ST. PATRICK.
| TO THE EDITOR; : SIR;—I am surprised that “ irishmen” should dispute the fact of St. Patrick being ti Scotchman. The fact is accepted iii Irelandand if ' your correspondent is so ignorant of Ins’ory he should have consulted his clergyman; Who wotild doubtless have put hint right in the ihatter. However, let “ Irishman” read carefully any biography of this supposed celebrated “snake charirier” arid hq will find beyond dispute that “ arild Scotland" can lay claim to this oft quoted but, 1 think; much overrated.gentleman. As a descendant of an old Irish family, and laying claim at the same time to be a descendant of a bofder man, I caauot be accused of partialitydri the niatter, arid I therefore vole for this “ vermiri killer” beirig accepted as a Scotchman.—-I am, &c. ..;'v J. B; HiriSrffcß; D-S.—St. Patrick, according to all accounts,was born on an estuary of the Clyde—afterwards named-after him -- Kilpatrick—-at or near Dumbarton.
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Western Star, Issue 455, 22 June 1881, Page 2
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153ST. PATRICK. Western Star, Issue 455, 22 June 1881, Page 2
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