Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Popular Life of Saint Patrick: Apostle and Patron of Ireland
The object of the following little work is explained by the title. It is apopular life of our great saint, one in tended principally for the people and for the young gen eration of Irish Catholics. It does not pretend to deep research, - although I have consulted during its Pro gress all the authorities which were at my disposal, - it is simply an efi'ort to tell the storv of Ireland's conversion in a less tedious way than has generally been done. It has been oftentimes to me a subject of astonishment, as wall as of regret, that Irish children should, for so long a period, have been deprived of any authentic record, suited to their capacity, and written in a style calculated to interest them, of the wonderful deeds of the great ser vant of God to Whom our country is indebted for the precious gift of faith. The name of St. Patrick is, of course, familiar to their lips, it is inscribed on our na tional banners, sung in our hymns, toasted at our dinners, yet how little, after all, is known of him or of his achieve neuts, how little do we re?ect upon his Virtues, or con ider the superhuman energy with which be accomplished his noble work. Every one has heard of St. Patrick, but who he was or what he did, or when he lived and how, is known to but a few.
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