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Its people had an [[Iron Age]] culture at the time of Roman rule in Britain.  They had no proper towns, and mainly lived in 'raths' (small fortified farmsteads) though there were larger hillforts.  They were [[heathens]] worshipping  a number of [[Celtic]] deities, including the Dagda ('good god').  The [[Druid]]s were their priests and law-speakers, and knew some science and medicine.

Its people had an [[Iron Age]] culture at the time of Roman rule in Britain.  They had no proper towns, and mainly lived in 'raths' (small fortified farmsteads) though there were larger hillforts.  They were [[heathens]] worshipping  a number of [[Celtic]] deities, including the Dagda ('good god').  The [[Druid]]s were their priests and law-speakers, and knew some science and medicine.

Patrick (Latin 'Patricius') was a Romanised [[Briton]] captured by Irish raiders, who escaped from slavery in Ireland and felt called by God to return and evangelise the Irish, this being in the 5th century AD.  He did not do this work alone, but he wrote a kind of autobiography (‘Confessio’) so we know a lot about his life and work.

[[Saint Patrick]] (Latin 'Patricius') was a Romanised [[Briton]] captured by Irish raiders, who escaped from slavery in Ireland and felt called by God to return and evangelise the Irish, this being in the 5th century AD.  He did not do this work alone, but he wrote a kind of autobiography (‘Confessio’) so we know a lot about his life and work.

Columba (Irish ‘Columcille’ = ‘dove of the church’) was a Northern Irish noble who went to [[Scotland]] and founded the monastery of [[Iona]], going from there to the Scottish mainland as a missionary to the Picts.

Columba (Irish ‘Columcille’ = ‘dove of the church’) was a Northern Irish noble who went to [[Scotland]] and founded the monastery of [[Iona]], going from there to the Scottish mainland as a missionary to the Picts.