Links, Other Resources & Suggested Reading
Other Resources - Links, Irish Tour Operators, Books & Music
Sample itinerary covering the journey day to day by Ruth Potterton
Useful Links
Irish Tour Operators
While we have taken care with the compilation of the following list of commericail tour operators, we cannot accept any responsibility for the accuracy of the information included here or for the reliability of the companies mentioned. For futher details, please contact the companies directly.
Abbey Travel
43/45 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1 Tel: 01 804 7100 information@abbeytravel.ie www.abeytravel.ie
J. Barter Travel Group
92 Patrick Street, Cork. Tel: 021 485 1700 info@jbarter.com www.travelnet.ie
Follow the Camino
One Foot Abroad Dublin, Guinness Enterprise Center, Taylor’s Lane, Dublin 8. Tel: 01 443 3972 info@followthecamino.com www.followthecamino.com
Map Travel
36 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1. Tel: 01 878 3111 info@maptravel.ie www.maptravel.ie
By simply clicking on the links you can look at other useful web sites of interest.
- Camino Guides by John Brierley on three Camino routes the Camino Frances; Camino Portuguese and Camino Finesterre
- Website of Confraternnity of St. James in Britain
- British Site on Pilgrimage
- American Association of the Friends of the Road to Santiago
- UCLA Site
- The Friends of St. James in Paris
- The Interregional Cooperation Association "Les Chemins de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle"
- Mountaineering Council of Ireland
- Association Francaise des Pèlerins de Saint Jacques de Compostelle in Montereau
- Camino de Santiago - Site with info about, and about planning to do the Camino
- On the Way to Santiago Blog - Tales from the Camino by John Mifsud
- St. Olavs Way - Norway
Suggested Reading
These are some of the best books which we would recommend having a read of.
- A Pilgrim’s Guide to Camino Fisterra by John Brierley
- A Pilgrim’s Guide to Camino Portugués by John Brierley
- A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Camino de Santiago by John Brierley
- A Practical Guide for Pilgrims - The Road to Santiago by Millan Bravo Lozano (ISBN 8-4241-3833-3)
- Pilgrims’ Footsteps by Bert Slader (ISBN 1-8720-2700-3)
- The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho (ISBN 0-7225-3487-6)
- Off the Road A Modern-day Walk Down the Pilgrim’s Route into Spain by Jack Hitt (ISBN 1-8541-0306-7)
- Spanish Pilgrimage - A Canter to St. James by Robin Hanbury-Tenison (ISBN 0-0917-4322-2)
- Tu Solus Peregrinus - Viaje Interior Por El Camino de Santiago by Fray Juan Antonio Torres Prieto - Monje de Silos (ISBN 8-4700-9489-0)
- On Pilgrimage by Jennifer Lash (ISBN 0-7475-3651-1)
- The Road Santiago de Compostela - Architectural Guide for Travellers by Michael Jacob
- Pilgrimage in Ireland by Peter Harbison
- The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago, the Complete Cultural Handbook by David M Gitlitz and Linda Kay Davidson (ISBN 0-3122-5416-4)
- El Camino de Santaigo a Pie by Paco Nadal (ISBN 8-4035-9279-5)
- Confraternity of St. James (London) publishes guides, which are updated regularly
- The Way of St. James: Spain by Alison Raju
- The Way of St. James (translated from Spanish) by Elías Valiña Sampedro
- The Pilgrim’s Guide to the Camino de Santiago (translated from Spanish) by Elías Valiña Sampedro
- The Pilgrims Guide to Santiago de Compostela (A translation of Book Five of the Codex Calixtinus) by William Melczer
- The Pilgrimage to Santiago by Edward Mullins
- Priez pour nous à Compostelle par Pierre Barret et Jean-Noël Gurgand
- Walking to Santiago by Neil Curry
- A Hug for the Apostle by Laurie Dennett
- Pilgrim Stories - On and Off the Road to Santiago by Nancy Louise Frey
- Camino de Santiago the Path to Santiago by Bill Hannon
- Off the Road - A Modern Day walk down the Pilgrim Route into Spain by Jack Hitt
- Pilgrim’s Road A Journey to Santiago de Compostela by Bettina Selby
- Pilgrims’ Footsteps by Bert Slader
- Pilgrims’ Footsteps Revisited in An Echo in Another’s Mind by Bert Slader
- The Road to Santiago by Walter Starkie
- A Walk to the End of the Earth in The Sign of the Cross - Travels in Catholic Europe by Colm TÓibín
- Ireland - Harbinger of the Middle Ages by Ludwig Bieler
- Pilgrimage in Ireland - The Monuments and the People by Peter Harbison
- St. Kevin’s Road in Féilscríbhinn Eoin Mhic Néill by Liam Price (Ryan, ed. )
- Sailing to Santiago: Medieval Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela and its Artistic Influence in Ireland by Roger Stalley and John Bradley(ed.)
- Tóchar Phádraig - Pilgrim’s Progress - A Guide from Ballintubber to Croagh Patrick
- Sample itinerary covering the journey day to day by Ruth Potterton. Download Camino Itinerary Word Doc (85kb)
Music
Some music to accompany the pilgrimage.
- Oliver Schroer - Camino - Solo violin and ambient recordings from the Camino de Santiago in France and Spain. Visit Oliver online at www.oliverschroer.com
- The Pilgrimage to Santiago - A Musical Journey Along the Medievial Pilgrim Road to the Shrine of St James in Santiago De Compostela" - 1991 Decca Records London
- Camino - On the Road to Santiago - MS Ireland December 1995
- The Chieftains - Santiago - RCA Victor 1996 (09026 68602 2)
- Shaun Davey - The Pilgrim - a Celtic Suite for Orchestra, Soloists, Pipe Band and Choir - Tara 1994 (3032)
- Phillip Pickett and New London Consort - The Pilgrimage to Santiago - L’oiseau Lyre 1991 (433 148-2)