Pilgrims Progress...Patrick O'Donoghue, Killarney, who have been visiting 'The City of Shrone', ancient pilgrim site, Rathmore, Co Kerry, for 60 years. Located on the Northern slopes of 'The Paps of Danú. Between May Day and the first Sunday, pilgrims visit Shrone to 'do the rounds' and collect water from the sacred well. Farmers nearby bring their cattle to be blessed. Mass will be celebrated there this Sunday. The name ‘The City’ refers to the locations role as a cathair (ringfort). The surviving walls and features of the antiquity serve as setting for the pattern that is performed there. It is believed that this has been a place of continual devotion and worship over several millennia.Photo:Valerie O'Sullivan