Sunday, 24 December 2017

St. Bridhe of the Mantle - A Legend of Saint Brigid at Christmas

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St. Bridhe of the Mantle. LEGEND OF THE MARY OF IRELAND. The following legend is told of St. Brigid, whose feast is celebrated on ...
Thursday, 12 October 2017

Saint Fiacc of Sletty and Saint Patrick's Gift

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Saint Fiacc of Sletty had a bad leg. Saint Patrick heard of it, and sent him a chariot and a pair of horses, to enable him to get about....
Saturday, 17 June 2017

Saint Colum Cille: A Farewell Prayer

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As this is the octave day of the feast, we bid farewell to the festival of Saint Colum Cille  with a farewell prayer from our Irish Redem...
Friday, 16 June 2017

Saint Colum Cille: 'another Saint John on Patmos'

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During the four extra years of life granted to Saint Colum Cille he exercised his gift of prophecy to the full, including the sight of ...
Thursday, 15 June 2017

Saint Colum Cille: The Golden Moon Sinking

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The hagiographers present Saint Colum Cille as anxious to depart this world and to take his place in heaven. The people among whom he liv...
Wednesday, 14 June 2017

Saint Colum Cille and Connla the Craftsman

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Continuing the series of vignettes from the Life of Saint Colum Cille with the story of Connla the Craftsman. Here Saint Colum Cille uses...
Tuesday, 13 June 2017

Saint Colum Cille and the Duel Fought in Ireland

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Yesterday we looked at the granting of the gift of prophecy to Saint Colum Cille and today we see an example of this gift in use as our...