Maritime (Boat) Pilgrims obtaining a Compostela

[DoughnutANZ]

Since 2016 the Pilgrim Office in Santiago de Compostela have been recording Compostelas issued to Maritime Pilgrims. I am not sure if 2016 was the first year that they issued a Maritime Compostela or if it was simply when they started publishing the numbers who obtain this Compostela. I don't know what the conditions are around being able to claim this Compostela, perhaps someone who does know can point us all to the current rules.

I did read somewhere, probably on the Forum, about some Irish Pilgrims who rowed from Ireland to Spain. Possibly that was the 2016 group, I am not sure. Since 2016 it has become more popular and this year has seen the highest numbers of Maritime Compostelas ever with over 125 issued in July.

Below is a graph (using figures from the Pilgrim Office) showing the ebb and flow (is that a pun) of Maritime Pilgrims since 2016. Enjoy.



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[malingerer]

Since 2016 the Pilgrim Office in Santiago de Compostela have been recording Compostelas issued to Maritime Pilgrims. I am not sure if 2016 was the first year that they issued a Maritime Compostela or if it was simply when they started publishing the numbers who obtain this Compostela. I don't know what the conditions are around being able to claim this Compostela, perhaps someone who does know can point us all to the current rules.

I did read somewhere, probably on the Forum, about some Irish Pilgrims who rowed from Ireland to Spain. Possibly that was the 2016 group, I am not sure. Since 2016 it has become more popular and this year has seen the highest numbers of Maritime Compostelas ever with over 125 issued in July.

Below is a graph (using figures from the Pilgrim Office) showing the ebb and flow (is that a pun) of Maritime Pilgrims since 2016. Enjoy.

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Wonderful! I don't have the balance and at 84 am considered too old for the shenanigans but what about paddle boarders and quad bikes eh? Its bad enough to be run over by cyclists and horsemen but now you can go for a dip and meet your maker courtesy of a jet ski Changed days!

Samarkand

 

[SabsP]

Some more information about the Irish fellows.

The Camino Voyage – An Epic 2,500 km Modern Day Celtic Odyssey

The Camino Voyage, a full length feature film by Dónal Ó Céilleachair (pronounced O’Kelleher) of Anú Pictures, left us wishing it wouldn’t end. We saw it in a special screening as part of the Celtic Camino Festival in Westport, County Mayo. The theatre was packed with Celtic Camino Society...

features.coastalboating.net

And indeed the tragic death of Danny Sheehy.

The Tragic Ending of the Irish Boat Pilgrims' Journey. Danny Sheehy was dead.

I receive a message that tragedy had struck our Irish Boat Pilgrims. Their boat had overturned off coast of Spain. Danny Sheehy was dead.

www.musingsfromthelastfrontier.com

Naomhóg Which Took Late Kerry Poet Danny Sheehy & Crew to Spain Restored in Galicia

The naomhóg Naomh Gobnait is now being restored by Sheehy’s fellow seafarers, with the support of a Galician cultural association in northern Spain.

afloat.ie

There are always faces and personal stories behind the statistics.

 

[Former member 49149]

Thanks for the post, @DoughnutANZ . It has led to the posting of the links to take a memory trip, when I went to the showing of the film in Dunlaoghaire.

 

[Blister Bill]

And there's also a very nice certificate if you do the translatio xacobea to boot !