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"The same or a similar monster inhabits the lake yet (still) and was seen not many months ago. It guards a crock of gold which lies buried in the ancient island of the Purgatory…"

An account of the Dutch monk's visit to Lough Derg and his charges of usury.

"Among all the prodigies and all the great miracles which happened at Loch Derg, it is told in particular in those latter times..."

A topographical dictionary entry for County Donegal and the Barony of Tirhugh

An account of Lough Derg folklore on a fishing trip, explaining the strange circular currents of the lake in supernatural terms

"On every side of the island lay the watery fields, winding themselves into inlets and across bays. Great sheets of water, unbroken save by a group of smaller islands that rode like ships that had run to seed and blossom in tropical seas, with the…

An account of the religious history of Lough Derg for the traveller.

"It is a long passage of time since the men of Ireland first felt the mystery of those quiet little hills and looked for the unseen in the waters that lie at their feet, for the spiritual history of Derg stretches back into the dimmest age of…