{"id":186,"date":"2014-03-17T12:07:56","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T20:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/?p=186"},"modified":"2014-03-18T10:01:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T18:01:21","slug":"happy-saint-patricks-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/happy-saint-patricks-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Saint Patrick&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"TweetButton_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  data-url=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/happy-saint-patricks-day\/\" data-text=\"Happy Saint Patrick&#038;%238217;s Day\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/div>\n<p>Saint Patrick&#8217;s Day is not merely a commercial holiday designed to sell green beer, party goods and corned beef, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day\" target=\"_blank\">it is a cultural and religious holiday commemorating the arrival of Christianity in Ireland.<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Patrick\" target=\"_blank\">Saint Patrick was a 5th Century Christian missionary<\/a>, considered the primary Patron Saint of the island. \u00a0You may follow the links to learn more via wikipedia. \u00a0It was not my sole intention to give a history lesson, but to share my personal experience of walking some of the same ground walked by\u00a0<i>P\u00e1draig.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>I was fortunate to be able to travel to Ireland in 2009 and one of the places I visited was <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rock_of_Cashel\" target=\"_blank\">The Rock of Cashel<\/a>, a historic site in County Tipperary.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_187\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/?attachment_id=187\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-187\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-187\" alt=\"Thr Rock of Cashel\" src=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000660-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000660-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000660-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000660-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rock of Cashel<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The site was the traditional seat of the Kings of Munster prior to the Norman Invasion and is reputed to be where the (then current) King of Munster was converted to Christianity by Saint Patrick in the 5th Century. \u00a0The oldest buildings remaining on the site date from ca. 1100, though there is a cross there they call Saint Patrick&#8217;s Cross and it is said to date from the King&#8217;s conversion in the 5th century.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_189\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/?attachment_id=189\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-189\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-189\" alt=\"Saint Patrick's Cross\" src=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000658-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000658-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000658-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000658-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saint Patrick&#8217;s Cross<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I found this to be truly a beautiful place, and it gave me pause to think how many lives have intersected here.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_190\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/?attachment_id=190\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-190\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-190\" alt=\"Their Domain as once viewed by Great Kings\" src=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000641-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000641-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000641-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/000641-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Their Domain as once viewed by Great Kings. \u00a0Looking out over County Tipperary<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All photos are mine. \u00a0You can click on each image to see a larger version.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>And so remember all who came before us and that Saint Patrick&#8217;s Day has been a long time in the making.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Saint Patrick&#8217;s Day is not merely a commercial holiday designed to sell green beer, party goods and corned beef, it is a cultural and religious holiday commemorating the arrival of Christianity in Ireland.\u00a0 Saint Patrick was a 5th Century Christian missionary, considered the 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