While traditional religious practices may be on the decline, pilgrimages — meditative, multi-day hikes — are experiencing a ...

The UK might not have the empty roads of Route 66 or the eerie landscapes of Iceland’s Route One, but what it lacks in size, it makes up for in diversity. In fact, a road trip can be the ideal way to ...

Invariably depicted as an avuncular figure footing it around Ireland in impractical episcopal ... at a location that is now beside magnificent Down Cathedral. Situated on a hill overlooking ...

Dublin, Written in Our Hearts, which marks 20 years of One Dublin, One Book, features Anne Enright, Roddy Doyle, Belinda ...

But the Protestants of Ireland, usually called “Scotch ... Not far away is Downpatrick Cathedral, Mother Church of the Diocese of Down, where the Protestant Dean will proudly show visitors ...

From Slemish to snakes, there is a variety of parades, parties and pilgrimages for your family and friends this holiday weekend ...

At the center of Downpatrick stands Down Cathedral, believed to be the final resting place of Ireland’s patron saint St. Patrick. After saying his final Eucharist at Saul (also in Co. Down ...

At dawn on March 17, 2025, a group of Christians gather around St. Patrick’s grave in Downpatrick, County Down, in Ireland to pray ... of the Protestant Down Cathedral overlooking St. Patrick ...

A secret map of Ireland's coastline played a crucial role in taking down a powerful alliance of pirates that had based itself in the southwest of Ireland in the 17th century.

In Downpatrick, early risers made their way to Saul Church – believed to be St Patrick's first church in Ireland ... service here then the walk to Down Cathedral. There'll be a picnic lunch ...