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    Croagh Patrick (Irish: Cruach Phádraig, meaning '(Saint) Patrick's stack'), nicknamed 'the Reek', is a mountain with a height of 764 m (2,507 ft) and an...
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    climb Ireland's holiest mountain, Croagh Patrick (764 metres) in County Mayo. It is held in honour of Saint Patrick who is said to have spent forty days...
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    meaning 'Patrick's stack') It is claimed that Patrick climbed this mountain and fasted on its summit for the forty days of Lent. Croagh Patrick draws thousands...
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    Embassy to the Holy See. In 2012, Brown climbed the Croagh Patrick or the Holy Mountain of St. Patrick, an important site of pilgrimage in County Mayo, Ireland...
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    pilgrimage. The best known is the Reek Sunday pilgrimage to the top of Croagh Patrick on the last Sunday in July. Several fairs are also believed to be survivors...
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  • ritual and pilgrimage during the Festival of Lughnasadh - similar to Croagh Patrick. The alternate names associated with Crom Dubh at Downpatrick Head include...
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  • Australian transport company Patrick Division, a former division in the NHL Croagh Patrick, a mountain in the west of Ireland Patric (disambiguation) Partick (disambiguation)...
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    Aughagower has around forty houses, a pub and a shop, with a clear view of Croagh Patrick from Reek View. It is also at the centre of Aghagower civil parish which...
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    of Westport and 4 km east of Lecanvey. Murrisk lies at the foot of Croagh Patrick and is the starting-point for pilgrims who visit the mountain. Every...
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    Ocean in the village of Murrisk, County Mayo, Ireland at the foot of Croagh Patrick mountain. The landscaping of the park was purposefully designed to be...
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    It also contains the major pilgrimage centres of Knock Shrine and Croagh Patrick. The absence of continuity in territory makes Tuam's diocesan boundary...
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    The Croagh Patrick Heritage Trail (Irish: Siúlóid Oidhreachta) is a long-distance trail in County Mayo, Ireland. It is 61 kilometres (38 miles) long and...
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    resources Geography of County Mayo Glengad stone circle, Kilcommon, Erris Croagh Patrick Burrishoole Bridge Nephin, found in central Mayo, is the largest freestanding...
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    as The Mall) and several stone bridges. The pilgrimage mountain of Croagh Patrick, known locally as "the Reek", lies some 10 km west of the town near...
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    Mayo town of Westport to commemorate the visit of St Patrick to the nearby mountain, Croagh Patrick. It also appears on the arms of Co. Fermanagh The Urban...
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  • Thumpoly Church St. Thomas Church, Thumpoly. Croagh Patrick mountain in County Mayo, associated with Saint Patrick and Reek Sunday Glendalough, County Wicklow...
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    (688 m, 2,257 ft) Slievemore (671 m, 2,201 ft) Ben Gorm – County Mayo Croagh Patrick (764 m, 2,507 ft) – County Mayo Clare Island – County Mayo Knockmore...
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  • Day. Other places noted for large attendance include St. Patrick's Purgatory and Croagh Patrick. Priests would often assign making a pattern at a local...
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  • called St Patrick's Chair. It was made a waypoint on Tóchar Phádraig, a pilgrimage route; formerly this path led from Rathcroghan to Croagh Patrick. The "rolling...
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    not comfortable, voyage. The National Famine Monument at the base of Croagh Patrick in Murrisk, County Mayo, Ireland depicts a coffin ship with skeletons...
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  • Museum in the castle taken by Cromwell in 1649[citation needed] Mayo Croagh Patrick, mountain place of pilgrimage from pagan times to the present day, near...
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    (19 miles). The former approach passes along Clew Bay on one side and Croagh Patrick on the other, while the latter passes through lake and mountain scenery...
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  • Reek, Netherlands, a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant Croagh Patrick, a mountain in the west of Ireland nicknamed "The Reek" Nikolai Reek...
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    Enniscrone The Céide Fields The Mullet Peninsula Achill Island Clew Bay Croagh Patrick Clare Island Inishturk – accessible by ferry from Louisburgh, County...
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    uncertainty", and that "Unlike some lesser peaks, such as Mangerton or Croagh Patrick, it is not mentioned in any surviving early Irish texts". The official...
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    The settlers, almost solely Irish Catholics, named the village after Croagh Patrick, in County Mayo, Ireland. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted...
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    stone path trail to limit further erosion; since construction, only Croagh Patrick has a higher footfall in Connemara mountains. Djouce (Wicklow). A 4–kilometre...
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    marks the beginning of Tochar Phádraig, the ancient pilgrimage route to Croagh Patrick, reopened by Pilgrim Paths of Ireland. Ballintubber Abbey was built...
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    Clare Island guards the entrance of the bay. The bay is overlooked by Croagh Patrick to the south and the Nephin Beg Mountains to the north. From the southwest...
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    Atlantic Ocean in the village of Murrisk, County Mayo at the foot of Croagh Patrick mountain. Designed by Irish artist John Behan, the memorial consists...
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