Who was Saint Patrick? The Ireland Podcast with Prior of Lough Derg

Father La took some time earlier this week to  sit  down and chat to Fender  Jackson of the The Ireland Podcast   to talk all things Saint Patrick.
​

Listen via The Ireland Podcast Website

Listen via Spotify
 
Listen via Apple Podcasts

​Listen via Podscribe

​From the Podcast Notes:

Episode 39 is a conversation with Monsignor La Flynn, Prior of Lough Derg as Fender Jackson finds out about Saint Patrick attempting to separate the man from the myth.
​
Conversation includes: introductions; Patrick’s origins; Patrick’s two texts; Patrick’s confession being an autobiography of sorts; the earliest full copies of the documents; Dabheog; placing Saint Patrick in historical time; the 1932 Eucharistic Congress in Dublin; the notion of Patrick converting the whole of Ireland; Patrick’s 2nd document; Patrick’s links of slavery; Christianity in Ireland pre Saint Patrick; the rife slave trade of Ireland in the early times; Patrick’s early mission; Patrick’s journey to being the national saint; the connections between Patrick and Cashel, Armagh, Downpatrick and Lough Derg; Saint Patrick’s purgatory; the connection between Lough Derg and Santiago de Compostela; the journeys made by 39 pilgrims who came to Lough between the late 12th Century and the 15th Century; Viscount Ramon de Perellós’ trip to Lough Derg and being hosted by Ó Néill; how Patrick passed away; the connection with the shamrock; the connection with Patrick and the snakes; the basilica of Lough Derg and other topics.