Day 10:A Day of St. Patrick

 

Day 10: A day of Saint Patrick

Sunday we spent the day learning about Saint Patrick and going to all of the sights on the St. Patrick Trail. The entire group of Young Ambassadors met up with Dr. Tim and we began our day. We started off the day by going to Dundrum Castle and Fort. It was amazing! We got to go inside the castle and learn about it.

After that we went to Saint Patrick’s Cathedral it started as a monastery in 1183 AD. Later the Church was turned into a Cathedral. This is currently the Church of Ireland. One of the things that I thought was most beautiful about this Cathedral is that they celebrate St. Patrick every St. Patrick’s Day and invite people of all faiths because they believe St. Patrick is for everyone. This is where Saint Patrick’s tomb is.  We when and saw the tomb.

                  “In Down one Grave

                    Three Saints do fill

                 Patrick, Briged, Clomkill”  

 

After that we went to the Down County Museum. We learned about some of the animals that naturally live in Ireland. We learned about some of the history of Down Patrick. We learned about the Vikings and Kelsey and I got to try on Vikings outfits … Mine was a little too small. So I was the one armed Viking.

 

 

After that we went to Inch Abby. Inch Abby was built by John De Courcy during the 12^th Century. It is also one of the sites used on Game of Thrones. It is used as Rob Stark’s Camp. It is a beautiful set of ruins.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After that we went to Castel Ward. Castel ward is Winterfell on Game of Thrones.

 

Then we went on a beautiful hike up to where a there is a huge statue of St. Patrick. It was beautiful!

 

The second last thing that we did was go to Saul’s Church. This was my favorite thing I did on the entire trip. The church was on the top of a hill with a cemetery on the side of the hill. It was one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. It was a simple stone building with one stain glass window with Saint Patrick on it. We talked about our job as young Ambassadors and about the “Spirit of Saint Patrick”.

 

Then we got back in the car and went to The Saint Patrick Centre. We went through the exhibit and learned about St. Patrick. It was an incredible day! I cannot wait to share what I learned about him.