Patrick and his companions arrived in Ireland with a dual mission: to minister to the small number of Christians there and to convert the Irish. Illustration from ‘Ireland’s Crown of Thorns and Roses’ ...

St. Patrick, the primary patron saint of Ireland, is synonymous with the Emerald Isle, having converted the largely pagan society to Christianity in the fifth century. In the centuries that have ...

St. Patrick’s Day draws near, and with it the perennial question of how best to remember this most revered Irish saint. With the Irish scattered since the middle of the 19th century across the world, ...