St Patrick was actually a Roman Briton, who was kidnapped by Irish raiders, spirited across the sea and enslaved, aged 16. How did he become Ireland’s national hero?
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According to one tradition, both men knew one another closely and were each involved in promulgating Christianity in Ireland.
The holiday used to be a solemn feast day when you’d be far more likely to see the color blue.
Eclipsed by the more popular Saint Patrick, Gertrude of Nivelles is also celebrated today, a holy woman who somewhat inexplicably became the patron saint of cats.
Irish language and culture, not Guinness and Leprechaun costumes, were at the heart of early St Patrick’s Day celebrations.
St Patrick chose Ireland over the place of his birth – but where was that exactly?
There are many myths associated with St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. But Patrick’s own writings and early biographies reveal the person behind the legend.
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Lecturer in Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth University
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