St Patrick, a Welshman that could swim
17 March 2005, 01:35 PM
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St Patrick, a Welshman that could swim
Maybe i should celebrate it after all.
"Probably the most famous 'Welsh' missionary is St Patrick, who began the conversion of the Irish people. Ireland would later send out its own missionaries all over western Europe, and Patrick became acknowledged as the patron saint of the island"
"Probably the most famous 'Welsh' missionary is St Patrick, who began the conversion of the Irish people. Ireland would later send out its own missionaries all over western Europe, and Patrick became acknowledged as the patron saint of the island"
18 March 2005, 10:50 AM
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Spot on Dai bach, and just to further cloud the issue - Patrick was Roman and was nicked by Niall of the Nine Hostages from Wales when just a young lad, before escaping after several years of bad treatment, and ending up in a French monastery from where he decided to return to Ireland to convert them.
An alternative view, of course, is that Welsh are the Irish who couldn't swim.
Still, better than being a Heinz 57 Angle/Saxon/ Huguenot/ Dutch/ Norman/ etc mongrel
An alternative view, of course, is that Welsh are the Irish who couldn't swim.
Still, better than being a Heinz 57 Angle/Saxon/ Huguenot/ Dutch/ Norman/ etc mongrel
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18 March 2005, 11:02 AM
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Nice article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists...440731,00.html
"...It seems bizarre that the patron saint of the English is someone who's famous for killing an animal. If St George had done the deed in this country, he'd have faced angry demonstrations from weeping childless women in their fifties demanding the setting up of a dragon sanctuary. The government would have been forced into banning the hunting of dragons with saints, while the Countryside Alliance claimed that the reptile actually enjoyed the sport...."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists...440731,00.html
"...It seems bizarre that the patron saint of the English is someone who's famous for killing an animal. If St George had done the deed in this country, he'd have faced angry demonstrations from weeping childless women in their fifties demanding the setting up of a dragon sanctuary. The government would have been forced into banning the hunting of dragons with saints, while the Countryside Alliance claimed that the reptile actually enjoyed the sport...."