lough Derg, the limestone ceases and the mineral productions change entirely..."

Tags: aesthetics, approach, barrenness, emotion, geology, granite, limestone, mineral, mountains, nineteenth century, outcrops, pilgrim path, Shane Leslie, silver

The approach to the lake

"Pettigo. (July 23, 1824). A country road leads in this direction a mile: after leaving which we passed over the mountains following a path, which the number of devotees who visit the Island, had marked too distinctly to be mistaken..."

Tags: aesthetics, crowds, heath, mountains, negative, negative description, nineteenth century, Pettigo, pilgrim path, pilgrim road, pilgrimage, pilgrims, Shane Leslie, view, vista, weather

The slopes of the mountains

"The Lough, which is said to be about nine miles in circumference, is situated in the midst of high hills, which rise on all sides without the slightest appearance of cultivation..."

Tags: aesthetics, barrenness, hills, isolation, loneliness, mountains, nineteenth century, rural landscape, Shane Leslie

John O'Donovan described the lake

"Ballyshanny. (Nov. 1, 1835.) I visited the far-famed terrestrial Purgatory of Lough-Derg but received no benefit from my tours except a severe cold, which I attribute more to the wet mountain bogs that surround the Lake..."

Tags: bogland, cold, hills, John O'Donovan, mountains, nineteenth century, ordnance survey, penitential beds, pilgrimage, Royal Irish Academy, Saints Island, Shane Leslie, Station Island, stations, weather

The ruins of Saints Island

"The ground-works of many ruins can still be traced to Saint Daveog's Island on Olean na Naomh or Island of the Saints) and a paved way (via strata) or old road can still be traced..."

Tags: bridge, John O'Donovan, nineteenth century, ordnance survey, pilgrim path, Royal Irish Academy, ruins, Saints Island, Seeavog Townland, Shane Leslie, St. Dabheoc, Templecarne Graveyard

"One might well imagine it to be the golden portal to some bright realm"

"A sunset on Lough Derg, under favourable circumstances, is, also, a spectacle of extraordinary grandeur..."

Tags: aesthetics, beauty, Daniel O'Connor, natural effect, nineteenth century, sun, water, weather

"We seemed to stand in a dim place where two worlds meet"

"With the fall of night the world slipped away. We seemed to stand in a dim place where two worlds meet. At intervals we walked into the misty starlight and stamped a little warmth into our feet..."

Tags: aesthetics, Catholic journalism, cold, Leslie family, light, mist, pilgrimage, pilgrims, Shane Leslie, sound, Station Island, The Tablet, twentieth century, wather

"We left the Island with dry skies but still carrying our fast with us"

"Then, with hearts refreshed, we turned to accomplish the three remaining Stations..."

Tags: boating, Catholic journalism, dryness, hills, Leslie family, pilgrim crossing, pilgrimage, pilgrims, Rome, Shane Leslie, The Tablet, timelessness, twentieth century, weather

Inishgoosk Townland

Inishgoosk is in the Electoral Division of Templecarn, in Civil Parish of Templecarn, in the Barony of Tirhugh, in the County of Donegal Inishgoosk is an island. Inishgoosk is on Logainm.ie: Inishgoosk. Inishgoosk has an area of: 55,836 m² / 5.58…

Tags: Barony of Tirhugh, Inishgoosk, island, lake, Parish of Templecarne, townland

St Peter's Island and St Peter's Well

"St. Peter's Island and St. Peter's well are situated about a half a mile due North of the village of Mountcharles. They are in the townland of Turras Hill. The little Island is in the centre of the lake, but since the erection of the waterworks in…

Tags: Augustinians, Catholicism, exile, Folklore, hills, holy well, island, lake, Mountcharles, seventeenth century, St. Peter's Island, Turras Hill, vanished island

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