St. Patrick's blue is a name applied to several shades of blue associated with Saint Patrick and Ireland. The colour blue's association with Saint Patrick dates from the 1780s, when it was adopted as the colour of the Anglo-Irish "Order of St. Patrick". In British usage, it refers to a sky blue used by the Order of St. Patrick, whereas in Irish usage it is often a dark, rich blue. While green is now the usual national colour of Ireland, St. Patrick's blue is still found in symbols of both the state and the island.
History
Origins
In Irish mythology, Flaitheas Éireann, the sovereignty of Ireland, was sometimes represented as a woman in a blue robe. Although the flag of the province of Mide has a blue field, when its device was used as the arms of Ireland, the field was sable.
In 1542 the English king Henry VIII declared Ireland to be a kingdom and made himself King of Ireland. The coat of arms adopted for this new kingdom was a gold harp on a blue field. This still appears in the lower left quarter of the Royal Standard of the United Kingdom.
St. Patrick's is the only English-speaking parish in the Archdiocese of Quebec. Founded in 1832, the parish has occupied several different buildings as the population of English-speaking Catholics, primarily Irish, in Quebec City has swelled and shrunk.
History
Before St. Patrick's was established, the Irish were allowed use of the Basilica and the Notre-Dame-des-Victoires Church in Place Royale for their services. English-speaking Catholics in the city were organized into a separate congregation with a dedicated priest in 1822. Father Patrick McMahon was the priest of congregation from 1822–25 and again after 1828. McMahon raised the money for a separate church and lobbied the French-speaking Church Wardens. The first St. Patrick's was built on what is now McMahon Street (named after Father Patrick) inside the walls of the old city in 1832. This church was replaced by a larger church in 1914, but was still used occasionally until 1967. It was destroyed by fire in 1971, and its outside facade was reused as part of an annex of the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec hospital.
The parish lies on both sides of the River Shannon. As of 1845 the portion of the parish in County Limerick was partly in the borough of Limerick, where it included the Chapelry of Singland, and partly in the barony of Clanwilliam.
The portion in County Clare was in the barony of Bunratty Lower, and was known as the Kilquane district. It contains the village of Ardnacrusha.
The parish is 4 by 2.5 miles (6.4 by 4.0km) and covers 722 acres (292ha) of the borough, 793 acres (321ha) of Clanwilliam and 3,894 acres (1,576ha) of Bunratty.
The Blackwater river, which runs into the Shannon from the north, at one time powered flour mills.
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... of 2012, a ride that took them all the way to the All-Ireland Club final, where they would be edged out by Roscommon blue bloods St Brigid’s by a single point, 2-11 to 2-10, on St Patrick’s Day.
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PatrickCatholic Church was hosting its 30thAnnualBlueMass to honor those in public safety, including first responders, police officers, and firefighters ... The concelebrants of the annual liturgy were Father Patrick Lewis, pastor at St.
Baltimore Sun
13 Sep 2024
Baltimore Sun
13 Sep 2024