Saintly Triad, or the Lives of St. Patrick, St. Columbkille, and St. Bridget

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. We venerate the saints of olden time; we grasp their memory with affectionate embrace; we feel that there was Something holy, some thing super-human about them, something not of this world, which we must love and cherish. - But this is too often all. We care little to fol low what was good and noble in their lives. We care little to imitate their godly examples. And how should we, when we know nothing of them - and are content to know nothing. For as to the wretched scraps of information, (or misinformation rather.) that are to be found in such common books on the subject as are within the reach of poor people, they are more calculated to mislead and injure than to instruct or improve.