Reek Sunday
David Dalton <[email protected]> Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:00:42 -0230
| Newsgroups | alt.religion.druid, soc.culture.irish, ie.general, alt.fan.countries.ireland, alt.religion.christian.roman-catholic, alt.religion.christian.catholic |
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| Organization | Eternal September |
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Reek Sunday, the last Sunday in July, will be Sunday, July 26, 2026 this year. Though it honours St. Patrick, it has some roots in the pagan festival of Lughnasadh. From Wikipedia: Reek Sunday is an annual national pilgrimage in Ireland where thousands of people climb Croagh Patrick mountain in County Mayo on the last Sunday of July. It honors Saint Patrick, who famously fasted on the 764-meter peak for 40 days in the 5th century -- https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) “Early morning, jubilators, up to no good, instigators... Sons of long forgotten races, that the darkest night embraces” (Ron Hynes & D.O’D)