Dedicated to the Irish & Irish at Heart all around the World!
I ought unceasingly to give thanks to God who often pardoned my folly and my carelessness, and on more than one occasion spared His great wrath on me, who was chosen to be His helper and who was slow to do as was shown me and as the Spirit suggested. Saint Patrick, Confessio, translated from Latin
The history of Saint Patrick, Ireland's patron saint, who is credited by myths with bringing Christianity to the Irish and driving the snakes out of Ireland. ...
But how much do we know about him? Did you know that he spent six years of slavery in Ireland until he escaped and undertook religious training abroad? Many folk ask the question 'Why is the Shamrock the National Flower of Ireland ?' The reason is that St. Patrick used it to explain the Holy Trinity to the Irish.
Saint Patrick is believed to have been born in Britain ( not Ireland) the late fourth century, and is often confused with Palladius, a bishop who was sent by Pope Celestine in 431 to be the first bishop to the Irish believers in Christ.
