2007-02-28 07:05:18 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
The Irish Island that is named St. Patrick's Purgatory is Lough Derg.
Lough Derg (Loch Dearg in Irish, meaning "Red Lake") is a small lake in County Donegal, Ireland.
In the middle of the lough is an islet known as Station Island or, more popularly, St. Patrick's Purgatory, which has been a place of pilgrimage since ancient times and remains very busy to this day.
Here, pilgrims fast (being allowed only one meal a day, of black tea or coffee and dry toast) and make barefoot circuits around the stone remains of monks cells during their 3-day pilgrimage.
During the first night they must keep a vigil, staying up all night and continuing prayer. The traditional three-day pilgrimage runs from June 1st until August 15th every year.
2007-02-28 07:15:09 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Enya♥ 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Saint Patrick’s Purgatory in Lough Derg
2007-02-28 15:14:52 · answer #2 · answered by frogg135 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Station Island
2007-02-28 15:08:16 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sorry I don't know I just thought it was St Patrick's Purgatory.
2007-02-28 15:20:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saints Island
2007-02-28 15:10:10 · answer #5 · answered by MikeDot3s 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ireland has been purgatory for to many years and I am Irish, now it seems to be going back to the emerald isles it is has always been. It needs the peace.
2007-03-05 10:54:54 · answer #6 · answered by Dekka 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lough Derg
2007-03-06 09:30:24 · answer #7 · answered by rose_merrick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lough Derg
2007-02-28 15:07:46 · answer #8 · answered by Cister 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Irelands Eye!!!!
2007-03-04 15:59:27 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the one surrounded by water.
2007-03-04 08:47:01 · answer #10 · answered by njoy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋