St Patrick
St Patrick’s pilgrims: Saul tradition reflects on patron saint’s legacy
Almost 1,600 years after St Patrick arrived in Ireland, hundreds joined a pilgrimage in his honour in Saul, outside Downpatrick
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St Patrick’s Day festivities ‘the biggest party in the world’
An emotional Patrick Kielty, who is this year’s grand marshal, said he was ‘the proudest man in Ireland’.
US parades cap St Patrick’s Day celebrations – a little early
Americans have celebrated their Irish heritage by marking the country’s feast day, one day ahead of March 17.
Dana walks St Patrick's Way in Downpatrick
Eurovision winner Dana has led a 31-strong pilgrimage on St Patrick's Way, walking in the footsteps of the saint who inspired her latest song, Light the Fire
Publication of Saint Patrick book a fitting tribute to Fr Aidan Larkin SSC
On Friday we will celebrate St Patrick's Day, yet despite the patron saint's ubiquity – he is arguably Ireland's most famous ambassador – relatively little is known about him.
Annual Down and Connor pilgrimage returns to Saul
THE annual pilgrimage to Saul Mountain in Co Down was held on Sunday for the first time since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
March isn't just Saint Patrick's month - there's another Irish saint we should remember
MARCH is Saint Patrick's month, with his efforts to spread Christianity and - supposedly - banish snakes from our shores rightly meriting commemoration of his death, on March 17 461.
Fr Gerry McFlynn: We need to reclaim the 'Saint Patrick's difference'
AS a child, I loved St Patrick's Day.