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Who was St Patrick?

By Meaghan McEvoy, Senior Lecturer in History, Australian National University

St Patrick was actually a Roman Briton, who was kidnapped by Irish raiders, spirited across the sea and enslaved, aged 16. How did he become Ireland’s national hero?

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