Sometime after 431 AD, Patrick was appointed as successor to St Palladius, the first bishop of Ireland. Patrick established his headquarters at Armagh. Towards the end of his life, Patrick wrote ...
Saint Patrick was a real guy...a 5th century bishop to the Christian communities in Ireland. But the notion that he was the FIRST Christian missionary to Ireland is actually not true.
Here's the real reason behind that green beer you're drinking. We typically associate Saint Patrick's Day with drinking green ...
Ireland’s national day, the 17 March, reputedly celebrates the day of the death of the national apostle, St Patrick, in the second half of the fifth century. The day was listed as a saint’s ...
St Patrick lived in the 5th Century and is understood to have played a major part in converting the Irish to Christianity. He is traditionally associated with the shamrock plant, which he used to ...
Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is thought to have grown up in Britain in the 5th century AD, during Roman times and to have first come to Ireland as a kidnapped slave. Once he was ...