Pilgrimage to St. Patrick’s Purgatory On the calm waters of Lough Derg in Ireland, the small Station Island is home to one of the toughest pilgrimages in the world.

Ireland's own official St. Patrick's Festival was only given the government's stamp of approval in 1995, and has since grown to a four-and-a-half day celebration held in Dublin.

Murrisk, Croagh Patrick, Co Mayo. Tourism Ireland Ireland's most famous pilgrimage sites provide the perfect setting for meditation and reflection.

Dublin, Ireland, May 31, 2025 / 09:00 am This weekend, the Jubilee of Hope pilgrimage season will open in Ireland and the first cohort of 2025 pilgrims will disembark on a small island called St ...

Cardinal Dolan will conclude the pilgrimage by celebrating Mass on the 150th anniversary of the dedication of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Armagh, Ireland, which took place on Aug. 24, 1873.

A Church of Ireland Rector in Clogher Diocese is undertaking a pilgrimage of a different kind by walking from his church in Fermanagh to St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin.

St Patrick's Way - dubbed the Pilgrim's Walk - is an 82-mile walking trail taking in many of the snake-banishing saint's most important historical sites in counties Armagh and Down in Northern Ireland ...

Here, on this rocky west-coast promontory overlooking the Atlantic, St. Patrick is said to have fasted for 40 days and nights as he wrestled with demons and banished snakes from Ireland.

St. Patrick was born in Britain - not Ireland - in the late 4th century. At age 16, he was kidnapped by Irish raiders who sold him as a slave to tend sheep.

Mayo, 25 July 1915 - More than 16,000 people climbed Croagh Patrick’s Reek today, the largest crowd to attend the annual Reek Sunday pilgrimage for several years.