National Pilgrim Paths Week – Easter Saturday, March 22nd – 29th, 2016 Ireland’s third annual National Pilgrim Paths Event will take place over a week for the first time ever. The celebrations will take place over the Easter holiday period from Tuesday March 22nd to Tuesday March 29th 2016. There will be a nationwide series of...
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National Pilgrim Paths Day 2015 – Saturday April 4th
National Pilgrim Paths Day 2015 – Saturday April 4th On Saturday, April 4, large numbers of Irish people and overseas visitors are expected to connect with the ancient traditions of pilgrimage and retrace their ancestral heritage on the Easter Weekend as they take to this country’s ancient pilgrim paths...
Clonmacnoise – Pilgrim Paths Day Events – April 4th 2015
Clonmacnoise – Pilgrim Paths Day Events – April 4th 2015 Pilgrim Walk or Cycle to Clonmacnoise from either of two starting points. Inter-denominational service at 3.00pm OPTION 1 Depart Ballycumber Village at 1.00pm by BICYCLE (24.5km) Further information from Offaly Heritage Office 057 93 46839 OPTION 2 Depart Clonbonny, Athlone...
Cosán na Naomh – Pilgrim Paths Day Event – April 4th 2015
Cosán na Naomh – Pilgrim Paths Day Event – April 4th 2015 Isolated by mountain and ocean, the weather-sculpted, lands beyond Dingle carry an inescapable feeling of regressing in time. This is particularly true of the ancient Cosán na Naomh penitential route that winds through ancient fields and fuchsia...
St. Declan’s Way – Pilgrim Paths Day Event – April 4th 2015
St. Declan’s Way – Pilgrim Paths Day Event – April 4th 2015 Join us on Saturday April 4th, Easter Saturday 2015 as we retrace the footsteps of St. Declan over the scenic Knockmealdown Mountains on the border of Tipperary and Waterford. St. Declan’s Way is an ancient pilgrimage route linking...
Turas Cholm Cille – Pilgrim Paths Day Event – April 4th 2015
Turas Cholm Cille – Pilgrim Paths Day Event – April 4th 2015 Genuinely unsanatised pilgrimage marked by pagan standing stones that were later Christianised and then adroitly knotted together to form the Stations of the Cross. Pilgrimage is traditionally conducted barefoot but this is not required for Pilgrim Paths...
Kilcommon Pilgrim Loop – Pilgrim Paths Day Event – April 4th 2015
Kilcommon Pilgrim Loop – Pilgrim Paths Day Event – April 4th 2015 Details: 2.pm. Sign in at new WindWalker Hub, Kilcommon Community Hall. Welcome and introduction to the new MYTHIC MAP EXHIBITION of KILCOMMON PILGRIM LOOP WALK by Fr. Dan Woods, P.P. The Mythic Map (see picture) is a mixed media...
Brigid’s Way, Kildare – 13th Pilgrim Paths Member
Brigid’s Way – 13th Pilgrim Paths Member Brigid’s Way Celtic Pilgrimage in Co. Kildare has recently become the 13th National Pilgrim Path in Ireland. St. Brigid is also the first female Irish Saint to be so honoured. On Pilgrim Paths’ Day, April 4th 2015, there will be a walk the...
St. Kevin´s Road to Glendalough – Pilgrim Paths Day – Sat. April 4th 2015
St. Kevin´s Road to Glendalough – Pilgrim Paths Day – Sat. April 4th 2015 Overview. Weave your way with us along the St. Kevin´s Road to Glendalough, walking in the footsteps of our ancestors and connecting with the awe-inspiring beauty of Wicklow´s sacred landscape. As you meet new...
Brigid’s Way – Pilgrim Paths Day Event – Saturday April 4th 2015
Brigid’s Way – Pilgrim Paths Day Event – Saturday April 4th 2015 St. Brigid in Kildare – Brigid’s Way Celtic Pilgrimage’s final day route. Overview: Brigid’s Way Celtic Pilgrimage has recently become the 13th National Pilgrim Path in Ireland, the first female Irish Saint to be so honoured. On Pilgrim Paths’ Day,...
Pilgrim Paths Day Features in Tipperary Nationalist
St. Declan’s Way part of Pilgrims Paths Day On Easter Saturday, April 19, thousands are expected to retrace their ancestral heritage as they take to Ireland’s ancient pilgrim paths to celebrate the inaugural National Pilgrim Paths Day. Supported by the Heritage Council, this new Easter Festival which was launched...
Easter Saturday designated National Pilgrim Paths Day – Catholic Ireland
CatholicIreland.net – News Sarah Mac Donald – 02 April, 2014 Event aims to raise awareness of Irish pilgrim routes and medieval Christian heritage. National Pilgrim Paths Day National Pilgrim Paths Day will see a series of walking and cycling events take place along Ireland’s medieval penitential trails this Easter....
Pilgrim Paths Day – Official Launch – St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin
On March 31st 2014 the inaugural Pilgrim Paths Day was launched by legendary sports commentator, Micheál O’Muircheartaigh, in the auspicious surroundings of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. Thousands expected to retrace their ancestral heritage to mark the inaugural National Pilgrim Paths Day Saturday 19th April – National Pilgrim Paths...
Pilgrim Paths Day 2014
National Pilgrim Paths Day is a new Easter Festival based on Ireland’s dense network of medieval pilgrim walking routes. This new heritage themed event is organised by the local communities adjacent to each of our principal penitential routes and is aimed at raising awareness of Ireland’s rich inheritance of pilgrim paths. It is...
