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You all know that the best rugby, the best lovers, the best beer and the best music comes from Ireland so how about a Irish music thread for celebrate the day!!
Firstly, should be a Town anthem
and dont forget there is one thing worse than being Irish
Happy St Patrick Day Music Thread on 14:12 - Mar 17 by DJR
His birthplace is not known with certainty, and claims have been put forward for modern day Cumbria, south west Scotland and Wales.
Each of these areas would have been Welsh speaking, and his birth was at a time when Anglo-Saxon incursions in the south east of Britain were only beginning, and long before the creation of England, so it is a bit of a stretch to regard him as English.
Interestingly, Palladius was the first Bishop of Ireland, preceding Patrick. He came from Gaul and was sent by the Pope. But it seems he was subsequently banished from Ireland which may explain why he never became the patroon saint
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Any more a stretch to call Dt George either Turkish or Palestinian? Which gets trotted out every April 23.
Neither turkey or Palestine existed when SG was born.
Happy St Patrick Day Music Thread on 14:12 - Mar 17 by DJR
His birthplace is not known with certainty, and claims have been put forward for modern day Cumbria, south west Scotland and Wales.
Each of these areas would have been Welsh speaking, and his birth was at a time when Anglo-Saxon incursions in the south east of Britain were only beginning, and long before the creation of England, so it is a bit of a stretch to regard him as English.
Interestingly, Palladius was the first Bishop of Ireland, preceding Patrick. He came from Gaul and was sent by the Pope. But it seems he was subsequently banished from Ireland which may explain why he never became the patroon saint
[Post edited 17 Mar 14:24]
Ahem:
Somerset has given the world Cheddar cheese, the Glastonbury Festival and some of the finest ciders. Now an academic says the English county can also claim Ireland’s patron saint for its own.
Happy St Patrick Day Music Thread on 14:12 - Mar 17 by DJR
His birthplace is not known with certainty, and claims have been put forward for modern day Cumbria, south west Scotland and Wales.
Each of these areas would have been Welsh speaking, and his birth was at a time when Anglo-Saxon incursions in the south east of Britain were only beginning, and long before the creation of England, so it is a bit of a stretch to regard him as English.
Interestingly, Palladius was the first Bishop of Ireland, preceding Patrick. He came from Gaul and was sent by the Pope. But it seems he was subsequently banished from Ireland which may explain why he never became the patroon saint
[Post edited 17 Mar 14:24]
Think St's Declan and Bridgit were before Patrick as well.
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Happy St Patrick Day Music Thread on 16:21 - Mar 17 with 655 views
Happy St Patrick Day Music Thread on 14:25 - Mar 17 by GlasgowBlue
Any more a stretch to call Dt George either Turkish or Palestinian? Which gets trotted out every April 23.
Neither turkey or Palestine existed when SG was born.
It's only the Welsh who truly can claim "he's one of our own".
In the case of England and Scotland their patron saints were chosen by those in power in the late middle ages for what seem to be religious/political/prestigious reasons.
Before this, Saint Edmund had been considered the patron saint of England, although his veneration had waned since the time of the Norman conquest, and his cult was partly eclipsed by that of Edward the Confessor.
In the case of Scotland, St Ninian, St Mungo and St Columba would each have much greater links to Scotland itself, and the latter two had been revered since the dark ages.
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Happy St Patrick Day Music Thread on 16:24 - Mar 17 with 639 views
Happy St Patrick Day Music Thread on 16:21 - Mar 17 by DJR
It's only the Welsh who truly can claim "he's one of our own".
In the case of England and Scotland their patron saints were chosen by those in power in the late middle ages for what seem to be religious/political/prestigious reasons.
Before this, Saint Edmund had been considered the patron saint of England, although his veneration had waned since the time of the Norman conquest, and his cult was partly eclipsed by that of Edward the Confessor.
In the case of Scotland, St Ninian, St Mungo and St Columba would each have much greater links to Scotland itself, and the latter two had been revered since the dark ages.
[Post edited 17 Mar 16:36]
Oi, keep yer hands off St Columba ( Colmcille)
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Happy St Patrick Day Music Thread on 16:42 - Mar 17 with 606 views
Happy St Patrick Day Music Thread on 13:57 - Mar 17 by leitrimblue
Prety sure he was actually Romano-British, probably born in what is now Wales before the concept of English existed. Tom Jones might be more appropriate..
A lot of people make that mistake, it’s not unusual
Happy St Patrick Day Music Thread on 11:45 - Mar 17 by DJR
In my view the rawest punk song ever.
I was a counsellor at an American summer camp in 1979 when the first album came out, and an English colleague had a tape of the album with him. The Americans counsellors were totally shocked by it, knowing nothing about punk despite it originating in New York.
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They have mellowed over the years.
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Happy St Patrick Day Music Thread on 21:28 - Mar 17 with 401 views
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