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Ireland's Pilgrim Paths: Walking the Ancient Trails
Darach Macdonald
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Description for Ireland's Pilgrim Paths: Walking the Ancient Trails
Paperback.
Each of Ireland’s pilgrim paths is an ancient tóchar (‘camino’ or causeway) into the world of Celtic spirituality. In this walking-pace travelogue, set against a backdrop of spectacular scenery in every corner of Ireland, Darach MacDonald, a modern-day pilgrim, recounts his trials and tribulations following in the footsteps of the ancients along prescribed paths, ranging from hikes of a few hours’ duration to day-long treks and the three-day ordeal in St Patrick’s Purgatory.
This is an exploration of the magical soul of Celtic Christianity, written from the perspective of a struggling, ‘à la carte’ Irish Catholic, ‘who could be ... Read more
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Publisher
New Island Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781848407787
SKU
9781848407787
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About Darach Macdonald
Darach MacDonald has been a professional journalist since 1976, working throughout Ireland, Europe and in Canada and closing his full-time newspaper career as editor of the award-winning Ulster Herald. In 2015, he was conferred with a PhD by Ulster University (Magee) for research on a frontier Ulster loyalist marching band, having completed his MA thesis on the Irish Boundary Commission ... Read more
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