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St Patrick’s first appearance in Ireland followed the course of all the invasions that preceded his. He first attempted to land on the eastern coast, but was repulsed there. Thereupon he sailed to the north, where he was welcomed. From thence he penetrated southwards, and gradually won the country to his will, for the will of a saint is an inflexible thing and must be bowed to; but the eastern populations of every land are the most stubborn people that live, and even a saint is hard put to win them over.
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McFate, P.A. (1983). For St Patrick’s Day. In: McFate, P.A. (eds) Uncollected Prose of James Stephens. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17094-4_23
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