Joerg Dorchain wrote: Ich dachte, Iren sind katholisch. Nur an St. Patricks Day weil's da ein weiterer Grund zum saufen ist. Und beim ungeschützten rumvögeln, Kondome sind ja böse. Hm, sie haben andererseits schon laenger Kobolde und Geister... Jupp, und das ist auch abseits der Klischee-Touristenmeile noch recht lebendig. Gruß, Thorsten

...<l...@mail.co.uk> wrote in message "Angof" <fag...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message In terms of St Patrick: Davies is quite clear. Britian didn't exist prior to 1654, which means Bishop Patricius wasn't British. Britain did not exist politically. St. Patrick was British in the same way as he was European. Davies would agree with that, I'm sure. Genetic...

...*" <l...@mail.co.uk> wrote in message "Angof" <fag...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message In terms of St Patrick: Davies is quite clear. Britian didn't exist prior to 1654, which means Bishop Patricius wasn't British. Britain did not exist politically. St. Patrick was British in the same way as he was European.  Davies would agree with that, I'm sure. ...

...news:48aefd0e_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com... "Angof" <fager1@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message In terms of St Patrick: Davies is quite clear. Britian didn't exist prior to 1654, which means Bishop Patricius wasn't British. Britain did not exist politically. St. Patrick was British in the same way as he was European. Davies would agree with that, I'm sure. Genetic...

.... There is a general ignorance about our history as we saw in the thread about St Patrick ;) It amuses me is how little many English and Scots know about the origins of the ...of the European Union. Most of the differences is pure symbolism. Pure post-modern angst. In terms of St Patrick: Davies is quite clear. Britian didn't exist prior to 1654, which means Bishop Patricius wasn't ...

...the world, are a whole lot more complicated that we might first think. There is a general ignorance about our history as we saw in the thread about St Patrick ;) It amuses me is how little many English and Scots know about the origins of the countries and how they are kind of portrayed as ancient entities. I've come...

.... these days in america, instead of priding ourselves as a people with a national holiday like the Irish with St. Patrick's Day and the Jewish with Hanukkah, we are sort of lost and found among a together but rather ...two main events that come marginally close to the real new year in Fresno and St. Paul.  gvp certainly can place some kind of influence over it's okay, we reached ...

.... these days in america, instead of priding ourselves as a people with a national holiday like the Irish with St. Patrick's Day and the Jewish with Hanukkah, we are sort of lost and found among a together but rather scatter ...two main events that come marginally close to the real new year in Fresno and St. Paul. gvp certainly can place some kind of influence over these events, but I'...

... the three-foot sword but instead stabbed her left foot as the sword went awry. St. Patrick is said to have done this to a king's foot with the point of... stood there the entire ritual unmoving and not complaining. When Patrick looked down and discovered his error, he immediately ...that time although I admit that my mind keeps envisioning Patrick stabbing his own foot. :-) Maybe there would have been a...

...you find inconvenient and then accuse me of "bias". You read my very specific and historically accurate example of St. Patrick's admission of have edited the Brehon law in his codices and then announced I had not provided "a ...Már, pp. 139-144. "The story predictably resolves this rivalry in Patrick's favor; but it is significant that it does so in a way which allows...