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The Carpenter's Son - St. Ciarán of Clonmacnoise
A student is halfway through Saint Matthew when another man asks to borrow his book. The student, St. Ciarán gives it away. The brothers call him "Half-Matthew" to mock him; but St. Finnian, the great teacher of the Apostles of Ireland, calls him Half-Ireland instead. Dcn. Seraphim follows this carpenter's son from the school at Clonard to the banks of the Shannon: a fox carrying his lessons, a cow feeding his fellow students, a tree seen in a dream, and a monastic city raised beside the river. Seven months later its founder is dying. Kevin comes to meet him, and Columba carries earth from…
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