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DERG, LOUGH

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 73 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DERG, LOUGH , a See also:lake of See also:Ireland, on the boundary of the counties See also:Galway, See also:Clare and See also:Tipperary. It is an expansion of the See also:Shannon, being the lowest lake on that See also:river, and is 23 m. See also:long and generally from 1 to 3 M. broad. It lies where the Shannon leaves the central See also:plain of Ireland and flows between the hills which border the plain. While the northerly shores of the lake, therefore, are See also:flat, the See also:southern are steep and picturesque, being backed by the Slieve Aughty, Slieve Bernagh and Arra Mountains. Ruined churches and fortresses are numerous on the eastern See also:shore, and on Iniscaltra See also:Island are a See also:round See also:tower and remains of five churches. Another LOUGH DERG, near Pettigo in See also:Donegal, though small, is famous as the traditional See also:scene of St See also:Patrick's See also:purgatory. In the See also:middle ages its pilgrimages had a See also:European reputation, and they are still observed annually by many of the Irish from See also:June r to See also:August 15. The See also:hospice, chapels, &c., are on Station Island, and there is a ruined monastery on See also:Saints' Island.

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