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	Croagh Patrick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Croagh Patrick (Cruach Phádraig in Irish), known locally as the Reek, is a 764 m (2,510 ft) mountain is 8 km (5 miles) from Westport, County Mayo in the west of Ireland.
		Croagh Patrick is part of a longer east-west ridge; to the west is the mountain Ben Goram.
		On July 31, 2005, during the annual pilgrimage to Croagh Patrick, or 'Reek Sunday' as it is known locally, a plaque commemorating the centenary of the building and dedication of the chapel was unveiled by Most Rev. Michael Neary, Archbishop of Tuam.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Croagh_Patrick (523 words)

	Climb Croagh Patrick while staying in Aodhnait bed and breakfast in Westport.
		Patrick was careworn and fatigued when he came to this remote part of the country.
		Patrick, as soon as he heard it, dispatched one of his disciples named Munis to bear his filial homage to the Vicar of Christ, to render an account of his labours and his teaching, and to beg a blessing for the infant church in Ireland.
		It adds a special glory to Croagh Patrick that its first tribute of homage from the Irish Church to the Chair of Peter was sent from its hoary summit.
	www.aodhnait.ie /croagh_patrick.htm (0 words)

	Crough Patrick excerpt by Michael Mullen
		All this is central to the importance of Croagh Patrick.
		Croagh Patrick seems to be locked into some understanding of the movements of the sun.
		Croagh Patrick then is the sacred mountain, perhaps as sacred now as it was in the early Christian Church.
	www.thinplaces.net /ireland/croaghpatrick/mullen.htm (0 words)

	Croagh Patrick: Transforming the Green Serpent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		And if St Patrick wanted to conquer the minds of the Irish pagans, he would have to climb the mountain, remain there, and return, thus proving to the people that the gods had agreed with his mission, and that he was rightfully their religious leader.
		On his flight – indeed – from Croagh Patrick, he looked down, and saw that she had taken the form of a serpent, lying in the water of Lough Derg – the Red Lake, though Some recent authorities prefer to read Derg as a form of the Irish deirc, “the lake of the cave”.
		Saint Patrick’s Purgatory still describes itself as “One of the oldest places of pilgrimage in the Christian world and one of the few remaining penitential pilgrimages”, but in truth, it has lost both the site and the technique where and how penance was done and access to Purgatory was granted to the pilgrim.
	www.philipcoppens.com /croaghpatrick.html (0 words)

	Croagh Patrick Information Centre, Murrisk, Westport, County Mayo, West of Ireland
		The Croagh Patrick Information Centre is situated in Murrisk on the Pilgrim's Path at the base of Croagh Patrick and opposite the National Famine Monument.
		Croagh Patrick is 5 miles from the picturesque town of Westport and its conical shape soars majestically above the surrounding countryside.
		It discovered evidence of Christian activity but also showed that Croagh Patrick was a place of tremendous importance in the pre-Christian era, as indicated by the discovery of a Celtic hill fort encircling the summit of the mountain.
	www.museumsofmayo.com /croaghpatrick.htm (0 words)

	Saint Patrick FAQ
		It is a folk tale that Patrick drove the snakes off the “Emerald Isle.” Snakes being commonly associated with Satan, sin and evil since the Garden of Eden, this tale may have arisen as a metaphor of his single-handed effort to drive the idol-worshiping Druid cult out of Ireland.
		During his 29 years as a missionary, it is said that Patrick baptized over 120,000 Irishmen, and established at least 300 churches (the Four Annals say 600 Churches) in which the Saviour God was owned, the Word of God was preached and the triune God was worshiped.
		Croagh Patrick means Patrick's Mountain, the holiest mountain in Ireland, it's on coast of Mayo in the west.
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	Croagh Patrick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Croagh Patrick is the most prominent mountain overlooking Clew Bay on the Atlantic coast of County Mayo.
		The Croagh Patrick Visitor Centre, Teach na Miasa, is situated in Murrisk on the Pilgrim's path at the base of Croagh Patrick mountain and opposite the National Famine Monument.
		Croagh Patrick is a high mountain and is a difficult climb, so those climbing it should be prepared.
	www.discoverireland.com /gb/link/?q=croagh+patrick (0 words)

	Mt. Croach Patrick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Later escaping to Europe, Patrick spent some years studying at the monastery of St. Martin of Tours in France, where he was ordained as a priest.
		Patrick later retired to Glastonbury, England, where he died at the age of 111.
		It was common for early Christians to view pagan religious practices as devil worship; thus the legend of Patrick slaying dragons and demonic forces on the sacred mountain is actually a metaphor for his subjugation and conversion of the pagan priests.
	sacredsites.com /europe/ireland/mt_croach.html (0 words)

	Croagh Patrick, County Mayo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Croagh Patrick was known as Crochan Aigh, the mount of the eagle, before it
		Patrick retired to the summit of the mountain for lonely contemplation, fasting and prayer.
		Patrick was tormented by demons who assumed the form of fl birds.
	www.irelandseye.com /paddy/croagh_pat.html (0 words)

	Pilgrimage to Croagh Patrick, The Holy Mountain, Reek Sunday
		Croagh Patrick is renowned for its Patrician Pilgrimage in honour of Saint Patrick, Ireland's patron saint.
		The Black Bell of Saint Patrick was a highly venerated relic on Croagh Patrick for many years.
		Although it is not one of the three traditional stations of the Reek, it has become a place of prayer for those embarking on the pilgrimage and serves as an ideal substitution for those who are unable to make the complete climb.
	www.croagh-patrick.com /mountain.html (0 words)

	Croagh Patrick: Fantasy-Ireland.com
		Patrick followed the call of his guardian angel and retreated atop this holy place.
		Patrick spent 40 days and 40 nights of Lent atop Croagh Patrick fasting, praying, and fighting demons...just as Moses and Jesus had spent 40 days isolated in the wilderness.
		Their first stop is the granite statue of St. Patrick, which has been there since 1928 thanks to Reverend Father Patterson and the money he collected in America for rebuilding the St. Mary's Church in nearby Westport.
	www.fantasy-ireland.com /croagh-patrick.html (0 words)

	Mayo Theme 5 of Travels in Time
		The conical peak of Croagh Patrick has been for millennia the focal point for ritual and pilgrimage stretching back possibly to before the Neolithic period.
		At the standing stone complex at Kiladangan it was discovered that the stone row is aligned on the setting sun of the winter solstice, which sets within a niche in the eastern shoulder of the mountain.
		Did the ancient peoples venerate Croagh Patrick as the residence of a deity who had the power to control the elements, or was there a more economical reason for the focus on the mountain.
	www.travels-in-time.net /e/ireland05arteng.htm (0 words)

	Croagh Patrick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		It is here on this mountain, Croagh Patrick, that St Patrick spent 40 days and 40 nights just as Jesus Christ and Moses had done in their respective homelands.
		It is also said that St Patrick banished all the Irish snakes into a hollow atop Croagh Patrick known as Lug na Demon and that they remain there to this day.
		One of the most unusual things about the Croagh Patrick climb is the fact that many undertake it in their bare feet, most likely because Patrick went up the Reek in his bare feet also.
	www.ostrichbay.com /raft/past/march00/croagh.htm (0 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Croagh Patrick
		Patrick's own time there had been some sort of a little chapel on the summit.
		For several centuries the Archbishops of Armagh laid claim to the chapel on the grounds that it was founded by St.
		Patrick and that they were his successors; but the Archbishops of Tuam contended that it belonged to their jurisdiction.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04509b.htm (0 words)

	Croagh Patrick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Croagh Patrick is a conical hill on the west coast of Ireland - near Westport, Co. Mayo.
		Patrick was often in serious physical danger - but what frightened him more was the spiritual threats he encountered.
		Like many of the Celtic saints, St Patrick's gift was to find ways of expressing great and complex truths with a simplicity that people could understand and make their own.
	www.wellsprings.org.uk /wellspring_of_pilgrimage/croagh.htm (0 words)

	Croagh Patrick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Croagh Patrick, "Ireland's Holy Mountain," in County Mayo.
		Patrick is said to have spent 40 days and 40 nights fasting on the mountain in 441 A.D The mountain had been a site of pagan worship for centuries.
		Patrick is said to have traversed nearly the whole of Ireland's countryside during his missions.
	ireland.wlu.edu /saint_patrick.2.htm (0 words)

	The Legend of St. Patrick Facts and Legends about Saint Patrick FACTSt Patrick was not the first missionary to visit ...
		It is said he after giving a sermon from Croagh Patrick mountain, Co Mayo, the Saint rang his bell, all the snakes in Ireland fled into the sea and drowned.
		Green is associated with Saint Patrick more because it is the colour associated with Ireland, the shamrock and the colour of Spring.
		This symbol is used in the flag of the Royal Dublin Society and in the arms of the Queen's University of Belfast.
	www.saintpatricksdayparade.com /facts.htm (0 words)

	Saint Patrick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although Patrick came from a Christian family (his grandfather was a priest), he was not particularly religious before his capture with "many thousands of people" and sold as a slave to Slemish Mountain, which lies in County Antrim.
		In closing the letter, Patrick requests that his messenger read the letter aloud in the presence of Coroticus and all his people, "so that on no account it be suppressed or hidden by anyone," and expresses the hope that his words would inspire Coroticus and his soldiers to repent and to release their captives.
		Patrick, arch-apostle, or archbishop and apostle of the Irish, rested on the 16th of the Kalends of April in the 120th year of his age, in the 60th year after he had come to Ireland to baptize the Irish.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/St._Patrick (0 words)

	Croagh Patrick - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		CROAGH PATRICK [Croagh Patrick], mountain, 2,510 ft (765 m) high, Co. Mayo, W Republic of Ireland, near Westport Bay.
		Legend connects it with St. Patrick, and its summit has long been a place of pilgrimage.
		Pilgrim's progress: each year, on the last Sunday in July, the faithful travel to County Mayo to climb St. Patrick's mountain, Croagh Patrick.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-croaghp1a.html (0 words)

	Croagh Patrick: London Times archaeology article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Harry Hughes, the chairman of the Croagh Patrick Archaeological Committee, said the discovery made during this year's dig was highly significant historically.
		Croagh Patrick's history has been rewritten and its significance is growing as a result of these excavations." Mr Gibbons added that it was extraordinary that the summit of Croagh Patrick, from where St Patrick is said to have chased snakes out of Ireland when he rang his bell, had not been excavated until now.
		Mr Gibbons said there were scores of prehidoric remains scattered about the mountain which suggested that Croagh Patrick had been an important "ritual landscape" for the past 5.000 years.
	www.anu.ie /reek/times.html (0 words)

	Croagh Patrick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The conical peak of Ireland's holy mountain, Croagh Patrick, steals the limelight in this corner of County Mayo.
		The stark and soaring pinnacle of Croagh Patrick (2,510ft) is a persistent landmark throughout central and southern Mayo.
		Furthermore, when he rang his bell at the edge of the mighty precipice on the south side, all the toads and snakes of Ireland leapt to their deaths, except the natterjack toad, thus ridding Ireland of all these reptiles but one, forever.
	homepage.eircom.net /~criley/ireland/croagh_patrick.htm (0 words)

	St. Patrick...the Man....the Myths...The Legends..... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		In his Confessions, an apologia written in his old age rough Latin, Patrick says that he was a native of Roman Britain, the son of Calpurnius, a deacon who lived in the village of Bannaven Taberniae.
		It seems reasonably certain that St. Patrick's mission spanned some thirty years, in the latter half of the fifth century, that it was very successful, and that Ireland, unlike any other country in Western Europe, was converted to Christianity without the shedding of martyrs' blood.
		Croagh Patrick, where he said to have kept his Lenten fast and now a place of Pilgrimage, has been claimed, with Slemish, as the scene of his captivity as a boy.
	www.stpatricksday.com /2002/st_patrick.html (0 words)

	Mt. Croagh Patrick, Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Croagh Patrick (also spelled Croach Patrick) is a mountain near the town of Westport in County Mayo, Ireland.
		The nearest town to Croagh Patrick is Westport in County Mayo, five miles away.
		Mount Croagh Patrick; Croach Patrick; Cruach Phádraig; Croagh Padraig; the Reek
	www.sacred-destinations.com /ireland/mt-croagh-patrick.htm (0 words)

	Croagh Patrick,Churches (Historical) in Mayo. Find all Mayo Travel and Tourist information in Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		GEOLOGICAL COMPOSITION Croagh Patrick is one of the highest peaks to be seen in the Mayo-Galway region.
		It is likely that Croagh Patrick protruded above the last ice sheet since aerial erosion taking place at this time above the level of the ice has given rise to scree slopes.
		Patrick's Chapel on the summit is normally locked, but the key will be made available on request by the Administrator of Westport Church.
	www.goireland.com /scripts/low/xq/asp/areaid.1/areatype.I/cat.6/SubjectID.188/PremisesID.17292/qx/premises.htm (0 words)

	Croagh Patrick- Castlebar, Ireland - VirtualTourist.com
		Patrick, who was probably a Frenchman, though some claim him from Wales, had been brought as a child to Ireland where as a slave, he was set to watch sheep on a northern mountain called Sliabh Mis.
		Patrick returned to Ireland in 432 to convert the Irish from their worship of the old pagan gods, their faith in the Druids and the Gods of the elements.
		Legend has it, that it was upon Croagh Patrick that he banished all the snakes and demons, all the old gods and spirits.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Ireland/County_Mayo/Castlebar-296620/Things_To_Do-Castlebar-Croagh_Patrick-R-1.html (0 words)

	Croagh Patrick Landmarks - World Cultures European
		According to legend, St. Patrick retired to the summit of Croagh Patrick for contemplation, fasting and prayer.
		While these are the "official" Pilgrimage times, there is hardly a day of the year when there isn't somebody climbing Croagh Patrick for their own reasons, be they nature lovers, hill climbers, pilgrims, historians or just a curious tourist.
		So, even on the sacred mountain of Croagh Patrick, the religious differences that have torn the North apart are now creating tense situations as pilgrims make their way up and down.
	www.irishcultureandcustoms.com /ALandmks/CroaghPat.html (0 words)

	The History of St. Patrick's Day
		Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is one of Christianity's most widely known figures.
		Above: A pilgrim stands by a cross on Croagh Patrick, a mountain located in the west of Ireland, where Saint Patrick fasted for forty days in 441 AD.
		A pilgrimmage to the summit in honor of St. Patrick is a tradition dating back to the Stone Age.
	www.history.com /minisites/stpatricksday (0 words)

	St Patrick's Day 2006 - festival, parades, events for Saint Patrick, Ireland
		Here, legend has it that St Patrick drove all the snakes from the island of saints and scholars and began his conversion of the pagan Irish clans.
		Croagh Patrick has been a sacred site for at least 5,000 years, being particularly associated with the Celtic god, Lugh, who gave his name to the harvest fair of Lughnasa.
		On a good day it takes around three hours to climb to the small oratory at the top where St Patrick is said to have spent his forty days and nights wrestling with his demons and praying for the conversion of Ireland.
	www.irishabroad.com /stpatrick/life/croaghpatrick.asp (0 words)

	Croagh Patrick \| Western Ireland with Galway Sights & Activities \| Fodor's Online Travel Guide
		Look out as you travel north for the great bulk of 2,500-foot-high Croagh Patrick its size and conical shape make it one of the west's most distinctive landmarks.
		Patrick spent the 40 days and nights of Lent here during the period in which he was converting Ireland to Christianity.
		The traditional date for the pilgrimage is the last Sunday in July; in the past, the walk was made at night, with pilgrims carrying burning torches, but that practice has been discontinued.
	www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=west_ireland@602&cur_section=sig&property_id=366247 (0 words)

	Citrus Punch
		The locals are glad to explain that most pilgrims climb Croagh Patrick as an act of Penance for their sins.
		Saint Patrick has been described as the "Apostle of Ireland," because of the fact that he was instrumental in bringing the Gospel of God's Grace to this land at a time when it was in the grip of Paganism.
		Patrick urged the people to repent of their sins and to put their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, trusting Him alone as Saviour.
	www.bereanbeacon.org /patrick_croagh.htm (0 words)

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