Pilgrimage in Ireland: The Monuments and the People (Irish Studies (Paperback))

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Summary: It gave me itchy feet!
Review: This is a wonderful introduction to the history of pilgrimage in Ireland. It is accessible (and entertaining with it); it is full of facts and folklore; it has marvellous plates. It is a companionable book: I felt that I was listening to a guide who not only had the story of each particular site but could relate them to pilgrimage patterns elsewhere in Ireland and abroad. The author obviously knows and loves his subject.

Coming as I do from an ancient place of pilgrimage - the parish of Glencolmcille ("the valley of the dove of the church") in County Donegal - I had never before experienced a yearning to go on pilgrimage in any other county in Ireland, apart from the Reek/Croagh Patrick in County Mayo, but this book has given me itchy feet!

One of the many nice things about this book is the author's generous praise of other writers. Go on buy this book! You don't have to be religious or spiritual or new-agey to enjoy it!