Above: Picture of the Hill of Slane St. Patrick received authority from Pope Celestine to accept the Irish mission, and commenced his apostolate in the year 432, when Laery was Ard High of Ireland. Tie landed in the Co. Meath, a little south of Droheda. He was received hospitably by a chieftain of the dis¬trict, who, on hearing from him an explanation of ilie Christian Faith, became a convert w un his wife and family. Shortly afterwards, the Saint one day weary ... Read More