Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Writer Oli Smith made a pilgrimage to Croagh Patrick in County Mayo, Ireland - CATHAL MCNAUGHTON Even in the half light of the ...

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Camera phones were more prominent than rosary beads on Sunday during the annual pilgrimage to Croagh Patrick. But Co Mayo’s holy mountain continues to hold an allure to pilgrims, albeit diminished in ...

It was more pleasure than penance for many of the pilgrims who climbed the precipitous but newly restored pathway to Croagh Patrick’s pyramidal peak on a cloudy day this week. Gaeilgeoirí pals from ...

A rare sample of megalithic engraving or prehistoric ornamentation was found on the pilgrimage route to Croagh Patrick, in County Mayo in 2015. Archaeologist Michael Gibbons said the “rock-scribing” ...

Croagh Patrick’s Pub is a small, family-owned business on Robinhood Drive in Willoughby. It also happens to be the best Irish pub in the United States. Over the past month, fans of the local pub ...

"Did you make it to the top?" I responded in the affirmative. "I think you're the first one up today. Any view?" I responded in the negative. The restoration worker wished me well and my descent ...

Thousands of people are taking part in the annual Reek Sunday pilgrimage, climbing to the top of Croagh Patrick in Co Mayo. People from all around the country and of all ages are taking part, slowly ...

Former RTÉ News journalist Charlie Bird appeared on Ireland's Late Late Show on Friday night to discuss motor neuron disease diagnosis and launch a climb of Croagh Patrick in April to raise money for ...

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 ...