March 17th...The Death of St. Patrick

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 108. This time we examine the year 461 A.D. as St. Patrick dies and gives birth to St. Patrick's Day.

 

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

  

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

 

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Patrick

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/did-st-patrick-get-rid-of-the-snakes-in-ireland/2021/03/12/324458e4-7c97-11eb-a976-c028a4215c78_story.html

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/white-wilderness/

https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/how-did-saint-patrick-die

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/saint-patrick-dies

https://www.libraryireland.com/HistoryIreland/Death-St-Patrick.php

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Saint-Patricks-Day

https://www.celticdruidtemple.com/thetruestoryofstpatrick.html

https://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day/st-patricks-day-symbols-and-traditions

https://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day/history-of-st-patricks-day

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-st-patricks-day-parade

https://www.history.com/news/when-america-despised-the-irish-the-19th-centurys-refugee-crisis

https://parade.com/1006852/kelseypelzer/st-patricks-day/

 

Photo: 

http://www.celtic-irish.co.uk/news/wp-content/uploads/saint-patrick-serpents.jpg