There are many myths associated with St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. But Patrick’s own writings and early ...

Historians agree that St Patrick was born in 373 AD in one of two possible locations - Dumbarton in Scotland or on the west ...

The 17 of March is St Patrick’s Day. Who was St Patrick and why is he the patron saint of Ireland? This is the story ...

In the old Irish calendar the day after St Patrick’s Day is Sheelah’s Day, in commemoration of the woman who many believe to ...

St. Patrick may be Ireland’s most famous saint, but a new biography for young readers sheds light on another great Irish holy ...

St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) is for the most part a secular affair. It’s a ritual tradition and celebration of drink and music, the traces of which date back to the 10th Century.

Everyone knows about St Patrick – the man who drove the snakes out of Ireland, defeated fierce druids in contests of magic and used the shamrock to explain the Christian Trinity to the pagan Irish. It ...

Hagiographies (writing on the lives of saints) give us a glimpse of the food culture of early medieval Ireland, when Patrick ...

In his writing, Patrick recounts how he was captured by raiders and sold into slavery in Ireland. Six years later, he ...

If the Patrick of legend is implacable and authoritative, the historical Patrick was a fascinatingly flawed man who was mired ...

Comparatively speaking, the fifth century CE is not an era from which there is much information outside the failing Roman ...

St Patrick (also known as Patricius or Pádraig ... and breaking the power of the druids. The entangled mix of history, myth and folklore that has been attached to the saint makes it difficult ...