ST. PATRICK BANISHES THE SERPENTS

29.95695.00

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St. Patrick Banishes the Serpents, Irish Art Print from my original painting. St. Patrick’s day is when Irish people everywhere celebrate our inspirational national saint.

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Description

Originally commissioned by a US company and never used; they considered it a little too wild but I enjoyed creating this different and more imaginative portrait of our national saint. Patrick was no slouch and rebelled against the rigid authority of Rome and allowed the Irish to keep their religious beliefs while incorporating Christianity into their ancient belief system. From then onwards Irish missionaries carried the gospels to Europe and converted many of the most barbarous and powerful tribes to Christianity.

The most potent and well-known myth attached to the mythical, not the real, Saint Patrick, is the tale of his banishment of all reptiles from Ireland as they were thought to represent Satan and his demons and were in thrall to the dark side of nature. The real Patrick (Patricius) was taken prisoner by Irish sea-raiders (yes, the Irish went a-Viking too) and brought to Ireland to be auctioned as a slave. It is known that he was born to a wealthy upper-strata family of Celtic Britons near the end of the fourth century. He is believed to have died on March 17th, around 460 A.D.
PS. This is not a day to drink yourself senseless in his honor – back in the day, Saint Patrick would have given you a good crack of his oaken crozier to straighten you out and put a strap in your step and sent you on your way if you overdid it on the demon drink.

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Customs and Duties Notice, Prints Only.

EU, UK, and Irish residents, there may be customs/duties payable upon delivery and we will refund any that you incur. 

We succeeded in getting the customs/duties exemption for the new Portfolio so things are looking hopeful we can do the same for prints.

Fees are usually €9 but can be more or less if charged at all. This is hardly ideal and we apologize for any inconvenience. Just email us the notice you get with any customs/duties charges and we will refund them.

This does not effect portfolios/books, Che prints, hand-enhanced prints, posters, scarves or anything else, just regular prints.

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Printing and Postage info:
All regular prints are printed by my son Redmond from his home in California and are shipped from there.
For more info on us and the prints click on the our prints page.
This is a family business run by Jim and his children, Redmond and Suzanne Fitzpatrick.

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