St. Patrick in Northern Ireland

A stone at the base of Slemish identifies the mountain as the place where a young, enslaved Patrick worked as a shepherd for six years. (Jay Jones / Chicago Tribune)

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Feb. 28, 2017 8:11 AM PT

Retrace the steps of St. Patrick in Antrim, Armagh and Down, the Northern Ireland counties in which he lived for 35 years.

Stone carvings — some of them more than 2,000 years old — attest to the pagan worship that took place in what is now the city of Armagh. They are displayed in the crypt beneath St. Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral. (Jay Jones / For the Chicago Tribune)

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St. Patrick in Northern Ireland

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