📖 Ancient Restoration

The medieval ruins of Turlough Abbey, Co Mayo. St Patrick began his ministry here in the year 441 AD.

Jonathan Swift in 1712 notes that Parliament in London is closed for St Patrick's Day & saw so many crosses in the Mall he thought all the world Irish! Thomas Dingley on tour in the Kingdom of Ireland, 1681 - records wearing of green, shamrock, scenes of…

Jonathan Swift in 1712 notes that Parliament in London is closed for St Patrick's Day & saw so many crosses in the Mall he thought all the world Irish! Thomas Dingley on tour in the Kingdom of Ireland, 1681 - records wearing of green, shamrock, scenes of thanksgiving & drinking.

At the foot of Croagh Patrick, Ireland's holy mountain, Co Mayo.

The Life of Patrick recounts of how a miracle averted a war between the O'Neill & Ulster tribes over possession of the saints body. Instead, the body was placed into an ox-drawn cart, & under God's guidance they chose Downpatrick ('Patrick's fortress') as…

The grave of St Patrick, Downpatrick. “In Down, three saints one grave do fill, Patrick, Brigid and Columcille”.

According to folklore, on the day of Judgement Christ will judge all other nations, while St Patrick will be the judge of the Irish.

"I saw a vision of the night.. A man named Victoricus coming from Ireland gave me a letter - 'The voice of the Irish'.. the voice of those around the wood of Foclut which is close to the Western Sea. And I was broken hearted." - Confession of Saint Patrick

17 March: feast of Saint Patrick, the Apostle of Ireland - Missionary, priest, first Bishop of Armagh, and patron saint of Ireland, where he died on this day in 493 AD.

17 March: feast of Saint Patrick, the Apostle of Ireland - Missionary, priest, first Bishop of Armagh, and patron saint of Ireland, where he died on this day in 493 AD.

“The Celts thought of their gods as giants, and portrayed them as such. On grassy hillsides around Britain, huge figures, principally of horses and men, can still be seen cut into the chalk. These representations are largely thought to be pre-Roman in origin”

“The Celts thought of their gods as giants, and portrayed them as such. On grassy hillsides around Britain, huge figures, principally of horses and men, can still be seen cut into the chalk. These representations are largely thought to be pre-Roman in origin”