{"id":27049,"date":"2023-05-16T13:00:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/?p=145319"},"modified":"2023-05-16T13:35:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T11:35:36","slug":"podcast-a-quest-to-walk-in-the-footsteps-of-st-patrick-in-northern-ireland","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/rss_feed\/podcast-a-quest-to-walk-in-the-footsteps-of-st-patrick-in-northern-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: A quest to walk in the footsteps of St Patrick in Northern Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Follow the St Patrick’s Way in Armagh to encounter gods, saints and ancient warriors in episode 3, season 16 of the Countryfile Magazine Plodcast <\/p>

By Fergus Collins\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 16 May 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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We\u2019re in Armagh in Northern Ireland, following in the footsteps of St Patrick. The patron saint of Ireland lived in the 5th century and his incredible story has helped shape Ireland since then. But why was he drawn to Armagh?<\/p>\n

Fergus Collins set out on a new pilgrimage route called St Patrick\u2019s Way to find out more, beginning at the mysterious ancient site of Ewain Macha \u2013 known today as Navan Fort \u2013 that was a powerful spiritual centre in pre-Christian Ireland and a key site in the tale of St Patrick.<\/p>\n\nThis is episode 3 of season 16: Get Active in Nature<\/p>\nContact the Plodcast team and send your sound recordings of the countryside to:\u00a0<a class=\""c-link"\" href=\"editor@countryfile.com"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-stringify-link=\""mailto:editor@countryfile.com"\" data-sk=\""tooltip_parent"\">editor@countryfile.com<\/a>.<\/p>\nIf read out on the show, you could WIN a Plodcast Postbag prize of a wildlife- or countryside-themed book chosen by the team.<\/p>\nVisit the Countryfile Magazine website:\u00a0<a class=\""c-link"\" href=\"\/\/countryfile.com\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-stringify-link=\""http:\/\/countryfile.com"\" data-sk=\""tooltip_parent"\">countryfile.com<\/a><\/p>\nWrite to us:<br\/>\nPlodcast, Countryfile<br\/>\nEagle House<br\/>\nBristol BS1 4ST<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Follow the St Patrick’s Way in Armagh to encounter gods, saints and ancient warriors in episode 3, season 16 of the Countryfile Magazine Plodcast <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":27050,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/05\/podcast-a-quest-to-walk-in-the-footsteps-of-st-patrick-in-northern-ireland-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/05\/podcast-a-quest-to-walk-in-the-footsteps-of-st-patrick-in-northern-ireland-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/05\/podcast-a-quest-to-walk-in-the-footsteps-of-st-patrick-in-northern-ireland-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/05\/podcast-a-quest-to-walk-in-the-footsteps-of-st-patrick-in-northern-ireland-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/05\/podcast-a-quest-to-walk-in-the-footsteps-of-st-patrick-in-northern-ireland-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/05\/podcast-a-quest-to-walk-in-the-footsteps-of-st-patrick-in-northern-ireland-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/05\/podcast-a-quest-to-walk-in-the-footsteps-of-st-patrick-in-northern-ireland-2048x1366.jpg",2048,1366,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Follow the St Patrick's Way in Armagh to encounter gods, saints and ancient warriors in episode 3, season 16 of the Countryfile Magazine Plodcast","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/27049"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}