Thursday, 31 January 2013

Vignettes from the Lives of the Irish Saints: The Vision of Saint Finan Lobhar

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As January 31 is both the feastday of Saint Maedoc and the eve of the feast of Saint Brigid, I couldn't resist this story of a vision a...
Monday, 24 December 2012

Patrons in Poetry: Saint Brigid's Lullabies

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Below is a poem by Ethel Rolt-Wheeler (1869-1958) which draws on the legend that Saint Brigid assisted at the birth of Christ, an event made...
Thursday, 13 December 2012

Saint Brigid and Saint Lucy

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December 13 is the feast of Saint Lucy of Syracuse, an early virgin martyr whose feastday is still celebrated in Lutheran Sweden. There i...
Tuesday, 11 December 2012

Prayers to our Patrons: For those at home and far away

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Brian O'Higgins (1934) The 1934 edition of the Prayers of an Irish Mother , published by Brian O'Higgins at his Dublin offic...
Friday, 7 December 2012

The Nativity of Saint Colum Cille, December 7

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December 7 sees the commemoration on some of the Irish calendars of the birth of Saint Colum Cille (Columba). The Martyrology of Gorman reco...
Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Sechnall's Praise of Saint Patrick

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November 27 is the feast of Saint Seachnall (Sechnall) to whom tradition ascribes the authorship of the hymn in praise of Saint Patrick Au...
Friday, 16 November 2012

Ireland's Patrons and the Norman Conquerers

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In his  magnum opus ,  The Monks of the West , the 19th-century Anglo-French writer, the Comte de Montalembert, records this popular account...