In a tweet to Bird, Irish premier Micheal Martin added: “Wonderful to see the money raised by your Croagh Patrick climb – I know the whole country is right behind you every step of the way!” The Climb ...

A whole lot of people stopped going to Mass, we want to get them back on the rosary,” Mr Brady said. A pilgrim climbing Croagh Patrick barefoot during Reek Sunday 2025 Photo: Conor McKeown ...

Croagh Patrick in County 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 ...

For more than 1,600 years, pilgrims have gathered at Croagh Patrick near Westport, Mayo, to climb the mountain as part of a spiritual and religious journey over 2,502ft. Known as Ireland’s "Holy ...

After returning from what he reckoned was his 85th ascent of Croagh Patrick, Martin Corcoran from Islandeady lamented the fall-off in numbers. “It’s sad what’s happening,” he said.

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 ...

To climb Croagh Patrick is to witness a tradition that is Christian and Irish – but also universal and primeval. A range of holy mountains extends across continents and faith systems.