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This is really a photo blog but I'll also give you a little info on Croagh Patrick. Rising to 2510 feet (765 meters) near the town of Westport in County Mayo, the quartzite peak of Croach Patrick was a pagan sacred place long before the arrival of Christianity. For the Celtic peoples of Ireland it was the dwelling place of the deity Crom Dubh and the principal site of the harvest festival of Lughnasa, traditionally held around August 1 (until the mid-nineteenth century only women were allow...

Croagh Patrick is the site of a pilgrimage that takes place every year on the last Sunday of July or 'Reek Sunday.' Over 25,000 pilgrims walk their way bare foot up to the top of the mountain in honor of Saint Patrick. Saint Patrick is said to have fasted on top of the mountain for 40 days and at the end of those 40 days threw a bell down the mountain and banished all snakes and serpents of Ireland. In the mountains shadow stands a statue to honor one of Ireland most troubling tim...