What do local Mayo people make of the Mise Éire festival which is set to take place in Castlebar this weekend - and who is ...

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After a hugely successful and sold-out debut in 2024, the Dooagh Folk Festival will return to Achill Island from September 12 to 14 2025, with Irish folk legends, Stockton’s Wing, confirmed as this ...

So, one of my activities is climbing Croagh Patrick. It’s known as a holy pilgrimage; people clap you on the back for having the courage to do it, so it’s kind of symbolic.

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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 ...

Popular legend has it that St. Patrick stood on a hilltop, Croagh Patrick (now an important site of pilgrimage in Ireland), and banished all the snakes from Ireland using a wooden staff.

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 ...

Pilgrims of all ages are expected to scale Croagh Patrick this weekend, continuing a 1,600-year-old tradition of faith and resilience ...