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Well if you plan any Ireland tours there will be certainly a Shamrock connection on websites , stationery , or when you are in Ireland …. the fields !!! In fact I would call it a must see attraction on any tours of Ireland. The Shamrock is one of the most distinctive symbols of Ireland. It [...]
On any Ireland tours the name of Saint Patrick will be sure to crop up. He is the patron saint of Ireland after all !!! When Saint Patrick first arrived in Ireland , early in the fifth century AD , it is likely that even earlier missionaries had preceded him in attempts to woo the Druids [...]
One of Dublins two protestant cathedrals. It is the National Cathedral of the chuch of Ireland. It was built on a site where Saint Patrick is said to have baptized the pagan Irish. It began as a college of priests and became a cathedral around 1220. It was the largest church in medieval Ireland and was built in a [...]
Every area of Ireland has its particular saint, as do more or less all days in the Irish calender. Apart from Patrick, Columba and Brendan, the best known, there are a number of others worthy of special mention here. Among them is St. Brigid founded a religious order which reputedly featured a perpetual fire tended [...]
Patrick was brought to Ireland as a slave and taken to Antrim where he was sold to a local landowner, Meliuc, who put him to work as a shepherd. For six long years Patrick lived upon Slemish mountain with only his sheep for company. The land was bleak and the conditions harsh but Patrick found [...]
Ireland is a hugely appealing land. Its people are world famous for their warmth, friendliness and wit, their genuine love of words and sense of fun, their music and dance, and their ability to rise above the troubles of a turbulent history. With the popular revival of all things Celtic has come a new buoyancy [...]