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TIL Croagh Patrick, a mountain in Co. Mayo is one of Ireland’s most significant pilgrimage sites, where over 100,000 people climb the mountain annually, particularly on Reek Sunday, the last Sunday in July. The Archbishop of Tuam leads the climb each year.

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