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Updated: May 8, 2025
Therefore we are not surprised to find that, two years later, Bangor was "plundered by the Gentiles." It will be remembered that St. Patrick's first church was built on land given him by Dicu, chieftain of the district round Downpatrick, a name which commemorates the presence of the Messenger.
Two sons of this same Dicu had been held as hostages by Laogaire the king, and their marvelous escape from durance was recorded in the name, Dun-da-lath-glas, the Dwelling of the Two Broken Fetters, given to Downpatrick. The place was of old renown.
The memory of his first victories is perpetuated in the name, Downpatrick, that is: the Dwelling of Patrick. where Dicu son of Tricem, chief of the district, gave him a tract of land to build a place of meeting and prayer for his disciples; while the church was being built, the chief offered his barn as a meeting-place, an incident commemorated in the name of Saul, on a hill above the town, a name softened from Sabal, "a barn."
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