The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, October, 1864

Part II. various modern theories respecting Saint Patrick are reviewed

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and refuted. Chapter i. refutes Dr. Ledwich's theory that Saint Patrick never existed; chapter ii. refutes the statements of Sir William Betham, that Saint Patrick lived long before A.D. 432, and of Usher, that Ireland possessed a hierarchy long before Saint Patrick's time;