Parades have taken place in Belfast, Londonderry, Enniskillen, Downpatrick, Newry and Armagh and - for the first time in ...

The trail ends at Downpatrick Cathedral, a place of Christian worship since the fifth century, and where St Patrick is said to be buried under a large stone slab in front of the building.

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

Northern Ireland is ready for a vibrant St Patrick’s Day celebration, with towns and cities turning green in honour of ...

"We'll do the communion service here then the walk to Down Cathedral. There'll be a picnic lunch and we'll celebrate the day." Brittany Shoemake visited Saul Church in Downpatrick with a church ...

Indeed, the widespread media coverage of the discovery in April 2018 of the heart of St Laurence O’Toole, stolen from Dublin’s Christ Church Cathedral six years earlier, indicates an ongoing ...

Despite the large granite stone that marks the spot where his bones are laid outside Down Cathedral in Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland, it’s not entirely clear if that is Patrick’s ...

It was the third year in a row that friends and strangers from all walks of life joined together in prayer to honor St.

People around the world revelled in all things Irish on 17th March – the annual global celebration of Irish culture, arts and ...

Downpatrick is where he allegedly built his ... These include the ruins of Titchfield Abbey, magnificent Chichester Cathedral, the ancient trackways of the South Downs and a series of medieval ...