| PURGATORY | St Patrick's ___ : pilgrimage site on Lough Derg. (9) |
| STDABEOCSHEATH | Moorland plant named after the founder of a monastery on an island in Lough Derg, Co Donegal |
| ALI | Iraq's Mosque of ___ (pilgrimage site) |
| DAY | St. Patrick's ___ (March 17) |
| SANTIAGO | Camino de ____, pilgrimage of medieval origin to Compostela in north west Spain (8) |
| KILLARNEY | County Kerry town on Lough Leane (*early link) (9) |
| KATHMANDU | 4,344 ft above sea level and east of the Buddhist pilgrimage site Lumbini, the Nepalese capital and Himalayan gateway, site of the Garden of Dreams (9) |
| KNOCKDOWN | Demolish pilgrimage site in Ireland in a miserable state (5,4) |
| KNOCKOFFS | Pilgrimage site does away with unauthorised imitations |
| NEWLANARK | World Heritage Site on River Clyde (3,6) |
| DECREE | Order produced last month on Lough (6) |
| YANKEE | American provides fourth of July article on lough in Rocommon (6) |
| RUBBERTREE | Pat Bartholomew on Lough with latex producer (6,4) |
| HOURLONG | Sixty-minute manoeuvres on lough and river |
| KERNEL | Network foundation on lough and lake, in essence (6) |
| ANTRIM | Market town in Northern Ireland on Lough Neagh (6) |
| PEARTREE | Park and Ride - the last near craft on lough - the one with home for the partridge (4,4) |
| BASILICA | This major pilgrimage site is said to be the largest church in the world, St Peter's ... |
| ASSISI | Pilgrimage site in central Italy |
| CHROME | Grey taps in front of pilgrimage site (6) |