In a message dated 3/17/2004 8:20:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, ancabhan@taconic.net writes: > Did he not bring > Christianity to Ireland-beginning with using the Shamrock as the vehicle to > explain the trinity? I have read that prior to Patrick and the change to > Christianity, that the Irish were Pagans, worshipping Lugh, the Sun God. Can > anyone give some sort of synopsis for those of us who are in need no they were christian just not roman catholic.i am a keltoi catholic and as such identify with the people who started worshiping at tara and we making kings on the stone of scone. and the reason i wera black is all i want is tobe at the last coming andhear both sides explainto christwhy they needed to kill their christian brothers in his name . and that included st patrick another englishman [roman] telling irishmen how to think. Chelsea,Ma.-Woburn,Ma.-denning-dennen-danin-dinan-dinihey-denningston-dinning- carlon-carroll-dever-cogan-malone-heslin-piscopo-mazzola-martini-farrell-mchug h-farley-grimes-lynch-doherty-SanDanto,Ita-Adargh,longford-Revere,Ma-Wintrop,M a.-sprague- and ever growing list Jim Denning