A woman climbing Croagh Patrick a holy mountain in County Mayo in the West of Ireland. Thousands of people, many in their bare feet climb the mountain where the patron saint of Ireland was said to have spent forty days and nights on the last sunday of July each year. They then attend mass in the small church on the summit.

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Location: County Mayo, Ireland
Photo credit: © Keith Heneghan / Alamy / Afripics
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