Summary of Neil Hegarty's The Story of Ireland

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#1 The first Christian bishop was sent to Ireland in AD 431, and his name was not Patrick. The theologian St. Prosper of Aquitaine records the event. The first Christian bishop was Palladius, and he spent most of his time in Ireland ministering in Baltinglass.

#2 Patrick was a Romanized British man who grew up comfortably in his province. He was captured by Irish slavers at age 16, and spent the next six years herding animals. His destiny and relationship with God were sealed during this time.

#3 Patrick was a missionary who went to Ireland to evangelize the pagans there. He faced many challenges, but he also helped marginalized groups in Ireland, including women.

#4 Patrick was a worldly man who was well suited to the dangerous world of the early Christian Church. He was also well matched by his political rulers, who recognized that the new religion could be used for their own purposes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822543089

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#1

The first Christian bishop was sent to Ireland in AD 431, and his name was not Patrick. The theologian St. Prosper of Aquitaine records the event. The first Christian bishop was Palladius, and he spent most of his time in Ireland ministering in Baltinglass.

#2

Patrick was a Romanized British man who grew up comfortably in his province. He was captured by Irish slavers at age 16, and spent the next six years herding animals. His destiny and relationship with God were sealed during this time.

#3

Patrick was a missionary who went to Ireland to evangelize the pagans there. He faced many challenges, but he also helped marginalized groups in Ireland, including women.

#4

Patrick was a worldly man who was well suited to the dangerous world of the early Christian Church. He was also well matched by his political rulers, who recognized that the new religion could be used for their own purposes.

#5

The Church established hundreds of churches all over Ireland, and the pagan aspects of Irish society were incorporated into the new Christian rite. The result was that a new template of belief was imposed upon the old, with results that can still be seen today.

#6

The Irish began the process of writing a new cultural history in the sixth century, as literacy began to thrive and the oral tradition gave way to the written word. The most detailed records of everyday life were maintained, listing everything from tribal conflict to the weather.

#7

The sixth century saw the development of a network of monasteries in the Irish countryside, and the abbots that ran them became increasingly powerful figures. The earliest monastic foundations did not have the church-and-cloisters model that would appear later in the Middle Ages, but rather consisted of a small stone chapel and a number of cells in which the monks lived individually.

#8

The growth of monasticism in Ireland led to the integration of religious and civil authorities, and the creation of comprehensive legal works such as the Collectio canonum hiberniensis.

#9

The Irish monks who were working on the scriptorium at Armagh were also producing propaganda to help their institution gain power over the Irish Church. But they were not the only ones doing so. The Church as a whole was intent on convincing potential converts that they were already part of a wider Christian faith.

#10

The monastery at Armagh was able to shape the world around it, and the authors of the Lebor Gabála Érenn were able to use this to change the past, present, and future of their culture.

#11

Colum Cille, the founder of Iona Abbey in Scotland, was a flesh-and-blood individual who left Ireland to become an exile for the Lord. But his