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Croagh Patrick
Croagh Patrick, Cro Patrick; also Cruachán Aigle [Ir. Cruach Phádraig, Patrick's stack or cone]. Ireland's Holy Mountain, a quartzite ridge, 2,510 feet high, rising above Clew Bay, 6 miles WSW of Westport, Co. Mayo. Popularly called ‘The Reek’, Croagh Patrick has long been the site of an annual pilgrimage held the last Sunday in July, a day associated with the Lughnasa festival but locally called Domhnach Chrom Dubh [Crom Dubh's Sunday]. Patrick is thought to have fasted forty days at the summit, and while there to have banished the serpents from Ireland. Lough na Corra near the south base of the mountain is thought to have been formed by a demon named Corra driven there by St Patrick. Several sites on the mountain are thought to be sacred to the saint.
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JAMES MacKILLOP. "Croagh Patrick." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "Croagh Patrick." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-CroaghPatrick.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "Croagh Patrick." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-CroaghPatrick.html |
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Croagh Patrick
Croagh Patrick, a 2,500‐foot high mountain in Co. Mayo, associated with St Patrick, who, according to tradition, fasted there for 40 days. Pilgrims climbed the mountain on the last Sunday of July, close to the old Celtic festival of Lughnasa, reciting prayers, performing penitential exercises or ‘stations’, and spending one night in vigil at the summit. The pilgrimage survived the Reformation and, thanks to its penitential element, which came to include personal confession, won the approval of Tridentine reformers. The pilgrimage was revived in 1903 and its popularity survived the changes in traditional religious practice after Vatican II.
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"Croagh Patrick." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Croagh Patrick." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-CroaghPatrick.html "Croagh Patrick." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-CroaghPatrick.html |
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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. |
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"Croagh Patrick." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Croagh Patrick." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-CroaghPa.html "Croagh Patrick." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-CroaghPa.html |
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