
Margaret Birmingham –Ireland -16th Century
Margaret chose harsh
imprisonment in Dublin Castle, and eventual death, rather than deny
her faith in the Catholic Mass. She befriended hunted priests, hiding
them in her home.
When her own son, who had
turned priest hunter, became Mayor of Dublin, he had his mother
arrested.
The same Dublin Castle is
resplendent to-day for different reasons. It welcomes peacemaking
people from all over the world. The silence of its stones cries out
with gladness.
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