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All around the country today, on this unprecedented St Patrick’s Day with the country in lockdown, people stood out in their gardens or sat around the kitchen and sang one of Ireland’s anthems, Oró Sé Do Bheatha Bhaile.
There was undoubtedly more hardship to contend with then, from constant threat of pagan kings, to a creaking health system that relied more on nettles than morphine.
St Patrick is now one of the world’s best known Catholic figures but the earliest known celebration of the saint is believed to have been held on March 17, 1631, marking the anniversary of his death in the 5th century. In that year, bubonic plague raged across parts of Europe, especially impacting Italy where the epidemic […]
As Ireland attempts to avoid the devastating impact of Covid-19 experienced in Italy, Pope Francis was meanwhile spotted walking deserted Roman streets to churches where people historically prayed for an end to plagues besetting the country.
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Professor of Immunology, Kingston Mills, has called on the authorities to cancel the St Patrick’s Day festival, as cases of the coronavirus begin to climb in Ireland. Do you agree? VOTE ABOVE #gript
A professor of immunology has called on the authorities to cancel the St Patrick’s Day festival, as cases of the coronavirus begin to climb in Ireland.