In every direction there are mountains, and Croagh Patrick towers above them all. The walk to the top of the Reek, as the mountain is known locally, along a clearly marked path, is strenuous.

Terra Firma Ireland offers Walk on the Wild Side day walks from €25 per person. The live steam for St. Patrick’s Day will be hosted on the Discover Ireland YouTube channel and via Facebook.

Today, Croagh Patrick battles with an onslaught of tourists – it is a popular destination on the Wild Atlantic Way touring route. But once a year, its character changes: becomes more numinous.

In 2015, the Croagh Patrick Stakeholders Group was formed to address the erosion of the existing pathway. The group was also tasked with protecting the natural environment and habitats found on ...

Croagh Patrick has been on Irish people's minds this past weekend as yesterday was Reek Sunday - the day when pilgrims typically gather in their thousands to climb Mayo's holy mountain. This year ...

Matt Loughrey had just finished his 218th consecutive climb of Croagh Patrick, the third-highest mountain in County Mayo, when I spoke to him on a recent Saturday evening. “It’s cold up there ...

The pathway was decided on by the Croagh Patrick Stakeholders Group, formed in November 2015, as a community response to concerns over the condition of the mountain which some 120,000 people climb ...

More than 1,500 years since St Patrick scaled the perilous slopes of Croagh Patrick's northerly flank, 5,000 pilgrims retraced the footsteps of the 'Holy Mountain'.

Croagh Patrick has long been at the focus of a Christian ritual landscape and an important centre of religious pilgrimage. The equally impressive prehistoric ritual landscape of Croagh Patrick is ...