CROAGH PATRICK ORATORY CHALICE AND CIBORIUM
By Oliver Doyle Croagh Patrick, a 2,510ft-high conical mountain 9.5km from Westport, has been a place of pilgrimage for centuries. During the Celtic Revival in the early 1900s, the annual pilgrimage to the summit was reintroduced; Mass would be celebrated there, and sermons given in both English and Irish, as many of those attending did … Read more