Good Friday pilgrim walk in Dublin, led by Archbishops, to return

For the first time in three years the two Archbishops in Dublin will lead a ‘Walk of Witness’ through Dublin city centre on Good Friday it has been confirmed. The event has been described as a way to express solidarity with Ukrainian refugees and all those who have been “dispossessed and marginalised”.

Since 2019 it has not been possible for the ‘Walk’ to take place with Catholic Archbishop Dermot Farrell and Church of Ireland Archbishop Michael Jackson both attending an empty St Mary’s Pro–Cathedral on Good Friday last year.

The Walk of Witness begins in Christ Church Cathedral at 7pm next Friday with a short time of prayer and reflection. Then the Archbishops, carrying a cross, will lead participants down Dame Street to College Green and through Westmoreland St and O’Connell Street before turning down Talbot Street towards St Mary’s Pro–Cathedral where there will be a short service.