Patrick and Mary of Aughagower Embrace in New York
Patrick ODonoghue leaves Aughagower for America to seek work and Mary Murphy sails after years apart after eviction forces separation. Patrick becomes bank watchman in New York and reunites with Mary after she is saved from an assault. they wed quietly at St Francis Xavier Church as spring rains fall, renewing hope and love.
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Broadway
Paddy O'Donoghue
Aughagower
County Mayo
Paddy
Bank
United States
Patrick
Murphy
Mary
St. Patrick’s Eye
Twenty-third Street
Madison Avenue
Ireland
Ma‘an
Iix
Patrick O'Donoghue
Ninth National Bank
St Francis ‘ Xavier's Church
Irish Wit and Wisdom Quip About Living in the House
A humorous exchange in Irish wit features a speaker named Pat explaining he would live on the first floor even if the house were upside down. The quip plays on regional dialect and a light joke about residence.
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Pat
The Snake Legend in Full and St Patrick’s Triumph
The article discusses why Ireland has no snakes and links the legend to St Patrick. It recounts a verbatim medieval tale where Patrick, aided by angels, drives venomous creatures from Hibernia to a cliff called Cruachanailge and banishes them from Mann and other islands that accepted his teaching.
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St. Patrick
Ireland
Eaf
Hibernia
Patrick
Jesus
Cruachanailge
Patrick's Crag
Mannfa
Shamrock symbol and Saint Patrick’s triple leaf theology
The shamrock’s three leaves on one stem symbolize the Trinity in Patrick’s Irish preaching. Pliny notes serpents are not seen on the three leaved plant and claims it acts as an antidote to snake and scorpion stings, linking lore with natural history.
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Patrick
Pliny
The Shamrock as Saint Patrick’s Day Symbol
The article notes the shamrock worn on St Patrick’s Day in Ireland as a symbol of the Trinity. It describes myths that St Patrick used the three leaves to illustrate the doctrine and claims the shamrock’s mystical virtues were attributed by the Irish. It adds a traditional song and toast about the plant’s enduring bloom. It then mentions an Irish superstition about hanging an Easter egg to protect a house and its inhabitants for a year on St Patrick’s Day.
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Ireland
Patrick
St. Patrick
Legends Of St Patrick And The Legends In Irish Lore
The article discusses how legends about St Patrick are not essential to Catholic faith but are valuable for their beauty and humor. It cites tales of Patrick’s miracles, legends about Druids and demons, and notes several ancient commentaries on Patrick’s life and miracles in Irish tradition.
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Patrick
Friuch Lees
Abraham Lincoln
Ireland
Miliuc
Miling
Lord Jesus Christ
St. Patrick
Baile-in-Miouin
House of Troightigh
Dohmoall Albanach O'Troightigh
Pries Patrick
Parsons
Paul
The Mac’s and O’s Visit to Saint Patrick’s Ireland
A terse, fanciful note on Irish legends about St Patrick and the Mac s and O s. The piece contrasts legend with authentic church history and sketches a playful genealogy of Irish names. It mentions the idea that St Patrick divided the islanders into two lists and baptized them, naming families and clans.
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St. Patrick
Ireland
Church
Washington
Perents
Washington Irving
Lsquirer
Island
Saints
Hugh Nell
Tyrone
O'Donnell
O'Moore
O'Brien
O'Kelly
O'Connell
O'Connell Galore; O'Malley, McNally, O'Sullivan Rare, O'Baily
O'Daly
O'Burns
Kildare
O'Dougherty
Isto
McGionis
Irishmin Learns to Play the Half Note Jingle
A fragment from a garbled text hints at someone named Irishmin seeking instruction in playing a tune. The misread words suggest a humorous line about charging for lessons and a joking payoff about the coming month. No clear persons events or local places emerge.
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Patrick and Mary
Tory
Patrick's Day
Ernest Jarrold
Mickey Finn
Patrick Odonoghue
America
O'Donoghue
Rhelim Murphy
Mur Aeares
Ake
O'Donoghun
Ad'Patiék
Golden Land
Alary
Dade
Westport
Dar- Ant
Castle Garden
Greenwich Street
Eines
Angies
Uoon
Mary Murphy
Lin
Minry
Badgertown
Erin
Mac's
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