Pilgrim Paths Week is an annual festival that continues until Sunday, with organised walks taking place on ancient pilgrims’ paths across the country. I join the Lough Derg Pilgrim Path in Co Donegal on Monday. Our group is a jumble of ages and abilities, with even a couple of dogs in the mix. We follow a route used in the Middle Ages by pilgrims, who came from as far away as Spain, Italy and Hungary, to St Patrick’s Purgatory. Walkers gather at the statue of St Patrick before they make their way along the Pilgrim Path around Lough Derg, Co Donegal.

Source: The Irish Times April 11, 2026 06:31 UTC