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“All of them set to work, including Brendan; he had a rule that he never asked anyone to perform a job he wouldn’t do himself.”

“And that's the story of how Saint Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland forever and banished the Devil to England. Some people say that explains why there has always been such trouble between England and Ireland. The Devil stirs it up.”

“he had to endure a hoot of posh laughter”

“…Of course, if he founded a church every place the word feakle appears, the man must have been a dental wonder. Or he lost all his teeth in Ireland, which is, of course, entirely possible.

So that's how Patrick converted our ancestors to Christianity.”

“the difference between O and Mac; in Irish names, O is "coming from" or "the family of" or, some say,
"the grandson of." And Mac means "the son of."”

“However, when it comes to describing such a woman, men reflect only what they think of her, how they react to her-they forget the details. Send a man to a wedding or a funeral, and his wife will never be satisfied with the report he brings home.
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Send a woman, and her listeners will be able to see the leaves on the trees in the yard of the church.”

“The Architect of Newgrange was a young man, possessed of a tall and thin physique, above which his wild head of tawny hair looked like a tree on fire.”