Today, Croagh Patrick battles with an onslaught of tourists – it is a popular destination on the Wild Atlantic Way touring route. But once a year, its character changes: becomes more numinous.

For more than 1,600 years, pilgrims have gathered at Croagh Patrick near Westport, Mayo, to climb the mountain as part of a spiritual and religious journey over 2,502ft. Known as Ireland’s "Holy ...

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 ...