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Dubthach maccu Lugair (fl. fifth century), [1] is a legendary Irish poet and lawyer who supposedly lived at the time of St Patrick's mission in Ireland and in the reign of Lóegaire mac Néill, high-king of Ireland, to which Dubthach served as Chief Poet and Brehon.
Erc, son of Dago, is believed to have been a pagan druid and the only member of King Laoghaire's retinue to pay homage to Saint Patrick during the latter's confrontation with the druids at the Hill of Slane [4] in 433. Dubhthach maccu Lugar was also a druid who paid tribute to St. Patrick and converted.
Icon of Saint Patrick from Christ the Savior Russian Orthodox Church, Wayne, West Virginia Stained glass window of St Patrick from the Protestant Church of Ireland cathedral in Armagh 17 March, popularly known as Saint Patrick's Day , is believed to be his death date and is the date celebrated as his Feast Day . [ 103 ]
The account of Lóegaire and Patrick in An Leabhar Breac explains that Patrick cursed Lóegaire's descendants, saying that they would never hold the kingship of Tara. Lóegaire's queen, Angias , a daughter of (Ailill) Tassach, of the Uí Liatháin , [ 15 ] [ 16 ] who was pregnant with Lugaid, begged that her unborn child should be spared the ...
Niall of the Nine Hostages (died c. 405), according to legend kidnapped St. Patrick as a youth Lóegaire mac Néill ( fl. c. 440s), according to Muirchu moccu Machtheni a "great, fierce, pagan emperor of the barbarians reigning in Tara"
March 17 is St. Patrick's Day and whatever your annual ... Written in memory of two young boys killed in a Warrington, England bombing, "Zombie" remains one of the biggest singles for the band and ...
St Patrick responded by praying for God to punish the clan, resulting in them suffering "a fitting and severe though very marvellous punishment, for it is told that all the members of that clan are changed into wolves for a period and roam through the woods feeding upon the same food as wolves; but they are worse than wolves, for in all their ...
In another story, Manann was a druid who challenged St. Patrick over whose god was more powerful. Manann covered the land in darkness, but St. Patrick placed his crozier in the ground, prayed to God, and dispelled the darkness. At the spot where St. Patrick placed his crozier, a well called Tobar Lasar sprang from the ground. [92]