#missionary
#StIbar, as pictured in the chancel window of Our Lady’s Island Church of the Assumption, Co #Wexford. Picture by Andreas Franz Borchert
#St #Ibar
It appears that Ibar was a #missionary #before the arrival of St #Patrick but he was also a contemporary of the #saint, thus he is sometimes regarded as a John the Baptist-like figure, the precursor of the national apostle.
In the earlier part of his life, he is said to have been a member of the #druidic order, thus providing an interesting example of the transition from paganism to #Christianity around the time of St Patrick.
Beggerin, of which he is regarded as the patron saint, was formerly an #island in the north of Wexford harbour but it has long since been one of the reclaimed Sloblands.
