The Mourne granite slab marking the traditional burial place of St. Patrick at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity also known as Down Cathedral in Downpatrick. CREDIT: Hugh Rooney/Eye ...

Way - dubbed the Pilgrim's Walk - is an 82-mile walking trail taking in many of the snake-banishing saint's most important historical sites in counties Armagh and Down in Northern Ireland ...

The last stop on the route is Downpatrick, where the new St. Patrick's Centre answers pretty much every question about ...

It's generally accepted that Saint Patrick died - and was buried - in Downpatrick near Belfast. Some scholars believe that Patrick, who had returned to Britain after converting thousands of ...

Martina Purdy is a Catholic commentator who is also a guide at the St. Patrick Visitor Centre in Downpatrick. “Some of the beautiful traditions really are about going to Mass and praying and ...

At dawn on March 17, 2025, a group of Christians gather around St. Patrick’s grave in Downpatrick, County Down, in Ireland to pray the Lord’s Prayer 100 times for peace and unity. (photo ...

St. Patrick’s Trian, a visitor center in the ... saint started his ministry and later spent his declining days. At Downpatrick, the quiet marketing town named in his honor, the cathedral ...

Crowds were also full of good cheer in Derry, Downpatrick, Enniskillen, Newry and Ballycastle. St. Patrick's Day takes place each year on the 17th of March. The national holiday stems from a ...

Thousands of people have lined the streets in Belfast city centre for the annual St Patrick's Day parade. Parades also took place in Londonderry, Enniskillen, Downpatrick, Newry and Armagh and ...

For the third year in a row, a group of Christians gathered at dawn on March 17, 2025, around St. Patrick's grave in Downpatrick, County Down, in Ireland to pray the Our Father 100 times for peace ...