Hail Glorious St. Patrick - Killaloe Diocese

Hail Glorious St. Patrick - Killaloe Diocese

Hail glorious Saint Patrick, dear saint of our isle; On Erin’s green valleys look down in thy love. This is the opening line of the best-known hymn to honour Saint Patrick. As we move close to the feast day, we who live on this isle of Ireland prepare to celebrate our national saint and falling as it does in the early stages of Lent are inspired in our penitential practices by the fact of Patrick’s long fasting on the high ground of Croagh Patri…