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A tale about St Patrick
Do you know where this day originates from and why we celebrate it? Read on…
St. Patrick was born in South Wales, his father was a Roman
called Calpornius. When he was about 16 years old he was
taken by Irish raiders led by the infamous “Niall of the nine
hostages”. They took him to Ireland to a place called Mount
Slemish near the present town of Ballymena.
There, he worked as a slave for six years. During this time
he had several dreams where God told him he must escape
from Ireland and become a priest. He walked 200 miles to the
coast where he escaped to Scotland, returning home, and
eventually going to France where he became a priest and then
a Bishop. He was Bishop of Auxerre in France for 12 years. He
was haunted by dreams of the people of Ireland calling him to
return and bring Christianity to Ireland which was, at the time,
a pagan land. In 432AD Pope Celestine decided to send him on
a mission to convert the Irish to Christianity. St Patrick arrived in
Ireland in the winter of 432AD.
Christian faith later on. So if you are a Christian today with some lineage to
Ireland, you may well owe a debt to St. Patrick himself.
He died on March 17th 493AD and was buried in a place called Down Patrick.
In recent years, St. Patrick’s Day has been celebrated at the Level 3 Bar in
Seychelles. On St Patrick’s Day 2014, Level 3 Bar was renamed “Rogan’s Irish Bar”,
making it the first Irish Bar in Seychelles.
This year St Patrick’s Day will fall on Tuesday 17th March.
You will find all the traditional celebrations at Rogan’s Irish Bar.
A VERY HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S
DAY TO YOU ALL!
SLÁINTE! (GOOD HEALTH)
Many stories have been told about what happened next.
He converted the whole of Ireland in around 30 years. He
is responsible for the 29th of February being a day when
the ladies can propose marriage. This was to help speed
up wedding proposals in cases where the men might be a
bit slow or shy. He used the Shamrock, a three-leaf plant of
the clover family, to help explain the trinity to his flock. His
converts became the new stronghold of Christianity in Europe,
and Ireland shone the light of the Christian faith throughout
the dark ages in Europe, and sent missionaries to return the
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