Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs together with Trinity College Dublin and the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities are collaborating to fund the restoration of a previously ...
St. Patrick is one of the most popular Christian saints, yet it is remarkable how little is known about his life. In "St. Patrick of Ireland: A Biography," Philip Freeman tries to separate fact from ...
He is the primary patron saint of Ireland, but was most likely born in Roman Britain and didn’t make it to the Emerald Isle ...
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 ...
Born to an aristocratic British family in the fifth century, Patrick was kidnapped by slave raiders at age 15 and sold to an Irish farmer. After six years of tending sheep he escaped, walked 200 miles ...
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 ...