{"product_id":"early-irish-saints-9781856073455","title":"Early Irish Saints","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEarly Irish Saints\u003c\/strong\u003e by O Riordain, John J.. Paperback edition. ISBN: 9781856073455.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese short popular essays on fourteen well-known and well-loved early Irish saints present a very readable and informative amalgam of often scarce historical fact and much folklore and legend from the tradition of the people. Fr O Riordain introduces the book with an overview of the sources for information on these saints which includes a most informative and helpful commentary on what the authors of the early Lives of the saints saw as their function - something very different from the function of a modern day biographer.\nThe result is a series of very lively pen-pictures which reverberate with the traditional faith and insights of the people who kept these stories alive for over a millennium. These saints include Patrick, Brigid, Colmcille, Enda, Brendan the Navigator, Cummian the Tall, Ciaran of Clonmacnoise, Ninnidh, Ita, Kevin, Adomnan, Cainnech, Columbanus and Gall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Brand: Columba Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44662920478773,"sku":"ByrdShop_1856073459","price":225.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_1856073459_f0d13006-1cf3-4e7e-99db-0acb8f8ff93e.jpg?v=1781176025","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/early-irish-saints-9781856073455","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}