Martina Purdy
Fr John Murray PP with Dana and husband Damien in St
Patrick’s Church Downpatrick for the 1500th year St Brigid
celebrations, February 2024. Folklore promises that those who perish on the hill at Saul, Co. Down, will skip purgatory and go straight to Heaven. After all, it was here that St Patrick himself ended his days on March 17, 461AD. But the legend was not what drew the parish priest there as he marked his 75th birthday. Rather,…
