Downpatrick
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Downpatrick is a historic town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the Lecale peninsula, about 21 mi south of Belfast. In the Middle Ages, it was the capital of the Dál Fiatach, the main ruling
View west along English Street towards Downpatrick Cathedral geograph.org.uk 2448646
Saint Patrick Centre, Downpatrick, February 2010
Inch abbey near Downpatrick geograph.org.uk 740083
Struell Wells, October 2009
Saint Patrick
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Saint Patrick was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, the other patron saints being
Downpatrick
…Downpatrick (from Irish Dún Pádraig, meaning 'Patrick's fort') is a historic town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the Lecale peninsula, about 21 mi (34 km) south of Belfast. In the Middle Ages…
Stained-glass window of Saint Patrick from Church of the Assumption, Our Lady's Island, County Wexford, Ireland
The reputed burial place of Saint Patrick in Downpatrick
Late Roman Britain
A stained-glass window in St Patrick's Church, Ballymena, showing him as a shepherd near Slemish mountain