Ukuhambahamba nge-Saint Patrick's Ireland

1. USanta Patrick wayengumBrithani, hhayi u-Ireland, futhi wazalwa ngabazali baseRoma njengoMaewyn Succat ogama lakhe lashintshwa laba nguPatricius.
2. Ngokusho kwezinganekwane, uPatrick wathunjwa yi-Ireland futhi waphoqelelwa ukugqilazwa. 
3. Usuku lukaSanta Patrick lwahlotshaniswa nombala oluhlaza ngemuva kokuxhunyaniswa nenhlangano yokuzimela yase-Ireland ngasekupheleni kweminyaka ye-1700.

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Mashi 17 umaka umgubho waminyaka yonke woSuku lukaPatrick, noma uLá Fhéile Pádraig ngesi-Irish. UPatrick wazalwa njengo “Maewyn Succat” kodwa waguqula igama lakhe laba ngu “Patricius” ngemuva kokuba ngumfundisi. WayengowaseBrithani, hhayi owase-Ireland, futhi ezalwa ngabazali baseRoma. Iningi lezinganekwane lithi wathunjwa yi-Ireland futhi waphoqelelwa ukugqilazwa. 

Abokufika base-Ireland baqala ukubheka Usuku lukaSt eBoston ngo-1737, futhi umbukiso wokuqala woSuku lukaSt. Patrick eMelika wabanjelwa eNew York City ngo-1762 ngabase-Ireland ababesebenzela ezempi laseBrithani. 

USanta Patrick akazange anikeze okuluhlaza okotshani. Umbala wakhe wawuthi “Saint Patrick's blue,” umbala wefulegi likamongameli wase-Ireland. Umbala oluhlaza wahlotshaniswa nosuku lukaSt.Patrick ngemuva kokuxhunyaniswa nenhlangano yase-Ireland yokuzimela ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yo-1700.

Ohambweni lwe-FAM oluya Ireland ngeCollette Tours, sivakashele izindawo eziningana ezihambisana noSanta Patrick. Kukholakala ukuthi iSt. Patrick's Ireland Cathedral e-Armagh yakhelwe phezu kwesonto lamatshe elakhiwa nguSanta Patrick ngo-445 AD. Kukholakala ukuthi iDown Cathedral eDownpatrick yindawo lapho azongcwatshwa khona ngemuva kokushona kwakhe ngo-461 AD.

ICroagh Patrick, eWestport, County Mayo, iyintaba lapho kuthiwa uSanta Patrick uzile khona engqungqutheleni yezinsuku nobusuku obungu-40. AmaPilgrim ahlangana entabeni ukukhumbula ukuzinikela kukaPatrick.

ISlemish Mountain e-County Antrim, eNyakatho ye-Ireland, kulapho kukholakala ukuthi uSanta Patrick wasebenza njengesigqila cishe iminyaka eyisithupha.

IDwala laseCashel, County County Tipperary, ekuqaleni kwakuyisihlalo sobukhosi samakhosi aseMunster (eSouthwest Ireland). Okhokho babo kwakunguWales.

Umndeni wami unokuxhumana komuntu siqu noSanta Patrick. Amarekhodi aseBrithani abhala uzalo lwami emuva kuDermot MacMurrough, iNkosi yaseLeinster. Wayengumkhulu wami ka-25. Izincwadi zase-Ireland zilandisa ngozalo lukaDermot emuva ku-Óengus mac Nad Froích - u-Aengus, inkosi yokuqala yamaKristu yaseMunster. INkosi u-Aengus, ukhokho wami oqondile, wabhapathizwa njengomKristu esihlalweni sobukhosi saseCashel nguPatrick uqobo.

UPatrick kwathiwa wenze imisebenzi eminingi emikhulu, kepha ngokusobala isipho sakhe esikhulu kunazo zonke sayiguqula inkambo yempucuko njengoba siyazi. Wayenomsebenzi wokuletha ulwazi e-Ireland. Ukukwazi ukufunda nokubhala kwalahleka cishe ngokuphelele phakathi nesikhathi sobumnyama, okwaqala ngemuva kokuthi amaVisigoths aseJalimane ehluthe iRoma futhi ashisa imitapo yolwazi. Ubuciko, isiko, isayensi, kanye nohulumeni konke kusekelwe emibhalweni yasendulo okuthi, ngenxa kaSanta Patrick, asinde eminyakeni eyizinkulungwane. I-Iliad, i-Odyssey, i-Aeneid, i-Plato, i-Aristotle, i-The Old and New Testament ngokuqinisekile ibizolahleka unomphela ukube uPatrick akazange asungule inhlangano yezindela eyayikopisha futhi igcine imibhalo yasendulo. Wonke umuntu emhlabeni wasentshonalanga okwazi ukufunda nokubhala, ukweleta isikweleti sokubonga uSanta Patrick ngokwenza lokhu kwenzeke.