“Climb holy men, to the top of the mountain to the west of the sun in order to bless the people of Ireland.” – Book of Armagh, 9th century ad. This is the statement on one of the signs on the trail to ...

This fascinating YouTube series demonstrates how a team of five workers is building stone steps to the summit of Croagh Patrick in County Mayo. The videos, posted by David Doyle on the Climb the Reek ...

The experience and challenge of the climb up and back down Ireland’s Holy Mountain, Croagh Patrick, on Reek Sunday, along with a streaming sea of humanity, was everything I had hoped for that day.

Writer Oli Smith made a pilgrimage to Croagh Patrick in County Mayo, Ireland - CATHAL MCNAUGHTON Even in the half light of the morning, you could make out barefooted pilgrims on the holy mountain.

An Irish man who was left paralyzed from the waist down following an accident at work in 1998 is climbing Croagh Patrick to raise money for Ireland's National Rehabilitation Hospital. Lester Cassidy, ...

Archbishop Francis Duffy of Tuam put grandparents and the elderly at the heart of his message for the Jubilee Year's "Reek Sunday" pilgrimage at Ireland's holy mountain, Croagh Patrick, on July 27. In ...

In 1997, my students and I traveled to Croagh Patrick, a mountain in County Mayo, as part of a study abroad program course on Irish literature I was teaching for the University of Dayton. I wanted my ...

A statue of St. Patrick is seen on Croagh Patrick, the mountain where, according to tradition, St. Patrick spent 40 days in prayer and fasting. (Credit: James Martin, S.J.) I’m half Irish—and proud of ...

Croagh Patrick, Ireland’s holy mountain, draws about a million people a year. WSJ's Clare Ansberry describes the meditative journey to the summit. Photo: Ansberry/Smith Family My husband and I ...