From: Sun Herald in MS
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/living/11105777.htm

"St. Patrick won over Ireland with faith

St. Patrick is the stuff of truth and legend. Sometimes it's difficult to tell the difference between the two.

Anyone who knows of St. Patrick knows that he chased the snakes out of Ireland. It doesn't matter that ancient records and archaeological digs show no evidence that snakes ever lived there.

Every good Irishman or every good Irish-American will tell you that in trying to explain the Holy Trinity, he plucked a three-leafed shamrock stem to make his point.

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THE GREAT IRISH WARPIPE
Forgotten instrument of Ireland.

"Today the bagpipe is synonymous with Scotland, but the pipes really came from Ireland, where they are the forgotten instrument of the Emerald Isle...

It is clear that the bagpipe existed in Ireland long before Scotland. The bagpipe is believed to have made its way to Scotland with the Dalradians upon their exodus from County Antrim across the Irish Sea at about 470 A.D., when Prince Fergus MacErc lead his clan in the invasion of the lands of the Picts at present Argyle.

Do not mistake a goat´s beard for a fine stallion´s tail. -Irish proverb