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The First Irish Pilgrimage to Rome was in 1893 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Pope Leo XIII. Two hundred and twenty five pilgrims took the following route:
Fr J Nolan CC Ballymena accompanied the pilgrimage as Special Correspondent of the Irish News and Belfast Morning News.
I read the diary he kept and found it really enthralling. I tried to imagine how those people, particularly the woman, dressed in the fashion of the day, travelling so far by train, boat and horse carriage. I decided you too might like to know what happened during the month the pilgrims were travelling. This is my edited version of their travels.
I have added some pictures taken from Fr Nolan's book and some photographs and pictures of my own of the various locations.
I hope you enjoy the story.
Breda Waterson
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His Eminence the Cardinal Primate of Armagh, Archbishop Logue wrote to Fr Ring, Inchicore on 15 November 1892. He asked Fr Ring to help to organise an Irish Pilgrimage to Rome on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of Pope Leo XIII.
A leaflet was circulated throughout Ireland and three hundred and fifty five pilgrims and over 1,500,000 Associates eventually enrolled. |
