Ireland’s Holy Mountain of Legend: Croagh Patrick

Mar 09, 2012 12 Comments by

It’s our Camino de Santiago; our Via Francigena; our Lourdes. Ireland’s holy mountain of pilgrimage, , has been a peak of spiritual significance for thousands of years, well before Christanity, and St Patrick claimed it as their own. And today, multitudes still scale its slopes for the rejuvenation, the views and the craic. Croagh Patrick [...]

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Trail Blazing: Mountain Walking in Ireland

Aug 31, 2010 7 Comments

Writer and photographer Adrian Hendroff never ceases to be inspired by Ireland’s landscape. A qualified Mountain Leader, he offers advice on hill-walking and mountaineering around Ireland, and gives us a sneak preview of all his favourite peaks   Ireland’s landscape is varied and distinctive. Beyond the low-lying plains of the midlands are untrodden high places [...]

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