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Once a year, Ireland’s holy peak of Croagh Patrick sees barefoot pilgrims ascend to its windswept summit. I decided to join them ...
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 ...
There's thousands climbing there every other day. They’re not climbing for a pilgrimage at all.” READ MORE: Well-known Mayo man climbs Croagh Patrick for the sixty-seventh time The proud Aughagower ...
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Dominican Father Fons Wilmes from Leuven, Belgium, participates in an iconic Irish pilgrimage July 27, 2025, climbing Croagh Patrick. Over 6,000 pilgrims, from before dawn until late Sunday afternoon, ...
MOUNTAIN rescue teams responded to 10 incidents where pilgrims needed assistance while climbing Croagh Patrick on Reek Sunday. In an update on the day, Mayo Mountain Rescue said it had been a good ...
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 ...
By Sarah Mac Donald, OSV News 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, ...
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 ...
CROAGH PATRICK, Ireland (OSV News) — 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 ...