Camino Sunrise

Ireland’s Pilgrim Paths are a collection of five ancient pilgrim routes which must be completed to obtain the Teastas Oilithreachta (Pilgrim Certificate) from Ballintubber Abbey. (Summarized from the Pilgrim Paths website)

The Five Paths: (All this info is from the Pilgrim Paths website. https://www.pilgrimpath.ie/

Cnoc na dTobar
Cnoc na dTobar (Knocknadobar) was a sacred pilgrim site in prehistoric and medieval times. The Pilgrim Path from the traditional start point near St Furze’s holy well is marked by 14 Stations of the Cross leading to an imposing Celtic Cross on the summit plateau that acts as the pilgrim destination. 

Cosán na Naomh
Ancient pilgrim route with a strong penitential tradition that finishes beneath one of Ireland’s highest and most revered mountains, Mt. Brandon in the West Kerry Gaeltacht. The attractions here are rooted within people and place and completing this path is one of the best ways to experience the elemental, skeletal topography of the west Kerry landscape. 

St. Finbarr
A charismatic pilgrim route offering unforgettable vistas as it leads in fine style over the Sheehy Mountains and valleys  to Gougane Barra.  Denoted by the brown Slí Bharra  plates, the path follows the route of the Sheep’s Head Way and then  Beara Breiffne Way from north of Kealkil – it requires 2 days to complete.

St. Kevin’s Way
Pilgrim trail from Hollywood to Glendalough, which reputedly follows the journey of St Kevin to found a monastic settlement in the heart of the Wicklow Mountains. Well-marked track rises gently to the sweeping viewpoint of the Wicklow Gap before descending easily to finish at the ancient monastic site at Glendalough, which was a renowned centre of pilgrimage and learning in the medieval period.

Tóchar Phádraig
The Tóchar follows the route of the ancient royal road from Cruachán, the seat of the Kings of Connaught, to Croagh Patrick. Holding many resonances from its pagan past; it was Christianised as a penitential route by St Patrick, but remains stubbornly untamed and much as it was for medieval pilgrims.