Mnsgr Barr Ireland Pilgrimage 2024

Mnsgr Barr Ireland Pilgrimage 2024 Pictures from our Pilgrimage to Ireland from 9-22-2024 to 10-05-2024.

11/21/2024

Hi everyone!!!
I know it's been a few weeks, I've been busy. I will post the rest of the photos from the trip tonight!!! Apologies for not posting for a while!!! Thank you for your patience!
~Emily

September 30, 2024Day 8:We started off our day visiting the Cliff of Mohr. These cliffs are composed of nearly 5 miles o...
10/17/2024

September 30, 2024
Day 8:
We started off our day visiting the Cliff of Mohr. These cliffs are composed of nearly 5 miles of layered black shale and sandstone. The highest point is 703 feet high, where O'Briens tower stands.
From there we stopped at St. Brigid's shrine and holy well.
We also stopped at another Ireland Famien memorial.
We stopped in Adare for some shopping and celebrated mass at the Holy Trinity Church.
Adare is a beautifully manicured village of thatch roof cottages.
We then returned to the hotel for dinner.

September 29th, 2024Day 7:We started out the morning with mass at thr Galway Cathedral. We had some freetime afterwards ...
10/17/2024

September 29th, 2024
Day 7:
We started out the morning with mass at thr Galway Cathedral. We had some freetime afterwards so we went into the town of Galway for a couple hours of shopping.
From there we made our way to Limerick to check into our hotel.
We had dinner at the Knappogue Castle. It was a medieval style banquet with entertainment. Our group was presided over by King Ron and his lady Rose. A merry time was had by all.

September 28th, 2025Day 6:We were unable to climb the Mamean Pilgrimage Walk so we spent a little time shopping in Westp...
10/17/2024

September 28th, 2025
Day 6:
We were unable to climb the Mamean Pilgrimage Walk so we spent a little time shopping in Westport.
Then we moved onto Cong, a cute little village where the movie "The Quiet Man" starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. We had lunch at Pat Cohan's Pub where part of the movie was filmed. We walked around an Abbey/Monastery ruins, and saw a Monks fishing house.
Mass was at St. Joseph's parish church with MSGR Barr celebrating.
Onto Galway to check into our hotel and have dinner.

September 27th. 2024 Day 5:We visited the Westport House and had a guided tour. The famous pirate queen Grace O'Malley b...
10/17/2024

September 27th. 2024
Day 5:
We visited the Westport House and had a guided tour. The famous pirate queen Grace O'Malley built one of her castles here in the 1500s. The current "Big House" was built by the Browne family in 1730 and remained in their family until 2017.

We then made our way to Croagh Patrick. We stopped at the national famien memorial, a sculpted "famien ship" with skeletal depictions, which was across the road from Croagh Patrick. Most of us climbed Croagh Patrick until we reached St. Patrick's statue where we prayed.

Our last stop for the day was the Benedictine Abbey at Kylemore. We took a self guided tour of the Abbey and the Neogothic church. MSNR celebrated mass in the monastic church.
We made a roadside stop at a fairy tree and saw mussel pots.

We went back to our hotel in Westport for dinner.

September 26th, 2025Day 4:We traveled to Knock, a humble village who's shire attracts pilgrims from all over the world. ...
10/17/2024

September 26th, 2025
Day 4:
We traveled to Knock, a humble village who's shire attracts pilgrims from all over the world. The parish church of Knock was where a heavenly apparition of The Blessed Mother, St. Joseph, St. John The Evangelist and an alter with a lamb upon it where seen by 15 recorded witnesses. The Basilica located within the grounds opened in 1976 and holds 4,500 people. Some popular visitors of the shrine include: Mother Theresa, Pope John Paul II, and Pop Francis. In 1979, the church was blessed by Pope John Paul II, granting it Basilica status.
Mass was celebrated with MSGR in the apparition chapel.
Our next stop was Ballintubber Abbey. We toured the abbey and heard the story of Sean na' Sagart a notorious priest hunter. Near by is an accient sacred path called Tóchr Phádraig. This connects the abbey to Croagh Patrick.

We checked into our hotel in Westport for the night.

September 25th, 2025Day 3: On our way to Sligo, we visited Lough Derg where stations island and St. Patrick's purgatory ...
10/17/2024

September 25th, 2025
Day 3:
On our way to Sligo, we visited Lough Derg where stations island and St. Patrick's purgatory are.

Pilgrims can do a 3 day pilgrimage which entails fasting from midnight the night before they arrive, continuing fasting through the 3rd day. They also remove their shoes immediately upon arriving at the island, and leave their shoes off until the 3rd day. They also do not sleep until the night of the second day. Pilgrims can also do a 1 day pilgrimage.
MSGR celebrated mass at St. Of the Angel's chapel.

We continued onto Drumcliffe where we looked at a Celtic High Cross in the cemetery near where poet William Butler Yeats was burried.
We then went to the William Yeats center where we had a reading and a guided tour.

Finally we checked into the Clayton hotel in Silgo. This hotel looked like a castle but was formerly used as a hospital and mental institution. Sleep tight 🤪

September 24th, 2024Day 2: First rainbow (not pictured) of the day seen walking to mass at St. Malachy's church. Mass wa...
10/10/2024

September 24th, 2024
Day 2:
First rainbow (not pictured) of the day seen walking to mass at St. Malachy's church. Mass was celebrated by Msgr Barr. After mass we headed to Carrickfergus Castle where we had a guided tour.
We continued our day by driving up the Antrim Coast to the Giants Causeway. Though rainy we saw multiple rainbows throughout the day.
The Giants Causeway is made of 40,000 black basalt stone columns. Then we spent some time at the titanic museum before heading back to the hotel.
We had dinner at Hope Street, which was delicious.

September 23, 2024Day 1: Flight in, Down Cathedral and St. Patrick's grave. Our flight into Ireland was uneventful excep...
10/07/2024

September 23, 2024
Day 1: Flight in, Down Cathedral and St. Patrick's grave.

Our flight into Ireland was uneventful except it was delayed leaving. We were given a meal (choice of chicken and rice or pasta)and a fair selection of movies and TV shows to watch if one chose. They also gave each seat a pillow and blanket for comfort. We were given breakfast (yogurt, granola, and fig bar) about an hour before we landed in Dublin.

From the airport, we headed straight to Down Cathedral where we watched a video on St. Patrick in the visitors center. After the video we hiked up a small hill to the Down Cathedral and to St. Patrick's grave, which is also the resting place of St. Brigid and St. Columba. We said a short prayer and explored on our own for a bit before heading back down to the bus.

We made our way to Belfast where we checked into our hotel.

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