By Alan O’Keeffe – Irish Independent Ireland’s ancient ‘Camino’ pilgrimage routes are getting a new lease of life with planned guided walks next month. Five routes through the valleys and mountains of Ireland can now be completed in the company of local guides. While thousands of Irish people...
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Pilgrim Passport Brochure Launch 2017
Pilgrim Passport Brochure Launch 2017 This is a preview of the new promotional brochure for the Irish Pilgrim Paths Passport, which will be distributed to tourist offices and hospitality businesses across Ireland over the next number of weeks. As a result we are expecting a big increase in footfall...
A walk for the weekend: Mountain magic underfoot – Irish Times
This article appeared in the Irish Times on Wednesday June 29th, 2016. You can find the full article in the Irish Times here. This first pilgrim path will be a hard act to follow – By John G. O’Dwyer. My offering this week comes from a room in the...
Modern-day pilgrims are rediscovering our ancient pathways – Irish Examiner
Modern-day pilgrims are rediscovering our ancient pathways – Irish Examiner The pilgrim paths of Ireland are once again echoing to pilgrim footfall as a new imitative offers a chance for Irish people and overseas visitors to rediscover their pilgrim inheritance. Until recently, few modern-day pilgrims considered Ireland’s sacred trails...
A Camino of Holy Ireland – What a Terrific Idea – Irish Catholic
“The heritage of ancient Holy Ireland has been woefully underdeveloped in recent years – almost ignored”, writes Mary Kenny One of the leading items on my ‘bucket list’ (things to do before you die) would be to walk the Camino of St James in Spain – or at least...
Launch of Pilgrim Passport – Irish Independent
New ‘passport’ to put Pilgrim Paths of Ireland on a par with the Camino A series of ancient Irish pilgrim paths has the potential to become the ‘pedestrian’ version of the Wild Atlantic Way if it gets the backing of a proper tourism marketing campaign, organisers have said. A...
A pilgrim’s progress up St Declan’s Way – Irish Times – April 13th, 2016
It is us against the elements in a surreal, timeless realm, writes John G O’Dwyer It’s Easter, and I’m among a group at a Cistercian monastery in Co Waterford. A moody day of frowning skies, watery light and no birdsong doesn’t, however, dampen our collective enthusiasm. We’re mostly strangers...
Illustrated Talk on Ireland’s Pilgrim Passport
Illustrated Talk on Ireland’s Pilgrim Passport On Friday, April 15th, John G O’ Dwyer, (author of the first guidebook to Ireland’s pilgrim paths ) will give an illustrated talk on Ireland’s newly launched Pilgrim Passport. The event will begin at 9.15pm on Friday April 15th in the Sneem Hotel,...
Easter festival to Focus on Retracing Christian Pilgrim Paths – Irish Examiner
Easter festival to Focus on Retracing Christian Pilgrim Paths – Irish Examiner A new Easter festival envisages thousands of people retracing their ancestral christian heritage on Ireland’s ancient pilgrim paths. The country boasts a series of traditional holy trails throughout Munster, Connacht, and Leinster. From March 22-29 has been...
A Walk for the Weekend: Irish Times Feature
A Walk for the Weekend: Pilgrim Paths to Higher Ground Follow in the ageless echo of medieval penitents, writes John G O’Dwyer Celebrating Ireland’s dense network of penitential tracks, Pilgrim Paths Week is a new, non-denominational Easter festival that urges us to get into the Irish countryside and follow...
Ireland’s Pilgrim Paths Slideshow & Lecture – Ardmayle Church
Ireland’s Pilgrim Paths Slideshow & Lecture – Ardmayle Church John G O’Dwyer writes for the Irish Times and has written the first guidebook to Ireland’s Medieval Pilgrim Paths. John will give a lecture and slideshow on his exploration of these ancient trails titled “Walking Through History” in Ardmayle church...
Lough Derg Pilgrim Path
Upcoming Events, 2025 EASTER MONDAY, April 21, 2025 Guided walk along around the lakeshore. Option of an 8km or 12km route to learn something of the history of ancient pilgrimage, Information: www.loughderg.ie/news/pilgrim-path-day-lough-der Lough Derg, Donegal Lough Derg organises guided Pilgrim Walks and Pilgrimage along the lakeshore at various...
Rath/Dysert Activities
Upcoming Events 2025 – Colman’s Hermitage, Burren National Park, Slieve Carran Discover this sacred site, hidden in the remote and breathtaking landscape of the Burren. Highlights of the walk include Colman’s Bed, a 10th-century oratory, a holy well, and the Road of the Dishes. Walk starts at 9.30am from...
Pilgrim Paths AGM – November 2015
Pilgrim Paths AGM – November 2015 This photo shows members of the Steering Group for Pilgrim Paths Ireland attending the annual general meeting in Nenagh on November 2nd 2015. The principal proposal adopted was the extension Pilgrims Paths Day into National Pilgrim Paths Week which will take place next...
Lecture on Pilgrim Paths in Hollywood – November 7th 2015
John G. O’Dwyer, who writes for the Irish Times and has written the first guidebook to Ireland’s Medieval Pilgrim Paths will give a lecture and slideshow on his exploration of these ancient trails in Hollywood Community Centre, Co. Wicklow on Saturday 7 November 2015, at 2 pm. Admission free....
Why are pilgrim walks popular again? – Irish Times, October 10th
After years of underuse, many of Ireland’s pilgrim paths are being reopened. In our secular western world, why do people still embark on such journeys? By John G. O’Dwyer After generations of slumber, many of the pilgrim paths of Ireland are reawakening. Some of Europe’s oldest penitential walkways –...
Turas Gleann Cholm Cille – June 9th 2015
Turas Gleann Cholm Cille – June 9th 2015 There will be three Turas (Pilgrimage walks) at Gleann Cholm Cille in Donegal on Tuesday June 9th, 2015 _____. The First Turas Cholm Cille (St Colm Cille’s Pilgrimage) will be at 00am (midnight of June 8th) on the morning of Tuesday June 9th....
Walk on Inisheer, Aran Islands – June 14th
Walk on Inisheer, Aran Islands – June 14th Inspirational Walk on Inisheer, Aran Islands, on Sunday, June 14th., 2015, to celebrate Saint Caomhan’s Pattern Day, La Fheile Chaomhain. This event is being organised Coisceim Anama and Doolin2Aran Ferries. Meeting point: Doolin Pier @ 09 30 Depart: Ferry to Inisheer...
Brigid’s Way Celtic Pilgrimage – June 27th to July 5th 2015
Brigid’s Way Celtic Pilgrimage – June 27th to July 5th 2015 Come and join us on Brigid´s Way this Summer, as we walk in celebration from the place of Brigid´s birth in Faughart, Dundalk to her monastery in Kildare. Below is the schedule for the full pilgrimage. You are...
St. Declan’s Day Walk – July 25th 2015
St. Declan’s Way – Pilgrim Paths Day Event – July 25th 2015 *** Click Here to Book Now *** On Saturday July 25th Knockmealdown Active will be organising a walk along a portion of St. Declan’s Way (the entirety of which runs from Ardmore, Co. Waterford to Cashel, Co. Tipperary...
