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Lough Derg and Its Pilgrimages; With Map and Illustrations
Lough Derg and Its Pilgrimages With Map and Illustrations Author:Daniel O'Connor General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1879 Original Publisher: J. Dollard Subjects: Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages Derg, Lough (Ireland) Pilgrims and pilgrimages Derg, Lough (Donegal, Ireland) History / General Religion / General Religion / Christianity / Catholic Notes: This is a black and whi... more »te OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER XVII. ROUTES TO LOUGH DERG -- ROAD FROM PETTIGO -- THOUGHTS ON NEARING THE LAKE -- LITHOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF THE ISLAND -- THE STATION SEASON -- THE AUTHORIZED RELIGIOUS EXERCISES OF THE PILGRIMAGE EXPLANATORY OBSERVATIONS ON THE "EXERCISES" -- MOST REV. DR. DONNELLY PETITIONS THE HOLT SEE FOR INDULGENCES -- COPY OF THE PAPAL INDULT. fORMERLY a pilgrimage to Lough Derg must have been attended with much hardship and inconvenience, when we consider that pilgrims travelled, in many cases barefoot, from the most remote parts of the kingdom. Considering, however, the facilities of travelling which we enjoy at the present day, the journey is now regarded as little more than a pleasant excursion trip. Good roads lead towards the lake, though, we regret to say, not to its shore; a line of railway runs pretty close to it; well-appointed cars in connection with each, train ply between the lake and railway ; in a word, pilgrims have now-a-days little to complain of from fatigue or inconvenience, till they are landed on the island of Lough Derg. There are three routes by which pilgrims reach Lough Derg. The first of these starts from the town of Donegal, and, after proceeding for about five miles along a good county road, it enters on a mountain track leading in a direct line towards the lake, passing along the side of Augh-Keen Mountain, and reaching the lake at a headland c...« less