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The site, which is also associated with the pagan Lughnasa Solstice festivals, features a holy well and a Mass Rock. Above: Rural landscape in Connemara showing the Maumturk mountain range in the distance. Photograph: Michelle McCarron/Getty
Pilgrims head to Connemara hills for annual walk

A pilgrimage dating back to the 5th century will take place in the Maamturk mountains in north Connemara this weekend. Several hundred pilgrims from(...)