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"He had swallowed up a very wicked man"

Knox asks questions about the monster, which appears to devour sinners but largely emerges just above the water

Tags: elitism, James Spencer Knox, mentalities, morality, nineteenth century, Protestant critique, sacrifice, sectarianism, superstition, Travelogue

"They would make a Jonas of me against my will"

Knox reasons that the boatmen would prefer that the monster eat the heretic reverend rather than them

Tags: elitism, James Spencer Knox, monster, nineteenth century, Protestant critique, sectarianism, serpent, superstition, Travelogue

"A rock, which, rising to the surface of the water, the breeze had exposed"

Knox reveals that the "serpent" is a rock

Tags: debunking, elitism, James Spencer Knox, negative description, nineteenth century, Protestant critique, scientism, superstition, Travelogue

"They told the marvellous incidents of the voyage to their listening friends"

Knox stands on the rock to demonstrate his powers of deduction, an event which results in much storytelling upon the return to shore

Tags: credulity, elitism, ferry house, Folklore, James Spencer Knox, nineteenth century, Protestant critique, scientism, sectarianism, storytelling, Travelogue

"So ended my pilgrimage to Lough Derg"

Knox advises Protestant travellers to visit Loug Derg and see Catholic folly

Tags: Catholic Church, elitism, James Spencer Knox, negative description, nineteenth century, Protestant critique, Protestantism, recommendations, sectarianism, Travelogue

Situating Lough Derg

A history of Lough Derg and its Antiquities.

Tags: blood, Bundoran, commentary, Derg abban, dimensions, eighteenth century, Fair Lake, Fenian Cycle, Fionn mac Cumhaill, Folklore, Gerald of Wales, James Stephens, mica, moorland, railway, red, slate, St. Dabheoc, St. Fintan, Tirconnell, water

The History and Suppression of Lough Derg

A history of Lough Derg and its Antiquities.

Tags: commentary, destruction of built heritage, destruction of written heritage, James Stephens, Magrath family, nineteenth century, Saints' Island, St. Brigid, St. Colmcille, St. Dabheoc, St. Patrick, St. Patrick's bed, Station Island, suppression

The O'Donnells and Lough Derg

A history of Lough Derg and its Antiquities.

Tags: commentary, James Stephens, middle ages, nineteenth century, O'Donnell family, patronage, pilgrimage

Raymond de Perilleux and Lough Derg

A history of Lough Derg and its Antiquities. This extract comes from an 1836 story in the Dublin Penny Journal Count Raymond de Perilleaux's 1397 journey to the Purgatory.

Tags: aesthetics, beech, commentary, fiction, fourteenth century, James Stephens, murder, nineteenth century, oak, penny journal, pilgrim crossing, Raymond de Pereilleux, revenge, romance, Ugolino, vista

The snake of Lough Patrick and Lough Peter

"There are no holy wells in this district but there are two holy lakes called Lough Patrick and Lough Peter. These lakes are in the townland of Drumlougher and form the boundary between County Monaghan and County Armagh. St Patrick's stone is in a…

Tags: cattle, County Donegal, County Monaghan, cure, Drumlougher, Folklore, hills, Lough Patrick, Lough Peter, miracle, Oral History, pilgrimage, snake, St. Patrick

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