In the Lyric Feature on Sunday 29th May, at 6 pm, poet Eleanor Hooker presents Reflections on Lough Derg, exploring her relationship with the lake in poetry and in conversation with friends and ...
Earlier today, Sunday 28 December, Valentia Coast Guard requested Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat launch to assist 3 people on an ...
IN normal times, the Prior at Lough Derg and the team who run the pilgrimages synonymous with the Co Donegal oasis of peace and prayer would by now be reflecting upon another busy season. But these ...
From stunning views over Lough Derg to country mansions steeped in Irish history, the most expensive properties sold in Tipperary during 2025 had something to suit every taste. Whether it’s a quiet ...
A lone priest determined that COVID-19 won’t end a centuries-old tradition of pilgrimages to an island known as St. Patrick’s Purgatory, went to the site this week, and says he will stay there until ...
Two people on a 25ft yacht were rescued by Lough Derg RNLI on Sunday evening after the vessel’s engine failed and it drifted into a rocky shore Four people were rescued on the River Shannon in Lough ...
AS Fr La Flynn, the current Prior of Lough Derg observes - with some understatement - the sacred pilgrim site set in Co Donegal is "absolutely steeped in history". Though the coronavirus pandemic has ...
Tom Scudamore and groom Leanne Green with Lough Derg after winning the National Spirit Hurdle at FontwellCredit: Edward Whitaker The popular and doughty hurdler Lough Derg turned 23 on Wednesday. Read ...
Ireland's oldest place of continuous pilgrimage is renowned for self-imposed abstinence and spartan conditions. But with the appeal for such hardships falling, the retreat in Co Donegal has launched a ...
Lough Derg RNLI assisted a family of four on a 34ft cruiser aground near Portumna on the Tipperary Galway border on Sunday. Early on March 24, following a 999 call from a member of the public on shore ...
For the first time since 1828, the traditional three-day pilgrimage will not take place on Lough Derg this summer. The decision to suspend the season was confirmed this morning by the Prior of the ...
Cardinal Marc Ouellet went to Lough Derg the other night, a traditional site for pilgrimages of penance in Ireland with associations going back to the days of St. Patrick and, this being Ireland, ...