- English: St Patrick's Purgatory is an ancient pilgrimage that has taken place on Station Island and in Lough Derg, County Donegal, Ireland.
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- This article is more than 9 years old. St Patrick’s Purgatory involves three days of fasting and prayers, while standing on sharpened rocks.
- "We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different."–Kurt Vonnegut. Saint Patrick’s Purgatory (now with leaked material!)
- Other well-known poets, such as Denis Devlin and Patrick Kavanagh wrote works on St. Patrick's Purgatory as well.
- This cave was supposedly an entrance to Purgatory that St Patrick had visions in from the otherworld, hence the name “St Patricks Purgatory”.
- In the 1100s the Augustinian canons took over the running of Station Island, and it became known as “St. Patrick’s Purgatory.”
- In Ireland, on Station Island of the coast of Lough Derg, County Donegal is St. Patrick’s Purgatory.
- The Purgatory of St. Patrick ( Irish Purgadóir Phádraig , English St. Patrick's Purgatory , Latin Purgatorium Sancti Patricii ) is an old pilgrimage site on Station...