Alice Curtayne
Lough Derg: St. Patrick's Purgatory
London/Dublin, Burns Oates & Washbourne, Ltd, 1944. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 194p. Ex-library. A green cloth hardcover book in good reading condition. Corners bumped, spotty stains on the spine, and cloth wrinkled all over. Label on spine; stamps, bookplate, call number, and card pocket inside. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Vintage Catholic book about the cave at Loch Derg known as St. Patrick's Purgatory, where according to legend, St. Patrick was given a vision of Purgatory. It has long been a Christian pilgrimage site. This book discusses the history of St. Patrick's Purgatory, including the period during which pilgrimage was suppressed by English Protestant monarchs. Fair .
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