The Camino and the Spanish Civil War The defining event of the twentieth century in Spain, the Civil War of 1936–39, continues to divide and had an impact far beyond the Iberian Peninsula. Franco used the cult of Santiago for propagandistic purposes, and the Catholic church’s siding with the Nationalist insurgents is famously encapsulated in a photograph of the clergy of the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela giving the straight-armed fascist salute on the feast of Santiago in 1937. The routes of the Camino pass many mass graves of the period, and are a testimony to the brutality that occurred in the vicinity of what is now rightly seen as one of the most ecumenical and welcoming mass experiences in the world. Presenter Dr. Denis Casey is a historian of Irish-Spanish relations. He holds a BA and MA from UCD, a PhD from the University of Cambridge, is a member of the Irish Association of Professional Historians, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He has taught, held fellowships, and designed exhibitions in universities in Britain, Finland and Ireland, and published almost 70 articles, reviews and books, in the fields of history and literature, and higher education pedagogy. He has waked the Camino seven times since 2016 (by various routes), published on it in the Bulletin of the Confraternity of St James (UK), and maintains a Camino history blog on his personal website, www.deniscasey.com.

Camino de Dublin documents the ancient Irish pilgrim journey that medieval pilgrims would have taken from St James’s Gate through the medieval city of Dublin to the area in which pilgrims would have embarked, allowing us to follow in the footsteps of those medieval pilgrims today. St James’s Gate, on James Street in Dublin has been a traditional embarking point for Irish pilgrims commencing their pilgrimages from Dublin since the 13th century. Pilgrims assembled here, before walking through the city and setting sail to Santiago de Compostela. This documentary features interviews with Turlough O’Donnell SC, former Chairman of the Camino Society of Ireland and Patt Gibbs who leads the volunteers in the Camino Information Centre, who discuss the role of the Camino Information Centre and the motivations of pilgrims who are undertaking the Camino from Dublin in modern times. Dr Susan Hood, Librarian and Archivist of the Representative Church Body Library speaks to us about the Alen Register, a 16th century compilation of medieval sources which report the intention of a hostel for pilgrims in Dublin who intended to travel to the shrine of St James at Santiago de Compostela. #camino #caminodesantiago #caminodedublin #caminoireland #historyireland #historydublin #medievaldublin #dublin #ireland

This four-minute video provides glimpses of scenes from a documentary on the coastal Celtic Camino way that stretches from Bray to St. James' Church in central Dublin, before continuing to Spain. The complete video is available on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/6jVyTgBtS9Q

The Camino Society Ireland bring you a conversation between John Rafferty(aka Johnnie Walker) and John Brierley, two legends of the Camino. Thanks to both of them, true pilgrims, for their insights into the Camino post-pandemic and for their support for Camino de Santiago pilgrims over the decades.

A Glen Hansard song entitled 'The One I've Come Back to Find' from the village of Muñalén in the Asturian Highlands from outake music sessions from our upcoming documentary series CAMINO BY SEA (Camino na Sáile) on TG4 this coming Spring, 2017. http://www.anupictures.com/project/camino/ Featuring Glen Hansard, Brendan Begley, Liam Holden, Frankie Delgado, José Servando Menendez Fernandez (Pepín de Muñalén), Jorge Otero, Luciano Menendez Fernandez and friends. (and with Lydia Fernández Pérez, Danny Sheehy, Cesar Castaño and Aidan Minnock)

This video illustrates one of the suggested routes for those wishing to complete part of the Camino pilgrimage in Ireland. A pilgrim guides us as he walks from Bray in County Wicklow to St. James' Church in the heart of Dublin. Along the way we enjoy wonderful scenery and learn a little Irish history. Music Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0: • 'Irish Forest' and 'Green Fields' by James Nord • 'Jouney's End' by adrianvonziegler.bandcamp.com • ‘Spellbound Hell’ by Damiano Baldoni • ‘Magic Forest’ by Kevin MacLeod • ‘Traveler’ by Alexander Nakarada @ SerpentSound Studios • ‘Lake of Avalon’ by Lobo Loco

Camino de Santiago full documentary in english and spanish. Camino de Santiago (The Way of Saint James) is the perfect mix of touristic-sports adventure and religious sentiment. This documentary shows all of the story from the origins until today. The discovery of the sepulcher of the Apostle Santiago, in the first third of the IX century, compelled many Christians to make pilgrimages to Compostela doing the Camino de Santiago (Way of Saint James) to worship his relics. This required the construction of a church. This building, besides guarding and honoring the relics of the Apostle and his disciples Teodoro and Atanasio, had to take in a greater number of pilgrims coming from the Peninsular kingdoms, as well as from the rest of Europe. The purpose of its builders was not only to construct the most perfect church dedicated to the cult of the pilgrims; they wanted to make Compostela a religious and artistic reference for the world, like Rome and Jerusalem. These are the beginnings of a fascinating story, a fabulous saga spanning centuries carried out by thousands of people united in their devotion to the figure of the Apostle Santiago, in a remote corner of Finisterre. They called it Compostela: the field of stars. The present state of the Santiago Cathedral is the result of numerous changes, projects, works, remodeling; in short, an evolving and impassioned architectural and artistic creation developed throughout many centuries. Camino de Santiago. The Temple of the Stars - Full Documentary Even though Jerusalem, Rome and Santiago have been the three great destinations for pilgrims since the Middle Ages, the Camino de Santiago (Way of Saint James) to Santiago is the only one that is still traveled the same way today as it was back then: on foot and with little else than a shoulder pouch. It had been a long time since news of the discovery of the Santiago sepulcher had reached France. Those were dark and dangerous times. Terror broke loose when the Saracen army flattened Compostela. Almanzor had destroyed its basilica and other churches and monasteries. Bishop Diego Peláez decided to build a new church to replace the pre-Romanesque Basilica. We fly over the city of Santiago. From up here, we can see the cathedral and near it, the church of San Félix de Solovio. And it is in this place where chronicles tell of a hermit known as Pelayo who, as he fasted, observed some lights shining on the ancient Roman citadel. Before such news, the bishop arrived at the site and discovered the entrance to a small sepulcher among the weeds. A church was built above the sepulcher to worship the Apostle’s relics. Construction was finished in 830 and Bishop Teodomiro consecrated the first Church of Santiago. In the year 1101, while in Santiago after being named bishop by Pope Paschal II Diego Gelmírez initiated his projects. The first would be the conclusion of the cathedral. It was apparent that if he wanted the Santiago church to become that great Apostolic see, it had to be at the vanguard of art. To this end, he patronized continuous exchanges between Compostelan builders and the most advanced constructors of the times. Camino de Santiago (The Way of St. James) had definitely become a torrent of culutral and artistic exchange between Galicia and the rest of Europe. Diego Gelmírez had achieved all of his goals: the construction of the cathedral was well on its way and it was a benchmark for European Romanesque art; And finally, on April 21 1211, Archbishop Pedro Muñiz, in the presence of King Alfonso IX, consecrated the Romanesque cathedral of Santiago. The visits of Pope John Paul II and later Benedict XVI in the Holy Compostelan year of 2010, surrounded by a fervent multitude of pilgrims from all over the world, through Camino de Santiago ( Way of St. James) are a testimony to the magnificent vitality the Jacobean cult has today. But notwithstanding all the changes, the works of Peláez and Gelmírez, of Masters Bernardo, Esteban, Mateo, and countless others, still remain unaltered and recognizable. In the spaces within its naves, columns, tribunes, chapels and porticos, the spirit of all those who contributed to its erection is conserved. Thousands of pilgrims from around the world held each year Camino de Santiago (Way of St. James) to venerate the relics of the Apostle. Camino de Santiago (The Way of St. James) ends in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.

Full info. on this film @: http://www.anupictures.com/project/camino/ A crew including a Writer, two Musicians, an Artist and a Stonemason embark on the Camino not on land, but by sea, in a traditional boat that they built themselves on an inspiring, and often time’s dangerous, modern day Celtic odyssey. OVERVIEW: This inspiring crew have made an epic voyage, following an ancient Camino sea-route from Ireland to Northern Spain; in a hand-made, traditional, wooden framed, canvas covered boat they made themselves; known locally in the Dingle peninsula as a Naomhóg. The odyssey began in May 2014; launching the Naomhóg at St. James’ Gate in Dublin. Completing one month of travel each year; 2014 saw them cross the Irish Sea and the English Channel to reach Brittany; 2015 saw the crew follow the French coast all the way south as far as the border with Spain. In 2016 the crew followed an ancient 700km long Camino sea route across Northern Spain towards their ultimate destination; Santiago de Compostela. Pulling into coastal towns and villages en route, camping and cooking as they went, the crew forged many new friendships; surprising those they met with a boat that seems to come straight out of the middle ages and inspiring them with their courage, endurance, storytelling, music, poetry and song. This intimate documentary charts the trials and tribulations of a voyage that comes with its own risks and dangers, and in the words of Danny Sheehy, took “sweat, blood and blisters to complete while deepening and renewing friendships, creativity and spirituality in the process”. _____________________________________________________ The Crew: Musician: Oscar-winning Singer-Songwriter Glen Hansard joined the crew as substitute for Brendan Moriarty who was unable to make it for the entire 2016 leg of the Camino. Glen volunteered for duty only weeks before the 2016 journey began and although he had never rowed a Naomhóg before he was quick to learn the ropes; the blisters on the palm of his hands a testament to his dedication to a whole new mode of being. www.glenhansard.com Writer; Domhnall Mac Síthigh (Danny Sheehy), is a poet, a farmer, an author, a fisherman and a storyteller of some renown. His book the Iomramh Bhréanainn MMXI (The Brendan Voyage 2011) was published in 2013. www.dannysheehy.com Musician; Breandáin Ó Beaglaoich (Brendan Begley) was born into a famous musical family and soaked up the music and song of West Kerry from an early age. Brendan is a major figure in Irish traditional music and clearly states that “his music could not exist were it not for the mountains, seas and storms of his native Dingle Peninsula”. Artist; Liam Holden developed a love of the sea that was to have a profound influence on his journey as a painter. Liam also learnt the craft of Naomhóg building, and with Danny built the Naomhóig na Tinte (The Boat of Tents) for this voyage. www.liamholden.com Stonemason; Breandáin Ó Mhuircheartaigh (Brendan Moriarty) is a folklorist from the Dingle Peninsula and a relative of renowned Irish poet and philosopher John Moriarty. _____________________________________________________ Moment's from the Camino can be seen on the crew's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naomhoig-Na-Tinte/772817366066389 Paintings courtesy of Liam Holden. _____________________________________________________ A 3-part mini-series version of the documentary was broadcast on TG4 in Ireland in 2017. http://www.tg4.ie/en/programmes/camino-na-saile/ The International Feature-length version is currently in post-production.