By Rebecca Black, Press AssociationAn 82-mile route walking in the footsteps of St Patrick has been hailed as the North’s Camino de Santiago. Armagh city boasts two cathedrals dedicated to St Patrick. Armagh tour guide Donna Fox at one of the points along St Patrick’s Way (Handout/Philip Magowan/PA)“I sort of fell into it. Fox said she recommended starting at the Navan site, where she described a place that you can “feel the presence of St Patrick, despite its Celtic roots”. “From there, walkers move into the city itself, passing early ecclesiastical sites before climbing Drumsailleach, or Sally Hill – where Patrick built his first stone church in 445AD.

Source: The Herald March 15, 2026 12:55 UTC