Popular legend has it that St. Patrick stood on a hilltop, Croagh Patrick (now an important site of pilgrimage in Ireland), ...

In modern times, many know of the legends that St. Patrick rid Ireland of snakes and that he taught the idea of the holy trinity by using a shamrock. According to Waidler, the stories attributing ...

St. Patrick's Day and all of its merriment is on ... Two fun facts about Patrick – he didn't lead all the snakes out of Ireland and he was never formally canonized as a saint by the Catholic ...

Overwhelmingly, however, most of what is commonly associated with St Patrick isn’t true. From him introducing Christianity to the Irish to driving all the snakes out of Ireland, his story is ...

Whether you credit him with banishing snakes, bringing Christianity, or giving us a bank holiday weekend, St Patrick's Day is undoubtedly an excellent chance to celebrate our small country.

The icon refers to one of Patrick’s legendary miracles in which he is said to have prayed to banish all snakes from Ireland. However, as a historian of medieval Ireland, I can assure you that the real ...

Ireland elevates St. Brigid alongside St. Patrick, reclaiming its forgotten female saint and marking a dramatic shift from Catholic conservatism to progressive nation ...

While he didn’t really use a drum to get all of the snakes out of Ireland ... have in the seventh century is a tomb or the body of St. Patrick.” The Mourne granite slab marking the traditional ...

From bar hopping at the Leprechaun Crawl to trying Rocky Mountain Oysters (yes, really), here's your guide to celebrating St. Paddy's Day in Nevada.

Popular legend has it that St. Patrick stood on a hilltop, Croagh Patrick (now an important site of pilgrimage in Ireland), and banished all the snakes from Ireland using a wooden staff. Over 100,000 ...