Place:
GLENDALOUGH
Pilgrimage Context:
Day 5 afternoon, Days 6 and 7 retreat, 3 night’s lodging
Pilgrimage Includes:
3 meals, group dinners, Visitor Center fee, 2 pilgrimage walks, optional Eucharist services
Significance:
Site of Saint Kevin’s Monastic City and home of two lakes in over 20,000 hectares acres of natural beauty, known as the Wicklow Mountains National Park
Location:
Ireland, 1.5 hours from Athlone, 1 hour from Dublin
Celtic Saints Association:
Saint Kevin, Saint Michael Rogers
Tourist Amenities:
Visitor Center, public restrooms, trail maps, picnic tables
Historical Monuments, Museums, Attractions:
• Visitor Center, film 17 min.
• St. Kevin’s Monastery (2 sets of monastery ruins, 7 churches)
• Arched monastic entrance
• Round Tower
• High Cross
• Cathedral
• St. Kevin’s Cell
• St. Kevin’s Bed
• Mountains, Lakes, Streams
• Wicklow Mountains National Park