Sep 12 – St Ailbe of Emly (d. 528) the St Patrick of Munster
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St Ailbe is regarded as the patron saint of Munster and his church at Emly was for long the province’s chief ecclesiastical centre. He is the patron saint of the joint archdiocese of Cashel and Emly with the see at Thurles. The last bishop of Emly was Blessed Terence Albert O’Brien O.P., martyred 1651.
Patrick Duffy tells Ailbe’s story. READ MORE