ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 22nd of March WELCOME! SAINT DARERCA, SISTER OF ST PATRICK ⬅️ Litany of the Irish Saints Saint Darerca, of Ireland, a sister of Saint Patrick . Much obscurity attaches to her history, and it is not easy to disentangle the actual facts of her history from the network of legend which medieval writers interwove with her acts. However, her fame, apart from her relationship to Ireland's national apostle, stands secure as not only a great saint but as the mother of many saints. When St Patrick visited Bredach, as we read in the "Tripartite Life," he ordained Aengus mac Ailill, the local chieftain of Moville, now a seaside resort for the citizens of Derry. Whilst there he found "the three deacons," his sister's sons, namely, St Reat, St Nenn, and St Aedh, who are commemorated respectively on March 3, April 25, and August 31. St Darerca was twice married, her second husband, Chonas, founded the church of Bo...