FD of St Kieran of Saighir, the first native-born saint of Ireland. His wonderful legends involve his intimacy with the natural world. He began his life as a hermit who gathered a community of animals, his first disciples: Brother Boar, Brother Badger, Brother Fox, Brother Wolf.
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Later, they were joined by human disciples. From an early bio: From his youth “he never drank by which he might be drunken, never wrapped himself in downy raiment, never partook of a banquet, never slept his fill, nor for love of carousing rushed off anywhither.”

Mar 5, 2021 · 12:59 PM UTC

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Replying to @RobertEllsberg
I like that word “anywhither”. ❣️
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Replying to @RobertEllsberg
....well the resemblance seems to end there, but good man himself! There's no "k' in the Irish alphabet, that seems to be a colonial imposition.
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Replying to @RobertEllsberg
Sure he was Irish? In my family, we were always ready to party.