tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104008306812776429.post718935586250476311..comments2023-09-07T12:12:55.877+01:00Comments on WelshnotBritish.com: St David's Channel - Culfor Dewi SantAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475962539522399975noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104008306812776429.post-50015077681147912672013-06-22T16:31:06.762+01:002013-06-22T16:31:06.762+01:00Thanks for the info, I just googled Naas and found...Thanks for the info, I just googled Naas and found out it's twinned with St David's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104008306812776429.post-34853593355948853612013-06-22T11:52:23.830+01:002013-06-22T11:52:23.830+01:00Thanks for the link to my blog. Irish interest in ...Thanks for the link to my blog. Irish interest in your national patron is of long standing. Indeed, I think the first mention of Saint David is in our 8th/9th century calendars, The Martyrology of Tallaght and the Féilire Óengusso. He also features in a number of Irish saints' Lives and is portrayed as a great monastic teacher who taught a number of famous Irish saints their trade. The cult of Saint David received a boost with the coming of the Cambro (rather than the Anglo-!)-Normans in the 12th century, thus he is the patron of Naas, County Kildare. Marcellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02234781374292930330noreply@blogger.com