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Religion
Travel/Guides/Walking
Walking
Book Details:

Forthcoming
- May
Price:
€9.99
Binding: pb
Pages: 80
Size: 246x189mm
ISBN-10 1-84717-198-2
ISBN-13 978-1-84717-198-6
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Rights held:
World, all languages.
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Croagh Patrick
A Place of Pilgrimage. A Place of Beauty
by Harry Hughes
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Set on the Atlantic shore in County Mayo, Croagh Patrick is known as Ireland’s Holy Mountain and attracts almost one hundred thousand pilgrims and visitors every year. In particular on Reek Sunday, the last Sunday in July, over twenty thousand people climb the mountain, some at night and some in their bare feet.
Harry Hughes’ book describes the pilgrimage and details the history, archaeology, ancient traditions and folklore associated with ‘The Reek’.
Wonderful photographs and illustrations capture the sheer beauty of the mountain and surrounding countryside, the devotion of the pilgrims, both historical and contemporary, the buildings and sacred artefacts associated with the peak and the spirit of one of Ireland’s most sacred places.
Extracts available: read some of this book now ...
Contents
Extract from Chapter Two: The History of Croagh Patrick
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