Hibernian Saint's Feast Days
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DATE |
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| 01 February | St. Brigid |
Born in 451 or 452 of princely ancestors at Faughart, near Dundalk, County
Louth; d. 1 February, 525, at Kildare. Refusing many good offers of marriage,
she became a nun and received the veil from St. Macaille. With seven other
virgins she settled for a time at the foot of Croghan Hill, but removed thence
to Druin Criadh, in the plains of Magh Life, where under a large oak tree she... |
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| 17 March | St. Patricks Day |
Apostle of Ireland, born at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland, in the
year 387; died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, 17 March, 493. Some sources
say 460 or 461. --Ed. |
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| 16 May | St. Brendan |
St. Brendan of Ardfert and Clonfert, known also as Brendan the Voyager, was born in
Ciarraighe Luachra, near the present city of Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland, in 484;
he died at Enachduin, now Annaghdown, in 577. He was baptized at Tubrid, near Ardfert,
by Bishop Erc. For five years he was educated under St. Ita, "the Brigid of Munster",
and he completed his studies under St. Erc, who ordained him priest in 512. Between
the years 512 and 530 St. Brendan built monastic cells at Ardfert, and at Shanakeel
or Baalynevinoorach, at the foot of Brandon Hill. |
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| 09 June | St. Columcille (Columba) |
Abbot of Iona, b. at Garten, County Donegal, Ireland, 7 December, 521; d. 9 June, 597.
He belonged to the Clan O'Donnell, and was of royal descent. His father's name was
Fedhlimdh and that of his mother Eithne. On his father's side he was great-great-grandson
of Niall of the Nine Hostages, an Irish king of the fourth century. |
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| 11 July | Blessed Oliver Plunkett |
Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland, born at Loughcrew near Oldcastle, County Meath,
Ireland, 1629; died 11 July, 1681. His is the brightest name in the Irish Church throughout the
whole period of persecution. He was connected by birth with the families which had just then
been ennobled, the Earls of Roscommon and Fingall, as well as with Lords Louth and Dunsany. |
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| 21 August |
Our Lady of Knock (Marian Apparition) |
Our Lady, Saint Joseph and Saint John the Evangelist appeared in a blaze of light at
the south gable of Saint John the Baptist Church, Knock, County Mayo, Ireland. They
appeared to float about two feet above the ground, and each would occassionally move
toward the visionaries, and then away from them. The Blessed Virgin Mary was clothed
in white robes with... |
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| All October | October is Rosary Month |
The month of October each year is dedicated to the Most Holy Rosary. This is primarily
due to the fact that the liturgical feast of Our Lady of the Rosary is celebrated annually
on October 7. It was instituted to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary in gratitude for the protection
that she gives the Church in answer to the praying of the Rosary by the faithful. |
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| 23 November | St. Columban |
Columban was the greatest of the Irish missionaries who worked on the European continent. As a young
man he was greatly tormented by temptations of the flesh, and sought the advice of a religious woman
who had lived a hermit's life for years. He saw in her answer a call to leave the world. He went first
to a monk on an island in Lough Erne, then to the great monastic seat of learning at Bangor. |
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| January 1, 1892 | Annie Moore steps onto Ellis Island |
It was December in 1891. Annie Moore stood in line with her two younger brothers, Philip and Anthony.
They were waiting to board the SS Nevada, a ship that would take them from Ireland to New York.
Annie's red hair blew in the breeze and tears fell from her green eyes. She could not believe they
were leaving their Irish homeland. |
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