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St Patrick's Purgatory, Lough Derg

on BBC One London

The ancient Lough Derg pilgrimage requires three days in your bare feet on rocky beds of sharp stone; a fast from food and drink for three full days; two days and a night spent without sleep and given to continuous mantra-like prayer. There is no Place quite like it to be found across the Christian world.
In this unique film of the pilgrimage to St Patrick's Purgatory on a remote island in Co Donegal, Tom Hamill traces the pilgrims' path to one of Europe's most ancient holy places whose fascination is echoed in both Dante and Shakespeare and attracts some
30,000 pilgrims each summer.
Photography PHIL DAWSON Music JOHN ANDERSON
Film editor CHRIS WADE Director BILL MISKELLY Producer JAMES SKELLY BBC Northern Ireland

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Hamill
Editor:
Chris Wade
Director:
Bill Miskelly

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