Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs together with Trinity College Dublin and the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities are collaborating to fund the restoration of a previously ...

St. Patrick is one of the most popular Christian saints, yet it is remarkable how little is known about his life. In "St. Patrick of Ireland: A Biography," Philip Freeman tries to separate fact from ...

One trend that connects Martin Luther King Jr., Queen Victoria, Mahatma Gandhi, and Saint Patrick: Each year on their respective holidays, a sudden surge of people visit their Wikipedia articles. Last ...

Patrick and his companions arrived in Ireland with a dual mission: to minister to the small number of Christians there and to convert the Irish. Illustration from ‘Ireland’s Crown of Thorns and Roses’ ...

The celebration of Irish heritage known as St. Patrick’s Day falls on March 17 every year. The holiday honors Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland who is known for bringing Christianity to the ...