Born and bred at the foot of Croagh Patrick, John has been tending to it and the church at the top for more than 47 years. Wayne O'Connor with Fr Karl Burns on the mountainside ...

THERE HAS BEEN a callout for priests to help minister sacraments at the top of Croagh Patrick for Reek Sunday – as the Church has been forced to halve the number of its services as a result of a ...

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 ...

TV News TV CHARLIE'S CLIMB I’ll light a candle for all of Ireland if I make it to top of Croagh Patrick, says RTE’s Charlie Bird Aoife Horan Published: 19:24, 26 Jan 2022 Updated: 15:35, 31 ...

CHARLIE Bird said he is facing his “biggest challenge yet” after feeling lucky to have climbed Croagh Patrick last month. The RTE legend set himself the goal of hiking to the top of Cro… ...

Charlie Bird shows true grit to take on Croagh Patrick Charlie Bird with his wife Claire, Daniel O'Donnell and his grandchildren on top of Croagh Patrick. Photo: Gerry Mooney.

The Irish Times claims the number was 12,000 – "Drop in numbers climbing Croagh Patrick" – with a unremarkable photograph of a solitary elderly male making his way up the shale path.