Croagh Patrick

Croagh Patrick – Ireland’s Holy Mountain Croagh Patrick, a soaring cone-shaped peak that rises above Clew Bay in Co Mayo, is where the Irish have always turned for guidance and reassurance before the harvest. People have been coming for well over 3,000...

Saint Patrick’s Purgatory, Lough Derg

Saint Patrick’s Purgatory, more commonly referred to as Lough Derg because of its location in the lake of the same name in County Donegal, is a pilgrimage site which dates back to the 5th Century. Since then,  for over 1500 years, it has been a place of Christian...