Topic: Ireland

For the Irish, however, the shamrock is a symbolic representation of an identity - one that started with the long journey of St Patrick to Ireland. Later, early Christians adopted this belief and used it as a symbol of the Holy Trinity ...

History of St. Patrick's Day

It's believed that St. Patrick was born in the year 385 AD. a Druid chieftain in County Mayo near Killala, where Patrick spent the next After his ordination as a priest, he was sent back to Ireland with two main goals - ...

The history of Orangemen's Day

Orangemen?s Day celebrates two 17th century victories by William of Orange over the Catholic Jacobite army in the 1690?s. James II was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the England, Scotland and Ireland. The Battle of Aughrim and the victory of ...

Ireland in the Middle Ages

Ireland in the Middle Ages had a golden age when Europe was in turmoil after the fall of the Roman Empire. To begin with, Ireland in the Middle Ages had many kingdoms. When he died, they continued his work and within 100 ...
Margaret Aylward who was the founder and Mother Superior of theIrish Sisters of the Holy Faith spent six months in the Grangegorman Female Penitentiary, Rathdown Road in Stoneybatter after being accused of kidnapping a small child. The Ladies of Charity, six in ...
She just knew that it was in Ireland, she was quoted as saying, ' I just felt so sad that I had left them, I realised then that I had to go back, so I got out a map, and I instinctively ...
Born (probably) Maewyn Succat in the latter half of the 4th century, in either Scotland or Roman England. After receiving blessings from the Pope he set out to Ireland, where he began converting the Gaelic Irish, then Pagans to Christianity. Patrick was ...

The Story of Ancient Dublin

Throughout all of Europe there are many cities that are so rich in land and in history. They ruled Dublin from 841 to 999 and for most of the countries early years were under the rule of Brian Boru, who ended Ireland's ...

Paedophile Priests

According to the Times newspaper in the UK this Easter weekend ?The Archbishop of Dublin today said he was " stunned" to hear the Archbishop of Canterbury declare that the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland has lost all credibility because of the ...
It was the shamrock that Saint Patrick used to explain the Holy Trinity to the pre-Christian Irish. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit followed naturally behind Love, Valor, and Wit ? Faith, Hope, and Charity ? Sky, Earth, and Underworld.When Saint Patrick came ...