Just like Christmas, St Patrick’s Day is now associated with secular traditions. Parties drowning in green shamrocks and leprechaun hats. But the creator of the St Patrick’s Dawn Prayer Gatherings doesn’t see that as a problem. Siobhán Brennan considers it “good fun and children love it. It’s creating memories.” What she believes is that this…
The legacy of St Patrick arises with dawn prayer
Dawn Prayer at St Patrick’s grave. Photo: Siobhan Brennan

Renata Steffens