St Patrick's Purgatory
(also Purgatory of St Patrick)
noun
(The name of) a cavern on an island in Lough Derg, Co. Donegal, Ireland, where according to legend Christ appeared to St Patrick, and showed him a deep pit in which whoever spent one day and one night could behold the torments of hell and the joys of heaven.
Origin
Middle English.
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