churches and a round tower.2Lake, c.20 sq mi (50 sq km), Co. Donegal, NW Republic of Ireland. Station Island, traditional site of Saint Patrick's Purgatory, the popular name for the saint's vision of Purgatory, is a famous place of pilgrimage. Saints' Island has ruins of a ...
Most tribes have holy ground, a sacred place that has come to stand for a presumed, numinous essence: the tribe transcendent. Lough Derg in County Donegal, a small lake with an island in it, Station Island, is such a symbol for the native Irish. An ancient site of pilgrimage associated ...
Islands of Lough Erne For thousands of years the Erne was a major waterway, providing a route from the Atlantic Ocean to inland Ireland, a border between the ancient Kingdoms of Connaught and Ulster, and a gateway to the pilgrimage site of Lough Derg. Its waters brought the first Neolithic ...
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