Pilgrim path between Ireland and Wales expected to see thousands of walkers

The nine-day trail has an Irish Sea crossing and is based on St Aidan's journey from Wexford to study with St David in Wales 

The Wexford-Pembrokeshire Pilgrim Way

It is one of the tourism phenomena of the modern age. Seeking meaning beyond materialism, the number of modern-day pilgrims completing the Camino of St James has risen from fewer than 500 back in 1984 to 350,000 in 2019, with the headcount this year expected to reach almost half a million. 

Until recently, however, almost none of these 21st-century pilgrims would have imagined Wales or Ireland as an alternative to Spain for contemplative walking.