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

Photograph by Gabriel Hemery, Getty Images Image ... and the town of Downpatrick — two places with the strongest links to the man who brought Christianity to Ireland. Patrick chose Armagh ...

The island of Ireland is split into two ... us 2 hours in total including stopping for photos. Back at the car we drove an hour east to Downpatrick Head where you can see the picturesque Dún ...

Comparatively speaking, the fifth century CE is not an era from which there is much information outside the failing Roman Empire. In the British Isles, it is a mysterious time that conjures images of ...

Police and forensic investigators examined the scene of the attack at a house in Stream Street, Downpatrick A 26-year ... to her neck and lacerations to her head and face. A woman in her 50s ...

You don’t have to be Irish or even Catholic to celebrate Ireland’s patron ... as Down Cathedral in Downpatrick. CREDIT: Hugh Rooney/Eye Ubiquitous/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.

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In Downpatrick, early risers made their way to Saul Church – believed to be St Patrick's first church in Ireland ... are a 'great show' The council's head of culture, Aeidin McCarter, said ...

Paul O’Connell is set to assume the role of Ireland interim head coach for the summer Tests against Georgia and Portugal in the likely event of Simon Easterby becoming part of the British ...

A man has appeared in court charged with attempting to murder two women who were stabbed in Co Down. Jason Rhodes, 26, of ...

The Dubawi colt won twice at two and wrapped up a good season by finishing just a short head shy of Hotazhell ... There is a National Hunt programme in Downpatrick, where the Randox Ulster ...