Croagh Patrick
Croagh Patrick ( Cruach Phádraig in Irish), known locally under the name the Reek ( the Stink ), is a Montagne west of the Ireland in the Comté of Mayo.
Croagh Patrick is a place of Pèlerinage since hundreds of years in the honor of Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, which has fasted during forty days at the top of the mountain in 441 and built a church there.
In more recent times, small a Chapelle was built on the top and was devoted the July 30th 1905. July 31st, 2005, at the time of the annual pilgrimage with Croagh Patrick, called also locally Reek Sunday , a plate commemorating the centenary of construction and dedication of the vault was revealed by Michael Neery, Archevêque of Tuam.
It is said that at the end of the 40 days fast of Patrick Saint, this last threw a bell in bottom of the mountain, banishing all the Serpent S of Ireland. The place where it is said that the bell fell down and the snakes banished are actually the U-shaped valley created by a Glacier being thrown in Clew Bay at the time of the last era refrigerator.
At the time of the annual pilgrimage, the last Sunday of July, more than 25.000 pilgrims climb the mountain, much of them barefeet.
The village of Murrisk is located at the foot of the mountain.
See too
Related articles
- List of the mountains of Ireland
External bonds
- In connection with Croagh Patrick
- Center of visits for Croagh Patrick
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