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...
The Ancient Pilgrim Path at Lough Derg has been newly refurbished and is now open to the public
Cnoc na dTobar Pilgrim Path , guided walk, 2020
Monday, August 24th, 2020
Time: 10:30 compulsory safety briefing at the carpark, Cahersiveen
Heritage Centre (The Old Barracks), V23 VR62.
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Below is a link to a feature on the Irish Pilgrim paths by John G O'Dwyer in today's Irish Catholic newspaper. It contains route descriptions and details for Ireland's principal penitential trails. With travel abroad being discouraged at present, why not make this the year to rediscover the Irish countryside by walking an ancient path this coming summer.
Ireland’s Pilgrim Pathways - The Irish Catholic
www.irishcatholic.com
The Irish Spirit – Issue No. 7 John G. O’Dwyer In times of great uncertainty, we need reassuring anchors to cling to. Links with our ancestors who survived even greater travails become increasingly important and a walk along one of Ireland’s pilgrim paths is the perfect way to reconnect in thi...Just a reminder that our three pilgrim paths in the Southwest are open to welcome walkers from across Ireland, starting on June 29. St Finbarr's Pilgrim Path, in West Cork; Cnoc na dTobar Pilgrim Mountain, Cahersiveen Co Kerry and Cosán na Naomh ilgrim path on the Dingle Peninsula are fully waymarked and so can be completed without a guide.
Stamps for the Irish Pilgrim Passport are afterwards available at designated stamping points. Maps and full information on each route is included in John G O'Dwyer guidebook to the Irish Pilgrim Paths which is available from bookshops nationwide and from www.gillbooks.ie
For local contact information see, www.pilgrimpath.ie