18/08/2022.Reading time 13 minutes.
In the liturgical calendar, today is the feast day of St Fiacre of Breuil. He was a Catholic priest, abbot, hermit, and gardener of the seventh century who was famous for his sanctity and skill in curing infirmities. He emigrated from his native Ireland to France, where he constructed for himself a hermitage together with […]
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18/08/2021.Reading time 13 minutes.
In the liturgical calendar, today is the feast day of St Fiacre of Breuil. He was a Catholic priest, abbot, hermit, and gardener of the seventh century who was famous for his sanctity and skill in curing infirmities. He emigrated from his native Ireland to France, where he constructed for himself a hermitage together with […]
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18/08/2020.Reading time 13 minutes.
In the liturgical calendar, today is the feast day of St Fiacre of Breuil. He was a Catholic priest, abbot, hermit, and gardener of the seventh century who was famous for his sanctity and skill in curing infirmities. He emigrated from his native Ireland to France, where he constructed for himself a hermitage together with […]
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18/08/2019.Reading time 13 minutes.
In the liturgical calendar, today is the feast day of St Fiacre of Breuil. He was a Catholic priest, abbot, hermit, and gardener of the seventh century who was famous for his sanctity and skill in curing infirmities. He emigrated from his native Ireland to France, where he constructed for himself a hermitage together with […]
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18/08/2018.Reading time 13 minutes.
In the liturgical calendar, today is the feast day of St Fiacre of Breuil. He was a Catholic priest, abbot, hermit, and gardener of the seventh century who was famous for his sanctity and skill in curing infirmities. He emigrated from his native Ireland to France, where he constructed for himself a hermitage together with […]
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18/08/2017.Reading time 10 minutes.
1579 – Death of rebel leader, James Fitzgerald. He was a member of the 16th century ruling Geraldine dynasty in the province of Munster. He rebelled against the crown of Queen Elizabeth I in response to the onset of the Tudor conquest of Ireland. FitzMaurice was one of the first Irish leaders to use the […]
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18/08/2016.Reading time 8 minutes.
1579 – Death of James Fitzgerald, rebel leader. 1728 – James Caulfeild, 4th Viscount and 1st Earl of Charlemont; soldier and nationalist, is born in Dublin. 1814 – Birth of David Moriarty, Catholic Bishop of Kerry and opponent of nationalism, in Kilcarah, Co Kerry. 1886 – Speech by John E. Redmond at the Irish National […]
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