French Scouts from Brittany visit Mayo and go up Croagh Patrick
Young people from Westport's twin town Plougastel-Daoulas made the pilgrimage on Reek Sunday
A group of French scouts from Brittany made the pilgrimage to Ireland's Holy Mountain Croagh Patrick. They made their way over to Ireland in a more traditional way: By ferry.
"Usually we do a camp in France somewhere in July or August. But this year we decided to come to Ireland. We took the ferry over and stayed in Glenstal Abbey", said Armel Sebe speaking to The Mayo News on the top of Croagh Patrick on Reek Sunday.
"We are staying in Ireland for two weeks. Before we came here we participated in the Maritime festival in Brest."
For Armel a special occasion as he is from Plougastel-Daoulas, which is Westport's twin city in France. Only fitting the group went up the Reek this Sunday:
"Going up Croagh Patrick was quite impressive at the start, then it is fairly flat and easier to move forward. But then on the last bit it was very steep which takes a while to go up, we kept going slowly and when we arrived at the top we had a beautiful view", explained Armel.
Armel Sebe from Plougastel-Daoulas
in Brittany on top of Croagh Patrick