Ahead of St Patrick’s Day, Claire McCollum is in County Down in Northern Ireland. St Patrick isn’t Ireland’s only patron saint, as Claire finds out about the life and work of the lesser-known St Brigid, locally famed for turning tree bark into bacon.

One of Belfast’s sons, CS Lewis was inspired by the beautiful landscape of County Down to write his Chronicles of Narnia, and we learn more about his sometimes reluctant Christianity at his home church in East Belfast.

Claire discovers how the Anglican Church is encouraging its congregations to take part in a countrywide spring clean. She joins a Christian youth group of Protestants and Catholics in Downpatrick to give them a hand litter-picking for Lent.

Music
The King of Love My Shepherd Is - Down Cathedral
I Bind Unto Myself Today (St Patrick’s Breastplate) - Down Cathedral
Christ, Be Our Light! - St Patrick's Church, Dungannon
I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say - St Macartin's Cathedral, Enniskillen
In Christ Alone – Daniel O’Donnell
Make Me a Channel of Your Peace - Down Cathedral
What a Friend We Have in Jesus - Down Cathedral
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