The Irish Pilgrimage Trust is a registered charity in Ireland. For the past 40 years, The Trust travels on pilgrimage and on holiday to Lourdes with young people with special needs, from all over Ireland. They travel on Easter Sunday and participate in a unique week in Lourdes. Together with friends from the wider community of HCPT, over five thousand pilgrims enjoy this unique experience every year.

The Theme for 2012 Pilgrimage will be "Praying the Rosary with Bernadette".  Invitations have now been issued to the young people selected to travel with us on Easter Sunday 2012.  If you are interested in applying for 2013 Pilgrimage, please click Application Form 2012 .

We have a group for former carers of the Trust to travel to Lourdes with the Easter Pilgrimage called Forever Friends.  If you would be interested in joining this group for 2012 Pilgrimage, please contact the office for more details at 091 796622.

40th Anniversary Lourdes Photo.

There is also an annual pilgrimage in June to Hosanna House in Bartres, close to the town of Lourdes.  This Pilgrimage will travel to Lourdes on 22nd June 2012 and return to Dublin on 29th June 2012.  If you would be interested in more information about this Pilgrimage, please contact the office for more information.

The Trust also provides respite care in its purpose built home from home in Kilcuan.

Since its opening in 1998 Kilcuan has been the venue of many friendship weeks and has welcomed many organisations with a similar ethos as The Irish Pilgrimage Trust. Situated in the beautiful woodland setting of the grounds of the Brothers of Charity the building was designed with the special needs of our guests in mind. All rooms are en-suite and are wheel chair accessible. A carefully designed oratory welcomes all into a wonderfully peaceful sacred space.

The Trust opened a second smaller holiday home called Cois Cuain in Kilrane, near Rosslare Harbour which is available for Groups, organisation and families caring for young people and adults with Special Needs. This is a spacious house can accommodate 17 people.