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 ...

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 ...

“Climb holy men, to the top of the mountain to the west of the sun in order to bless the people of Ireland.” – Book of Armagh, 9th century ad. This is the statement on one of the signs on the trail to ...

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.

The experience and challenge of the climb up and back down Ireland’s Holy Mountain, Croagh Patrick, on Reek Sunday, along with a streaming sea of humanity, was everything I had hoped for that day.

A number of bishops joined thousands of pilgrims from across Ireland in the annual Reek Sunday pilgrimage climb of Croagh Patrick as part of the Irish church’s drive for vocations to the priesthood.

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 ...

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Pilgrims attend Mass at the summit of Croagh Patrick during the first Reek Sunday climb of the mountain since the pandemic hit in this photo from County Clare, Ireland, July 31, 2022. (Credit: CNS ...

Ireland's leading Catholic clergyman has become the first Archbishop of Armagh since the time of St Patrick to climb Croagh Patrick. Dr Sean Brady ascended the County Mayo mountain where a pilgrimage ...