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On the calm waters of Lough Derg in Ireland, the small Station Island is home to one of the toughest pilgrimages in the world.
LOUGH DERG, IRELAND — Every year, more than 10,000 pilgrims make their way to Lough Derg, to take part in an intense three-day pilgrimage, following a 1,000-year-old tradition of strict fasting, keeping vigil and barefoot prayer.
Tradition links Patrick to the island through his disciple St. Dabheog, “a young man remembered as a disciple of St. Patrick,” Father Laurence Flynn, prior of Lough Derg, told the Register.
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LOUGH DERG, IRELAND — Every year, more than 10,000 pilgrims make their way to Lough Derg, to take part in an intense three-day pilgrimage, following a 1,000-year-old tradition of strict fasting, keeping vigil and barefoot prayer.
Tradition links Patrick to the island through his disciple St. Dabheog, “a young man remembered as a disciple of St. Patrick,” Father Laurence Flynn, prior of Lough Derg, told the Register.
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Pilgrimage to St. Patrick’s Purgatory
On the calm waters of Lough Derg in Ireland, the small Station Island is home to one of the toughest pilgrimages in the world.
