Happy "Sure-you're-Irish" Day!
Unlike some of my friends of Irish heritage (and my oldest son), I quite like St. Patrick's Day. I find it distinctly amusing to watch all these Americans using a so-called Holy Day to get absolutely shit-faced, and then turn around and endure at least 8 hours of work the next day. And when you consider that St. Patrick's Day is held on the
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Put some Tums in your pocket and enjoy the Family. Happy "Love the Irish" Day!
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What sources are you drawing upon to come to the conclusion that Patrick killed off the pagans? Not that he converted them, not that he confronted them, but that he was directly responsible for thier deaths.
That probably comes off sounding more confrontational than I meant...
What I mean is: There are only two surviving letters from Patrick himself, and one of them is quite detailed concerning his life. There aren't really any contemporary accounts of his deeds that I recall.
There are two accounts of his life that come afterward, from Tirechan in the Book of Armagh, and from the Vita Sancti Patricii. Both of these were written well past the time of Patrick's death in 493... they were written in the late 600's. Tirechan's book depicts Patrick as a combative and "kill 'em all" type of figure, however, his depiction of Patrick contradicts what Patrick stated about himself in his own letters.
So I was just curious...
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It doesn't really take much to get an Irisher uptight about their own history! ;-)
No, I was just taught from pretty much birth that Tirechan's account was more accurate than Patrick's own, you know, because Patrick's letter was mostly just a justification for everything he did in Ireland, and why the Early Church should support his way over any other evangelist's working in Ireland at the time.
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He was a Celt, after all....
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