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In West Cork and South Kerry the practice of walking pilgrim paths to St
Finbarr's hermitage in Gougane Barra has been in place for many centuries. One such path leads from Drimoleague, where – local tradition has it – St Finbarr arrived at the Top of the Rock in the sixth century and admonished the
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696:Cork
691:Cobh
639:Cork
563:2018
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