of the descent of kingship to the cities of Sumer and the date of the mythical deluge-- ten kings reigned for 432,000 years. 

In Genesis, between the creation of Adam and the time of Noahs deluge, there were ten Patriarchs and a span of 1656 years. But in 1656 years there are 86,400 seven-day (Hebrew-Hellenistic) weeks while if the Babylonian years be recorded as days—432,000 days constitute 86,400 five-day (Sumero-Babylonian) weeks.

And finally, 86,400 divided by 2 = 43,200, all of which points to a long-standing relationship of the number 432 to the idea of renewal of the eon... and such a renewal from the pagan to Christian eon is exactly what the date of Patrick’s arrival in Ireland represents. 

Patrick's actual life span seems to have been 389-461 and it is noted that Pope Celestine I, by whom Patrick was supposed to have been appointed, did in fact die in the year 432.  Thus the period of Patrick’s life was that of, on the one hand the end of the classical paganism at the hands of Theodosius I (379 - 395)--and on the other hand, the breakthrough of the German tribes and the fall to them of much of Europe.

Ireland, however, was not invaded at this time so that there a distant colony of Christ remained
intact, cut off from Rome, while England and the continent fell prey to contending Germanic tribes.

The most important aspects of the Christianization of Ireland is not the conflict between theolder mysteries of the fairy forts and the new of the Catholic Church… but that the magic of King Laeghaire’s (Leary) wizard Druids was surpassed by that of Patrick’s mighty God, and the island, even in the lifetime of the saint, was turned to Christ, with all the necessary machinery of cloisters, churches, relics and the voice of bells.

However, says Campbell, a culture historian today surely has the right to ask the meaning of   such a mass conversion as takes place when a pagan king (in Ireland) submits to baptism and   all his people follow.  And the question is compounded when the doctrines of the new religion are in the process of being hammered out in conventions held two thousand miles away. So   questions Joseph Campbell.

JOSEPH HENRY MCGOVERN (1850--1922)

Joseph Henry McGovern was of Breifne (Tullyhaw) origin but was born in Liverpool on October 24,1850.  As one of the leading architects of that city, he wrote many articles on his passionate interest, Irish History, and more particularly on the McGovern clan from whom he came in Breifne.  He was called a 'genuine antiquary and his work bears the stamp of painstaking research.'

He and his brother, Rev. J. B. McGovern, published a book called AN IRISH SEPT in 1886 but try as I may for ten years, I have not been able to locate a copy.  However, he published regularly in the periodical NOTES AND QUERIES a historical journal, and from these articles

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