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Lough Derg or Loch Derg (Irish: Loch Dearg) [2] is a lake in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. It is near the border with Northern Ireland and lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of the border village of Pettigo. It is best known for St Patrick's Purgatory, a site of pilgrimage on Station Island in the lake.
St Patrick's Purgatory is an ancient pilgrimage site on Station Island in Lough Derg, County Donegal, Ireland. According to legend, the site dates from the fifth century, when Christ showed Saint Patrick a cave, sometimes referred to as a pit or a well , on Station Island that was an entrance to Purgatory . [ 2 ]
In the nineteenth century, Lough Derg was an important artery from the port at Limerick to Dublin through the canals in the midlands of Ireland. Navigable over its full 38.6 km (24.0 mi) length, Lough Derg is today popular with cruisers and other pleasure craft , as well as sailing and fishing .
Pettigo, also spelt Pettigoe (/ ˈ p ɛ t ɪ ɡ oʊ / PET-ig-oh; Irish: Paiteagó [1] [ˈpˠatʲəɡoː]), is a small village and townland on the border of County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, and County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is bisected by the Termon River which is part of the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
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Lough Derg: Counties Clare, Galway and Tipperary: 122.2 47.2 Lough Derg: County Donegal: 8.8 3.4 Lough Derravaragh: County Westmeath: 9.1 3.5 Derryclare Lough: County Galway: 2.24 0.86 Doo Lough: County Clare: 1.3 0.50 Doo Lough: County Mayo: 1.55 0.60 Dromore Lough: County Clare: 0.49 0.19 Drumaleague Lough: County Leitrim: 0.05 0.019 Durnesh ...
Lough Derg is the name of two lakes in Ireland: Lough Derg (Shannon) a large lake on the River Shannon, bordering counties Clare, Galway and Tipperary Lough Derg, County Donegal a small lake, a place of Christian pilgrimage
It contains the Scariff river from its headstreams through Lough O'Grady to its mouth in Scarriff bay, Lough Derg. [2] The village of Tuamgraney lies in such close proximity to the town of Scarriff that today the two are often considered to be one single settlement. [3] There is a holy well dedicated to St. Cronán in the Currakyle townland. [4]