Above: Street map of Armagh (click map to enlarge) St. Patrick is said to have founded the Sea of Armagh in the year 453. Daire, a chieftain of Ulster, gave him the site for the church, and it was to Armagh that, when the Saint felt his end approaching, he went to die. He set out from Saul towards Armagh, and tradition has it that he was commanded by an angel to return to Saul. He died and was buried at ... Read More

Above: Map of Connacht When the Saint and his attendants gathered at early morning at Clebach, a well on the east side of Rathcroghan, they found there Ethnea and Felimia, two daughters of King Laery, who were in fosterage in Connacht. The story of their conversion is told in the Book of Armagh. The sisters at first thought that St. Patrick and his white-robed companions were Duine Sid/te or fairies, and inquired who they were, and from whence ... Read More