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St Patrick and the tricky old woman

St Patrick and the tricky old woman

by Eoin | Mar 13, 2021 | Places, Saints and People, Stories, The Schools Collection

SCHOOL: Adare Convent | ADDRESS: Adare, Co. Limerick Saint Patrick and The Old Woman St Patrick Visits Carrigogunnell Carrigogunnell is about 7 miles from Adare. It is a lovely little hill with an old castle on top. An old road ran from Limerick to Tarbert. Some...
St Patrick and the last serpent

St Patrick and the last serpent

by Eoin | Mar 13, 2021 | Places, Saints and People, Stories, The Schools Collection

SCHOOL: Barratitoppy | ADDRESS: Barratitoppy Lower, Co. Monaghan Saint Patrick and the last serpent It is five miles across the mountain to Altagowan where St Patrick is supposed to have converted the people of this district. Altagowan is supposed to be the glen...
St Patrick and the king of the serpents

St Patrick and the king of the serpents

by Eoin | Mar 12, 2021 | Places, Saints and People, Stories, The Schools Collection

SCHOOL: Baile an Bhile | ADDRESS: Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo St Patrick and the King of The Serpents. When Saint Patrick was banishing the serpents from Ireland the king of the serpents came to him and told him that he would call all the other serpents away...
St Patrick and the Man’s Soul

St Patrick and the Man’s Soul

by Eoin | Mar 12, 2021 | Places, Saints and People, Stories, The Schools Collection

SCHOOL: Baile Uí Mhurchadha, Borris | ADDRESS: Ballymurphy, Co. Carlow Saint Patrick and the dying man When St Patrick was in Ireland, there was a poor man at the point of death in a lonely place. He was living alone and he had no one to send for the priest. Our...
St. Patrick and the old pagan

St. Patrick and the old pagan

by Eoin | Mar 12, 2021 | Places, Saints and People, Stories, The Schools Collection

SCHOOL: Drumlish | ADDRESS: Drumlish, Co. Longford Saint Patrick and the Pagan sit down to eat An old pagan, whose name I forget, gave a dinner to St. Patrick at the townland of Aughnamoddha (called also Bohernameelthaugh) near Ennybegs. He put a cooked dog...
St. Patrick, Boyle and the trout

St. Patrick, Boyle and the trout

by Eoin | Mar 12, 2021 | Places, Saints and People, The Schools Collection

SCHOOL: Tamhnach tSeiscinn | ADDRESS: Kilcolman, Co. Limerick St Patrick. Trout. In Boyle there is a well known locally as “St Patrick’s Well.” It is said in the locality that St Patrick blessed this well. This well is situated on the bank of...
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