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#OTD in Irish History | 17 March:
In the Liturgical calendar, today is the feast day of St Patrick, Ireland’s patron saint. It is a public holiday in Ireland, Montserrat and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador and widely celebrated across the world.
1762 – St Patrick’s Day is celebrated in New York City for the first time at the Crown and Thistle Tavern.
1776 – General George Washington used the password ‘St…
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Resting after a job well done? by National Library of Ireland on The Commons
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When you can fill a gap in one fell swoop, why not take the opportunity? Mr. Sampson of Downpatrick, while building a drystone wall, pulled this rock out of the ground and filled a great big gap, saving him a whole lot of digging and lifting!! Well, he probably built the wall up on either side of the rock and used it in situ, but now he can rest after his labours! Photographer: Robert French Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection Date: Circa 1865 - 1914 NLI Ref: L_CAB_05093 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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MrUlster 20220612 - PXL_20220612_163224318 by Allan LEONARD
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Irish Coin Daily: Silver Farthing of John de Curcy, Lord of Ulster, (Second 'Anonymous' Coinage)
Date: c. 1195
John De Courcy, Lord of Ulster, Farthing, anonymous issue, Downpatrick Mint.
Description:
John de Courcy, (1177-1205), Farthing, Anonymous ‘St Patrick’ issue (c.1185-c.1205), Cross Potent with Crescents coinage, Farthing, Downpatrick mint.
Weight: 0.32g
References:
Allen dies [this specimen not listed]
Withers [not listed]
SCBI Ulster 336, same obv. die; S 6227; DF 47
Edge…
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GOING TO SEE MY BOYFRIEND'S ALLEGED GRAVE TODAY 🥰🥰🥰
#nick just said that actually his grave's in armagh. okay. do you think the good people of downpatrick would lie to google maps like that#honeymoon#mp3
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Dun Briste, Downpatrick Head, Ireland
Photographer: Ryszard Lomnicki
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Photo credit: Countess of St Andrews
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Pul na Sean Tinne | Hole of the Old Fire
Pul na Sean Tinne, often referred to as a Blowhole, is an area of Downpatrick Head that provides visitors a clear view of the fault line which exists in rock formation. The softer rock has been eroded by the constant action of the waves and is evident at three locations where erosion has worked its way to the surface.
Pul na Sean Tinne is the largest area of collapse and has been recently…
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BARBARA RAE, R.A. (B. 1943)
Downpatrick: Late Sky
signed 'Rae' (lower right), inscribed 'Downpatrick - late sky' (on the stretcher)
acrylic, collage and metallic paint on canvas
Christie’s
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On March 17th 458, Mo Padraigh (Saint Patrick), Patron Saint of Ireland died.
There is a theory that St Patrick was born around the Dumbarton area in about the year 372, other sources put him further south in what is now Cumbria, the truth is nobody knows for certain. What is known that The Islands as we know them now were in the main occupied by The Romans.
It is said his father, whose name was Calpurnius, was in a respectable station in life, being municipal magistrate in the town in which he lived. What town this was, however, is not certainly known, whether Kilpatrick, a small village on the Clyde, five miles east of Dumbarton, Duntochar, another small village about a mile north of Kilpatrick, or Dumbarton itself. But as I said these are only the ares quoted in what is now Scotland I wont go into the ones saying England.
His father is supposed, (for nearly all that is recorded of the holy man is conjectural, or at best but inferential,) to have come to Scotland in a civil capacity with the Roman troops, under Theodosius. His mother, whose name was Cenevessa, was sister or niece of St Martin, bishop of Tours; and from this circumstance, it is presumed that his family were Christians.
He was captured as a teenager by Niall of the Nine Hostages who was to become a King of all Ireland.
He was sold into slavery in Ireland and put to work as a shepherd. He worked in terrible conditions for six years drawing comfort in the Christian faith that so many of his people had abandoned under Roman rule.
Patrick had a dream that encouraged him to flee his captivity and to head South where a ship was to be waiting for him. He travelled over 200 miles from his Northern captivity to Wexford town where, sure enough, a ship was waiting to enable his escape.
Patrick's devotion to Ireland started with a dream which he wrote about as.....
"I saw a man coming, as it were from Ireland. His name was Victoricus, and he carried many letters, and he gave me one of them. I read the heading: 'The Voice of the Irish.' As I began the letter, I imagined in that moment that I heard the voice of those very people who were near the wood of Foclut, which is beside the western sea-and they cried out, as with one voice: 'We appeal to you, holy servant boy, to come and walk among us.'"
The vision prompted his studies for the priesthood. He was ordained by St. Germanus, the Bishop of Auxerre, whom he had studied under for years, and was later ordained a bishop and sent to take the Gospel to Ireland.
Patrick arrived in Slane, Ireland on March 25, 433. There are several legends about what happened next, with the most prominent claiming he met the chieftan of one of the druid tribes, who tried to kill him. After an intervention from God, Patrick was able to convert the chieftain and preach the Gospel throughout Ireland. There, he converted many people -eventually thousands - and he began building churches across the country.
He often used shamrocks to explain the Holy Trinity and entire kingdoms were eventually converted to Christianity after hearing Patrick's message.
Patrick preached and converted all of Ireland for 40 years. He worked many miracles and wrote of his love for God in Confessions. After years of living in poverty, travelling and enduring much suffering he died March 17, 461.
He died at Saul, where he had built the first Irish church. He is believed to be buried in Down Cathedral, Downpatrick. His grave was marked in 1990 with a granite stone.
Saint Patrick's Day is observed on 17th March, the supposed date of his death. It is celebrated inside and outside Ireland as a religious and cultural holiday. In the dioceses of Ireland, it is both a solemnity and a holy day of obligation; it is also a celebration of Ireland itself, although recent events have meant it will be more subdued than normal. I once read many years ago that there is more alcohol in the world sold on St Patrick's Day than any other day of the year, and I quite believe that, but again am not getting into an argument.
A wee but more about the Scottish thing here...https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/saint-patrick-born-scotland
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Barbara Rae (British, b. 1943), Downpatrick: Late Sky, 2002. Acrylic, collage and metallic paint on canvas, 30.5 x 30.5 cm
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As an Irish person, so many places claim to be where st patricks buried that even I can barely keep track anymore dw. Have fun tho, glad you're liking it here :3
like i'm so happy for downpatrick but he is for sure not definitively in there <3 but slayyyy, claim what you must to fulfil the prophecy about three saints being buried there, i love the grind! it's a lovely place and we're having so much fun. everyone is so FRIENDLY !! thank fuck because i am a certified yapper
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