The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-03-16

VI Allc VI .dOSud III SouHlS -AI
magh as the center of the supreme see
OF Ireland. 1t is said that he solicited
permission from Daire, King of Oriel,
! to build q cathedral on the top of the
hill; hut that Dairc at first refused,
giving him a site at the foot OF the
hill instead. st. Patrick, While not
! quite satisfied, accepted the alterna
tive. Later on a legend has 1t. Daire
sent ST. Patrick a large, costly i'm
ported bronze vessel as present. The
Saint accepted the gift without cere-
mony, simply saying, "gratias agamus"
1--WE thank YOU'D to the servants who
delivered it. When the servants re-
turned Darc inquired of them what
Patrick had said. Their answer was
that he had shown no evidence of
gratitude and had uttered but one
words, ''Gratzacham." Daire became
angry to think that his precious gift
had called forth such Il mcager evil
dencc of gratitude. He ordered his
! SCI dltS W 80 tliu uIillS lllt SIll piNN
When the servants told ST. Patrick
of their mission he gave them the YES
sci repeating the words he had said
when he accepted it, "gratias again.
u.s." On being Informed of this Daire
was so impressed with the greatness
of the Saint and his own littleness
/ -, IL t>I,
| back and in addition gave Patrick per-
mission to build a cathedral on the
hill in accordance with his long Cher
ished wish. Since that time Armagh
has been the prmatial see of ireland.
St. Patrick's Mountain, Sinai of
Ireland.
| In tho western part of ConnauGht
there is Il range Of high mountains.
AT the head of the range is lone
! peak which rises to q height of about
1000 feet. 1t was Known IN ancient
times as lIgal Mountain. 1t was later
renamed Croagl Patrick, that is ST
Patricl1s mountain. There is Il cave
on the top of 1t which St. Patrick is
said to have made his place OF re-
treat. TO this Gay flag stone is
pointed out to the tourist on which
the Saint is said to have often slept
In modern times it is customary for
the people to make a pilgrimage to the
top of Croagh Patrick to hear Mass
and to worship on the ground or
which ST. Patrick trod. Croagh Pat
rick has been called the Holy Hill
the Sinai of Ireland.
st. Patrick Not Always Happy.
st. Patricks life was not enc of un.
interrupted triunrhs. Professor Zim
mer regards his Confessions as al
admission of a lire's failure. That
however, is an extreme view. And yc
his writings do indicate that he fcl
himself to be I. misunderstood MAJ
In his Confessions he seems to b
answering criticisms made on his worl
1t is not improbable that his contcmp
orarics limited that he was illtcrat tt
He repeats with evident regret tina
he was not a man of great culture
AS a matter OF fact he had not tn
opportunity to hecomc learned. II
. was man of Que book. lie knew tn
scriptures through and through an
could quote them from memory for Il
occasions.
1t may have been limited, too, tina
the Saint had worldly ambitions. II
Il when he wrote: 81 testify in trut
and in cxultation before God and III
holy angels that never had any me
tive save the Gospels and the promis
j. of God TO return at any time to the
r. people from which / had formerly cs
~ capped" He seems to have been scns
i, give any cause for suspicion of hi
motives he was careful at all time
N to return personal gifts to those VIII
u gave them even at the risk OF caus
:. ing offcnSc. 1t seems that whatcvt
: criticism there might have been mad
came from outside of Ireland. He wa
N always sincere in his dealings wit
T. the Irish and :hcrc is no indicatio
=, that they ever mistrustcd his motive
10 His Many Trials.
There were many attempts made o
the life of st. Patrick. He tells G
being captured twelve times and ths
10 on one occasion his death was DC
"a creed. When he destroyed Cron1
=, Cruach, the chi@f idol of the pagan
", one of the chieftains of Linstcr re
j. solved to STAY him. He overlook S
T. Patrick and one of his disciples q
= they were setting out on a journc
il, and by mistake slew the Saints con
ID panion. On one occasion Coroticus,