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Appearance. " Saint Patrick's Breastplate " is an Old Irish prayer of protection of the " lorica " type (hence " Lorica Sancti Patricii ", or "The Lorica of Saint Patrick") attributed to Saint Patrick. Its title is given as Faeth Fiada in the 11th-century Liber Hymnorum that records the text. This has been interpreted as the "Deer's Cry" by ...
Slane (trad. Irish) Published. 6th or 8th century (trans. 1912) Translations into English, Modern Irish and Scottish Gaelic. " Be Thou My Vision " (Old Irish: Rop tú mo baile or Rob tú mo bhoile) is a traditional Christian hymn of Irish origin. The words are based on a Middle Irish poem that has traditionally been attributed to Dallán Forgaill.
Saint Patrick (Latin: Patricius; Irish: Pádraig [ˈpˠɑːɾˠɪɟ] or [ˈpˠaːd̪ˠɾˠəɟ]; Welsh: Padrig) 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 Brigid of Kildare and Columba.
May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you. 25. May you have the health to wear it. 26. May the luck of the Irish possess you. May the devil fly off with your worries. May God bless you forever ...
It is a South American species of wood sorrel Oxalis regnellii. Linnaeus based his information that the Irish ate shamrock on the comments of English Elizabethan authors such as Edmund Spenser who remarked that the shamrock used to be eaten by the Irish, especially in times of hardship and famine.
"Molly Malone" is the essential St. Patrick's Day pub song and no self-respecting Irish songs' playlist is complete without this time-honored folk tune. Period. Period. 'Danny Boy' by the Irish Tenors
Psalm 23. Meter. 8.7.8.7. Melody. "Dominus Regit Me" by John Bacchus Dykes. The King of Love My Shepherd Is is an 1868 hymn with lyrics written by Henry Williams Baker, based on the Welsh version of Psalm 23 and the work of Edmund Prys. [1][2][3] It is most often sung to one of four different melodies: "Dominus Regit Me", composed by John ...
Melody. "St. Catherine" by Henri F. Hemy. " Faith of our Fathers " is a Catholic hymn, written in 1849 [1] by Frederick William Faber in memory of the Catholic Martyrs from the time of the establishment of the Church of England by Henry VIII and Elizabeth. [2] Faber wrote two versions of the hymn: one with seven stanzas for Ireland, and another ...