St. Patrick may be Ireland’s most famous saint, but a new biography for young readers sheds light on another great Irish holy man: St. Kevin of Glendalough.

St. Kevin (also known as Coemgen) is one of the greatest saints of Ireland and founder of the famous and important Glendalough Monastery. He lived in the 6th and early 7th centuries. His Life was ...

One of the oldest pilgrim routes in Ireland, for a period stretching back more than 1,000 years, has been reopened. The restoration of St Kevin's Way or Sli Chaoimhin in Co Wicklow, a pilgrim path ...

Glendalough hosts the St. Kevin's Festival over the June Bank Holiday weekend. On Saturday June 1 there will be a programme of eight or nine options for pilgrims to choose from starting at 9.30 a ...

Glendalough was founded by St Kevin in the 6th century. Since then it has been a place where people have retreated to seek isolation and healing - both of which strike a chord with our coronavirus ...

Despite Ireland's current infatuation with consumerism, the Catholic traveler can still encounter the country's Christian Celtic soul at Glendalough — site of St. Kevin's sixth-century monastery ...

Mom, you’re not going reach,” my 17-year-old daughter, Leah, calls as I hug a thick granite Celtic cross in the ghostly beauty of a 6th-century saint’s retreat in Glendalough, Ireland.

Not the least remarkable thing about St Kevin of Glendalough, if we can believe the stories, is that he lived to be 120. He died 1,400 years ago, on June 3rd, 618, and was so well known by then ...

The best-known figure of early Wicklow is Kevin, meaning 'the beautifully born one'. Glendalough's founder belonged to a people known as the Dal Messin Corb who ruled Leinster in the 400s and 500s ...