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Welcome to a photographic tour of Thin Places in Ireland, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

By following the links on the menu bar to the left, you will be able to explore some of the most intriguing, spiritual places in Western Europe. 

Thin Places: Celtic Holy Ground.

What are "thin places"?   Places where two worlds meet.

Since the beginning of recorded history, scholars, peasants, artists, slaves and kings have been fascinated and drawn to places where the veil between this world and the "other world" is thin.  Legends have been created and tales passed down through generations that describe adventures and encounters  when the two worlds met and time stood still.

The Western European landscape is dappled with such places.  Some, such as Glastonbury and the Giant's Causeway are familiar to most.  But hidden in fields, forests, mountain villages and remote islands are thin places with a more subtle glow, like tiny pearls resting safely in the bosom of their mother country.... waiting to be discovered again and again.

Scan this web site to glimpse a few of the thin place treasures that lay in Ireland and Britain.  See the photos of Brigid's Kildare, Holy Island, the Janus god, and Melrose Abbey where the heart of Robert the Bruce is buried.  

For a good introduction to experiencing thin places, please read the following article, Walking through Thin Places.

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The Holy Mountain - Crough Patrick - County Mayo, Ireland
"On this arid summit, where the winds blow hard, where no root takes hold, where distance seems infinite and heaven close, the spirit is tested and replenished ...  for the pilgrim has reached a thin place, where one steps into the highest dimension of one's existence."

Michael Mullen
Croagh Patrick, A Perspective

 

Croagh Patrick - The Holy Mountain
County Mayo - Ireland

  

Thin Places are ports in the storm of life, where the pilgrims can move closer to the God they seek,  where one leaves that which is familiar and journeys into the Divine Presence.  They are stopping places where men and women are given pause to wonder about what lies beyond the mundane rituals, the grief, trials and boredom of our day-to-day life.  They probe to the core of the human heart and open the pathway that leads to satisfying the familiar hungers and yearnings common to all people on earth, the hunger to be connected, to be a part of something greater, to be loved, to find peace.   

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Rainbow over the Linane Road - Ireland
Mountain Lake along the Leenane Road
County Mayo - Ireland

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