{"id":12887,"date":"2020-11-26T16:36:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T15:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/?p=12887"},"modified":"2020-11-27T10:17:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T09:17:56","slug":"los-irlandeses-y-el-camino-de-santiago-the-irish-and-the-way-of-st-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/los-irlandeses-y-el-camino-de-santiago-the-irish-and-the-way-of-st-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Los irlandeses y el Camino de Santiago | The Irish and the Way of St. James"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/files\/2020\/11\/camino_de_santiago_01.jpg\" alt=\"Peregrina durante el Camino de Santiago\" class=\"wp-image-12890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/files\/2020\/11\/camino_de_santiago_01.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/files\/2020\/11\/camino_de_santiago_01-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Peregrina, Camino de Santiago<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoy en d\u00eda, el Camino de Santiago es conocido como una de las rutas m\u00e1s populares de toda Europa, que atrae cada a\u00f1o a miles de peregrinos y turistas. Tras la consagraci\u00f3n de los restos de Santiago en el a\u00f1o 813 d. C. por el obispo de Iria-Flavia y el crecimiento de la peregrinaci\u00f3n bajo los reyes de Le\u00f3n y de Castilla a lo largo de la Alta Edad Media, el Camino se convertir\u00eda en la tercera ruta peregrina m\u00e1s importante del mundo. No obstante, lo que quiz\u00e1s no conocemos bien en Irlanda es la historia de los peregrinos irlandeses y la importancia de la pr\u00e1ctica de ir en peregrinaci\u00f3n dentro del contexto europeo de la Edad Media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Seg\u00fan las \u00faltimas investigaciones, los primeros peregrinos irlandeses eran monjes Benedictinos o Agustinos que resid\u00edan en monasterios fuera de Irlanda, mayoritariamente en Alemania y Francia. Ahora, la mayor\u00eda de los historiadores coinciden en que la primera ruta fija entre Irlanda y Espa\u00f1a se estableci\u00f3 durante la Alta Edad Media, seg\u00fan demuestran las conchas (el famoso s\u00edmbolo de la peregrinaci\u00f3n) localizadas durante las excavaciones de los dos antiguos monasterios de Tuam y Mullingar. Aunque la ruta entre Irlanda y Espa\u00f1a no era tan accessible durante esa edad temprana, el desarrollo del culto al ap\u00f3stol Santiago empezaba a arraigarse &nbsp;m\u00e1s claramente dentro de la mentalidad religiosa irlandesa. Cabe recordar que la famosa \u2018Puerta de Santiago\u2019 (St. James\u2019 Gate) de Dubl\u00edn toma su nombre de los hostales de peregrinos que se constru\u00edan a lo largo de la ribera del r\u00edo Liffey en los que se hospedaban los peregrinos antes de viajar al norte de Espa\u00f1a.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sin duda alguna, los siglos XVI y XVII suponen un nuevo cap\u00edtulo en el desarrollo del culto al ap\u00f3stol en Irlanda. Es decir, tras la llegada de la nueva alianza cat\u00f3lica entre los jefes irlandeses y la Espa\u00f1a de Felipe II a finales del siglo XVI, los v\u00ednculos se volv\u00edan cada vez m\u00e1s fuertes. Adem\u00e1s, con la inauguraci\u00f3n de los llamados A\u00f1os de Jubileo de la Iglesia cat\u00f3lica, establecidos con el objetivo de obligar a los creyentes a ir en peregrinaci\u00f3n, y debido a la apetura de nuevas rutas mar\u00edtimas entre Irlanda y Galicia, no costaba tanto viajar. Adem\u00e1s de desarrollar los lazos pol\u00edticos y religiosos entre Irlanda y Espa\u00f1a, el Camino de Santiago ofrec\u00eda a los peregrinos irlandeses una posibilidad de viajar y de vivir una nueva experiencia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A pesar de la ca\u00edda del n\u00famero de peregrinos debido a las leyes anticat\u00f3licas del siglo XVIII y XIX, el culto al ap\u00f3stol permanec\u00eda lo suficientemente afianzado como para resistir la opresi\u00f3n religiosa. Con el paso del tiempo, la peregrinaci\u00f3n iba abandonado un lugar predominante dentro de la pr\u00e1ctica religiosa, gracias a la preocupaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s existencial del catolicismo irland\u00e9s. Sin embargo, la fuerza de la memoria cultural de los siglos anteriores logr\u00f3 mantener la importancia del ap\u00f3stol Santiago, as\u00ed como cierta querencia hacia el Camino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoy en d\u00eda, viajan miles de irlandeses anualmente a Francia, Portugal y Espa\u00f1a para empezar su camino hacia Santiago por razones muy distintas. Mientras que la religi\u00f3n ya no es el \u00fanico motivo para ir en peregrinaci\u00f3n como lo era durante la Edad Media, los irlandeses que emprenden este viaje hoy lo hacen con una misma meta, llegar a Santiago y vivir una experiencia de desarrollo personal. A lo largo del camino, estos mismos irlandeses pueden conocer y entender los v\u00ednculos que todav\u00eda hoy existen entre Irlanda y Galicia as\u00ed como el patrimonio compartido de las naciones c\u00e9lticas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ante la situaci\u00f3n de movimiento restringido al que nos enfrentamos\nante la COVID-19, merece la pena redescubrir uno de los rincones m\u00e1s irlandeses\nde Espa\u00f1a; el Camino de Santiago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Texto: Philip McGuinness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#0071a1\" class=\"has-text-color\">Today,\nthe Camino de Santiago is known as one of Europe\u2019s most popular walking routes,\nattracting thousands of pilgrims and tourists every year. Following the\nconsecration of the remains of St. James by the Bishop of Iria-Flavia in\nGalicia in 813 B.C. and the growth of pilgrimage to Santiago under the\npatronage of the monarchs of Le\u00f3n and Castilia throughout the High Middle Ages,\nthe \u2018Camino\u2019 grew to become the world\u2019s third most important pilgrimage route.\nNevertheless, what still remains to be fully understood in Ireland is the story\nof Irish pilgrims and the importance of pilgrimage to Irish Christians in the\ncontext of the European religious context of the High Middle Ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#0071a1\" class=\"has-text-color\">According to the latest historical research, the first Irish pilgrims to Santiago were Benedictine or Augustinian monks residing in European monasteries, mainly in France or Germany. Nowadays, historians agree that the first mass pilgrim route between Ireland and Spain was established during the High Middle Ages (12<sup>th<\/sup> or 13<sup>th<\/sup> centuries), as the discovery of pilgrims shells in excavations of the monasteries of Tuam and Mullingar appear to show. Although this route between Ireland and Spain was not immediately accessible during this early period, the cult St. James began to embed itself firmly within Irish Christian practice. Thus, it is worth remembering that Dublin\u2019s \u2018St James\u2019 Gate\u2019 takes its name from the \u2018pilgrim hotels\u2019 established along the banks of the River Liffey which housed Irish pilgrims before they set off for Spain during the 12<sup>th<\/sup> and 13<sup>th<\/sup> centuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/files\/2020\/11\/catedral_Santigao_de_Compostela_500.jpg\" alt=\"Image of the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral\" class=\"wp-image-12896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/files\/2020\/11\/catedral_Santigao_de_Compostela_500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.cervantes.es\/dublin\/files\/2020\/11\/catedral_Santigao_de_Compostela_500-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Santiago de Compostela Cathedral  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#0071a1\" class=\"has-text-color\">Later on, the 16<sup>th<\/sup> and 17<sup>th<\/sup> centuries signalled a new chapter in the development of the cult of St. James in Ireland. That is to say, with the coming of the Catholic alliance between Ireland\u2019s Gaelic chieftains and Philip II of Spain, the connections between Ireland and Spain grew ever stronger. Moreover, after the designation of so-called \u2018Jubilee Years\u2019 by the Catholic Church, introduced to require Christians to undertake regular pilgrimages, and the opening of sea routes between Ireland and Spain, it was no longer so difficult to travel between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#0071a1\" class=\"has-text-color\">Despite the fall in pilgrim numbers owing to the impositions of the Penal Laws of the 18<sup>th<\/sup> and 19<sup>th<\/sup> centuries, the cult of St. James remained sufficiently embedded as to resist the religious oppression of the time. With the passing of time, the idea of pilgrimage thus came to occupy a lesser position within Irish life, such was the more existential concern of the Catholic Church. Nonetheless, the strength of cultural memory of previous centuries ensured the place of St. James and with it, a certain fondness of the Camino de Santiago. Today, thousands of Irish men and women travel to Portugal, France and Spain for different reasons to begin their journey to Santiago. Whilst religion is no longer the sole reason for doing so as it was during the Middle Ages, the Irish who undertake this journey today do so with the same goal; to reach the city of Santiago and to undergo a process of personal development. Along the way, these Irish men and women come to discover and understand the enduring connections between Ireland and Galicia and with it the shared heritage of Celtic nations. With the restrictions we are all facing at present, it is worthwhile rediscovering one of the most Irish corners of Spain: the Camino de Santiago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#0071a1\" class=\"has-text-color\">Text by Philip McGuinness <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hoy en d\u00eda, el Camino de Santiago es conocido como una de las rutas m\u00e1s populares de toda Europa, que atrae cada a\u00f1o a miles de peregrinos y turistas. Tras la consagraci\u00f3n de los restos de Santiago en el a\u00f1o 813 d. 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