• In Ireland, on Station Island of the coast of Lough Derg, County Donegal is St. Patrick’s Purgatory. In the fifth century, St. Patrick saw Jesus who led him to a...
  • It may retain it’s name of St.Patrick’s ‘Purgatory’ but there are glimpses of heaven to be found there. ... The name of this island is St Patrick's Purgratory.
  • This article is more than 9 years old. St Patrick’s Purgatory involves three days of fasting and prayers, while standing on sharpened rocks.
  • 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 cave was supposedly an entrance to Purgatory that St Patrick had visions in from the otherworld, hence the name “St Patricks Purgatory”.
  • "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!)
  • In the 1100s the Augustinian canons took over the running of Station Island, and it became known as “St. Patrick’s Purgatory.”
  • St Patrick's Purgatory, a place of pilgrimage on Station Island in Lough Derg, County Donegal, circa 1935 (Getty Images).