loughderg

1913 ?

Cardinal Logue, who visited Lough Derg in 1913, had this to say: "When I was a young priest I often had occasion to attend their death-beds numbers of people who made the pilgrimage to Lough Derg, and every one of those death-beds was the death-bed of a saint. There was no need to get them to make a general confession or to repair anything in their past lives. One visit to Lough Derg was enough to secure that, and some of those I attended were in the habit of coming there every year. I gave them, of course, the Sacraments of the Church, and especially the greatest of all the Sacraments to strengthen them on their journey to Eternity, but I often thought that if they had died in the deserts of Central Africa they were sure to go to Heaven. "I have no doubt that, whatever else changes in Ireland, Lough Derg will never change It is as unchangeable as the hills by which we are surrounded. So long as the Irish Church exists, it will be a home of penance, and piety, and sanctification, and a source of wonderful graced to those who come here and make the Stations. . . . It would be impossible for a man to come in here with rancour in his mind. If he had any little touch of it, it drops into the Lake, either on his way in, or on his way out of the Island."

From - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/172222788?searchTerm=c...

June 30th 1913 - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/167011805?searchTerm=c... " ... His Eminence Cardinal Logue, on June 30, paid a visit to the little island in Lough Derg where the famous shrine is situated..."

They are arriving at Station Island according to this print - historicalpicturearchive.com/shop/pictures/dg-01450/

catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000316719

30 June 1913 was a Monday ...

Wonderful photo! A large number of those people are staring directly at the camera: did Mr French shout "CHEESE!" ?

beachcomber australia Given that they were about to embark on a weekends fasting shouting "Cheese" might have been a bit too cruel in the circumstances?

They are at the then train station. 25" map. Per eiretrains: Pettigo, Co.Fermanagh, is located on the former Great Northern Railway's branch line to the well known coastal resort of Bundoran, built in June 1886 and unfortunately closed in November 1957 EDIT: Per Fred Dean's comment below, it seems eiretrains has the wrong date here, and the station actually opened in 1868.

The conveyance on our left is labelled Flood's Hotel. Here is Daniel J. Flood, Hotel Proprietor in the census of 1901 and 1911.

The bus on our right is labelled Brennans Pettigoe. There are no Brennans at all in the 1901 census in Pettigoe, and none who look to be running charabancs in 1911.

Wall added later? www.flickr.com/photos/kiona-be/2845227395/ www.flickr.com/photos/49944322@N03/5013699353/

25" map The location shown in Flickr for this one is, shall we say, somewhat approximate.

Thanks Niall McAuley. I've shifted it South a little bit. (FYI - When I click the '25" map' link above, I see the Mall, Waterford...)

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Thanks for the heads-up: my Geohiving method is not as simple as I hoped! I think it should be good now.

Brill. Thanks Niall McAuley. That's helped me to properly correct it now. GRMA!

Oh, I've read about this place, such a great photo.

this is a great photo!

This is amazing.... wow!!!

That's very beautiful Thank you for bringing these to us all,..Respect..!

John FitzPatrick Leisen Nice of you to say! Just glad you're enjoying them...