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St Patrick

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St Patrick was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop who brought Christianity to Ireland. Captured at sixteen and enslaved for six years, he escaped, studied in Gaul, and returned to convert thousands. He is remembered as the Apostle of Ireland, patron saint of the island, and the man who used a shamrock to explain the Trinity. His feast day is 17 March, celebrated worldwide as Saint Patrick's Day.
St Patrick is recorded as a memorial in County Mayo. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.

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