Fado, Fado Thainig Fear Go Dti An Eirrann.........
Patrick or Patricius was born in 387 AD at Bennavente Burniae believed to be in today's Wales. His father name was Calpornius and his mother was called Conchessa. When he was 16, Niall of the Nine Hostages captured him and sold him to a farmer named Milchu in Antrim. Patrick tended to pigs and sheep for 6 years before he escaped...
He says God spoke to him in a dream telling him a ship was waiting for him at Waterford. It took him to France from where he returned home. Voices told him to return to Ireland and teach the pagan people there about Jesus...
Patrick went to St. Martins monastery in Tours, France to train as a priest. After going back to Roman Britain he met with Pope Celestine and told him about hearing God's voice.The Pope sent Patrick to Ireland in 432 AD after another missionary Pallaclius died. Patrick famously used the shamrock to explain the Trinity which has remained associated with him and the Irish ever since...
Two letters survive from him, 'Confesso' a short account of his life and mission and a 'Letter to the soldiers of Corolicus' excommunicating them when they carried away some of his converts as slaves...
Happy St. Patrick's Day - wrote this a few years ago and set it in letterpress as a greetings card - song is just some great trad rock shows Dublin 40 years ago, not much has changed...
ps...the Irish is...Long long ago a man came to Ireland...
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Bogart...and to you...the world goes green today...
(only lights I think) but I don't think it was done before...
Thank you.
May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day.
May songbirds serenade you every step along the way.
May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue.
And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.
May love and laughter light your days, and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours, wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world with joy that long endures.
May all life's passing seasons bring the best to you and yours.
May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields.
And until we meet again, May God hold you in the hollow of his hand.
Irish Blessings