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The little chapel atop Croagh Patrick. A religious service is held there on the last Sunday in July erery year, drawing crowds of catholics in the tens of thousands. An alter is built on one gable end of the building from which the priest conducts a mass at regular intervals over the course of the day. Pilgrims pass through the chapel to receive communion and pass out the rear to rejoin the congregation.