Picking up from where I left off in my last post, Kev and I were in Westport, Co. Mayo, on a clear and sunny day, which meant we felt obligated to climb Croagh Patrick, the holy mountain a few ...

Croagh Patrick in Co Mayo is an important site of pilgrimage where St Patrick is believed to have fasted during the 5th century. Croagh Patrick, which overlooks Clew Bay, the Wild Atlantic Way, and ...

Pilgrims travelled from all over Ireland to Croagh Patrick in west Mayo for annual Reek Sunday pilgrimage An ecumencial first on Croagh Patrick for Reek Sunday Thousands of people climbed Ireland’s ...

Archbishop Francis Duffy of Tuam put grandparents and the elderly at the heart of his message for the Jubilee Year's "Reek Sunday" pilgrimage at Ireland's holy mountain, Croagh Patrick, on July 27. In ...

Writer Oli Smith made a pilgrimage to Croagh Patrick in County Mayo, Ireland - CATHAL MCNAUGHTON Even in the half light of the morning, you could make out barefooted pilgrims on the holy mountain.

Shrouded in mist, the sacred mountain rises above the countryside, majestic, mysterious and a little foreboding. Here, on this rocky west coast promontory overlooking the Atlantic, St. Patrick is said ...

Murrisk, 29 July 1918 - The annual pilgrimage to Croagh Patrick took place yesterday. Masses were held and prayers were said on the holy mountain where the catholic faithful were urged to pray that ...

Shrouded in mist, the sacred Irish mountain rises above the countryside, majestic, mysterious and a little forbidding. Here, on this rocky west-coast promontory overlooking the Atlantic, St. Patrick ...

A THREE-year-old child was among eight people treated for hypothermia after climbing Croagh Patrick yesterday. Paul Feeney, of Mayo Mountain Rescue, blasted the hundreds of pilgrims who attempted the ...

Westport, 30 July 1917 - This year has seen a decline in the number of people who have undertaken the Croagh Patrick pilgrimage in Co. Mayo. The decline in pilgrims has been attributed to a lack of ...

Gardai believe a climber who was found dead on the summit of Croagh Patrick could have been there overnight. Gardaí are appealing for help to identify the man, whose remains were discovered by a group ...