Lough Derg (Donegal)

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Lough Derg (Donegal) is a small lake in County Donegal, Ireland, renowned as a historic Catholic pilgrimage site centered on St Patrick’s Purgatory.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lough Derg (Donegal) canonical 1
Lough Derg, County Donegal 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf lake ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ
associatedWith Saint Patrick ⓘ
legend of St Patrick’s Purgatory ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
diocese Diocese of Clogher ⓘ
distinctFrom Lough Derg (Shannon) ⓘ
linked to: Lough Derg
hasApproximateArea about 8.9 square kilometres ⓘ
hasApproximateElevation about 150 metres above sea level ⓘ
hasChapel Blessed Sacrament Chapel ⓘ
St Brigid’s Chapel ⓘ
St Mary’s Chapel ⓘ
St Patrick’s Basilica ⓘ
hasFeature St Patrick’s Cross ⓘ
basilica on Station Island ⓘ
holy well ⓘ
penitential beds ⓘ
hasIrishName Loch Dearg ⓘ
hasIsland Ravens Island ⓘ
Saints Island ⓘ
Station Island ⓘ
hasNotableSite St Patrick’s Purgatory ⓘ
heritageStatus historic pilgrimage site ⓘ
knownFor Catholic pilgrimage ⓘ
St Patrick’s Purgatory pilgrimage ⓘ
penitential retreat ⓘ
locatedIn County Donegal ⓘ
Republic of Ireland ⓘ
Ulster ⓘ
locatedOn River Derg ⓘ
nameMeaning red lake ⓘ
nearBorder County Fermanagh ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
nearSettlement Pettigo ⓘ
pilgrimageDuration three-day pilgrimage ⓘ
pilgrimagePractice all-night vigil ⓘ
barefoot walking ⓘ
fasting ⓘ
praying at penitential beds ⓘ
pilgrimageSeason summer ⓘ
pilgrimageType penitential pilgrimage ⓘ
religiousOrderInCharge Roman Catholic Diocese of Clogher ⓘ
linked to: Diocese of Clogher
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County Donegal → containsLake → Lough Derg (Donegal) ⓘ
St. Patrick's Purgatory → locatedInBodyOfWater → Lough Derg, County Donegal ⓘ
linked to: Lough Derg (Donegal)