Pellegrini e pellegrinaggi d'Irlanda tra nazionalismo e globalizzazione

the Irish pilgrimage tradition is peculiar. Theis paper investigates Irish pilgrimage tradition with special attention to the national sites of Croagh Patrick, Lough Derg and Knock.The second part focuses on the role of these sites in the XIX century, at times of intense nationalist anti-British political and cultural activity, and more recently in the global era, when pilgrimage sites have become crucial to the development of religious tourism