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The tradition of the Lough Derg pilgrimage entails fasting, walking barefoot, and keeping continuously awake for a period of 24 hours. This centuries old practice still exists today allowing people to, in a sense, pray with their whole body - "This is my body, I give for you".
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www.loughderg.org/index.cfm/area/information/page/three
www.loughderg.org/index.cfm/area/information/page/three
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The classic Lough Derg Pilgrimage lasts for three days. The pilgrim undertakes to begin fasting at midnight on the first day and travels to the island by boat during that morning. Once there, they remove all footwear - for the pilgrimage is undertaken barefoot.
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www.wellsprings.org.uk/wellspring_of_pilgrimage/lough.h...
www.wellsprings.org.uk/wellspring_of_pilgrimage/lough.htm
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Lough Derg has become one of Ireland's most sacred places with thousands participating in a rigorous pilgrimage each year. ... Lough Derg is not for the casual tourist. It is open only to serious pilgrims and ... The pilgrimage begins when you take off your shoes in the dormitory and you remain barefoot for the rest of the time.
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www.suite101.com/article.cfm/travel_in_ireland/90243
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places, and that pilgrimage to Lough Derg was no more effective ..... mation of the Lough Derg pilgrimage from medieval wonder to modern place of devotion. ...
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muse.jhu.edu/journals/eire-ireland/v039/39.3cunningham....
muse.jhu.edu/journals/eire-ireland/v039/39.3cunningham.pdf
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St Patrick's Purgatory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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St. Patrick's Purgatory is an ancient pilgrimage that has taken place on Station Island in Lough Derg, County Donegal, Ireland. The traditional date of the origin of the pilgrimage is from 445, whe...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Patrick's_Purgatory
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A County Kildare priest has promised to go on a pilgrimage to Lough Derg to show solidarity with the victims of sex abuse. ... Beleagured bishop stands down from Pilgrimage Trus...
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clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2009/12/priest-doing-loug...
clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2009/12/priest-doing-lough-derg-pilgrimage-over.html
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Memories of a Lough Derg Pilgrimage ... The words `Lough Derg pilgrimage' are synonymous with fasting, lack of sleep and bare feet. It's enough to turn off most right minded people. But even fully-paid up members of the fold (the lapsed brigade that is) should perhaps pause and reflect for just a moment.
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www.irishabroad.com/stpatrick/life/loughdergpilgrimage....
www.irishabroad.com/stpatrick/life/loughdergpilgrimage.asp
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Irish Catholic Bishops conference ... Lough Derg, one of the oldest pilgrimage sites in Europe, offers an exciting programme of events for 2009. More details here, as well as an interview with Bishop Joseph Duffy, Bishop of Clogher, about Lough Derg.
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www.catholicbishops.ie/features/features-archive/1352-l...
www.catholicbishops.ie/features/features-archive/1352-lough-derg-place-of-pilgimage
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This material - with its cultural, political, as well as religious associations - provides background for these poets' Lough Derg poems, which relate their own pilgrimage experiences.
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www.amazon.com/Island-Daemons-Pilgrimage-Patrick-Kavana...
www.amazon.com/Island-Daemons-Pilgrimage-Patrick-Kavanagh/dp/0874130239
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