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For details of walking related activities in Turas Cholmcille visit http://www.gleanncholmcille.ie/hillwalking.htm.
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To facilitate your planning for 2018 here is some information on guided pilgrim walks taking place.
On St Finbarr’s pilgrim path there will be guided walks on the following dates:
March 13 and 14
April 7 and 8
August 11 and 12
August 18 and 19
For further information contact David Ross at086 1735134
There will also be fully guided walks of the Tóchar Phádraic to Croagh Patrick on the following dates:
Saturday, May 26
Saturday, June 30
Reek Sunday July 29
Saturday, August 25
Further information (094)9030934
Details of pilgrim walks on other pilgrim paths to follow as they become available.
To celebrate Pilgrim Paths Week 2018, a walk of St Finbarr's Pilgrim Path from Drimoleague to Gougane Barra takes place over two days - Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th of April 2018. While this captivating medieval path is open all year, for Pilgrim Paths Week it will be even more accessible as there will be knowledgeable local guides to lead and you will have the support and camarderie of a group.
The walk starts at the Top of the Rock Pod-Park in Drimoleague and finishes at St. Finbarr's hermitage in Gougane Barra. Hotel, B&B and podpark accommodation available. Phone 0861735134 to book your place as on previous walk late-bookers experienced problems finding accommodation.
This inaugural Irish Conference on Pilgrimage and the Evolution of Spiritual Tourism takes place at Waterford Institute of Technology on March 9 next. Keynote speakers include: Dr Dee Dyas, Centre for Pilgrimage Studies Director, York University and Principal Investigator, AHRC 'Pilgrimage and England’s Cathedrals, Past and Present' project. Dr Stefano Dominioni, Director of the European Institute of Cultural Routes, Luxembourg, who oversees the certification of cultural routes in Europe. John G O’Dwyer, Chairman of Pilgrim Paths Ireland and author of Pilgrim Paths in Ireland: From Slieve Mish to Skellig Michael, (Collins Press, 2017. More details of this event to follow.
Great news from an open meeting of the St Declan’s Pilgrim Path Committee last night in Clogheen. The 100km, Pilgrim Path from Cashel to Ardmore will re-open within 6 months after a programme of de-vegetation and route works. To mark the occasion, knockmealdownactive.com are organising a guided walk of the entire route, starting on Saturday, March 31. To facilitate those wishing to take part, the walk will not be over consecutive days but in 5 Stages on the last Saturday of March, April, May, June and July.
For most people this will means no time need be taken off work for a historic chance to be part of the first group to walk this restored route. Further information to follow, but put these dates in your diary
Not only does David Ross lead unforgettable walks on St Finbarr's Pilgrim Path, he also does a great job with the marketing.
It's my privilege to speak to a small group at Asbury University, Kentucky tonight about pilgrim paths in Ireland. Hopefully we will have a group of students coming in March to walk the St Finbarr's pilgrim path.