St Patrick’s Purgoatory was named alongside Knock Shrine and Croagh Patrick as the national pilgrimage site for the jubilee ...

IRISH LENT: On the calm waters of Lough Derg in Ireland, the small Station Island is home to ‘St. Patrick’s Purgatory,’ one of more rigorous penances in the world. (photo: Amy Smith / Courte ...

Patrick and paganism in Ireland - Irish author Ali Isaac explores ... is a standing stone associated with a stone circle at Lough Gur in Co. Limerick, where offerings of flowers and grain are ...

FacebookTweetLinkedInPrint Lough Derg is one of three esteemed traditional pilgrimage locations to be designated by the Irish Bishops’ Conference ...

America’s first St. Patrick’s Day celebration was in 1600 in the Spanish colony of present-day St. Augustine, Florida. Spanish colonial records mentioned a celebration for Saint Patrick in 1600 and ...

Hundreds of thousands of people have packed the streets of Dublin to watch Ireland’s national St. Patrick’s Day parade.

Visits to Armagh often start out with some confusion. Many tourists in the North of Ireland want to see the landmark St. Patrick's Cathedral, but when they ask locals for directions, they always get ...