If you can supply any missing illustrations, please do so.

Most overtly religious pieces are not listed
I am NOT interested in these pieces.
Some of the following may also be listed elsewhere.
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There are other St Patrick items listed throughout the "foreign Irish" section

St Patrick fantasy $4 bill to top
to top   -			St Patrick $4
St Patrick 1500 year Obitus to top
-			FIFTEEN HUNDRED YEAR OBITUS St PATRICK AD461-AD1961.
			Sure! The Irish Are Lucky, A' Havin' St "Pat" On Their Side--So Na' Forget Our Pact O' Mutual Assistance. Wi' Him Up There A' Guidin' An' The Irish For Freedom & Justice, A Fightin' Down Here On His Side. Educoin
			Very obscure! The small letters AHS represent the designer Alvin Sharpe who made many Mardi Gras and St Patrick's Day pieces.
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			These tokens come in aluminum in at least 3 colours, 40mm.
1969 American Mint to top
-			The Saints Of Christendom + The People Of God + = Archbishop Of Armagh, Apostle And Patron Saint Of Ireland. Opposed By Druids, He Overthrew Idol Worship And Evangelized All Over Ireland
			St Patrick, depicted
Hibernia Mint - St Patrick 2000 to top
-			St Patrick
			Harp with mint mark and Irish Hallmark
			Issued by the Hibernia Mint for the Millennium Year 2000. A St.Patrick's Commemorative medal issued in .925 fine silver, in a two piece folder with the story of St Patrick.
St Patrick 389-461 to top
-			St Patrick 389-461
			silver proof c.40mm There appears to be a Viking boat in the harbour in the distance!
4 Patron Saints of the British Isles to top
-			Heads of the four saints
			St. Patrick + St. Andrew + St. George + St. David + = rose, shamrock, leek, shamrock
			Struck for the BRITANNIA COMMEMORATIVE SOCIETY in the 1970's by the Franklin Mint. 44mm, 1.3 ounce .999 pure silver, issued in a custom lucite case.
Abstinence & Temperance to top
-			Manchester & Salford Total Abstinence Society Founded MDCCCXII
			Saint Patrick Pray For Us | I Promise To Keep The Pledge I Have Taken.
-			Same or slightly different?
-			Saint Patrick Apostle Of Ireland Pray For Us AD.432
			St Patricks Juvenile Temperance Society.
			By Woodhouse?
-			ST PATRICK'S TOTAL ABSTINENCE MONTREAL ... ESTAd FEB 21st 1842 IN HOC SIGNO VINCES TEMPERANCE CHARITY RELIGION (?)
Art Medal - Sanctus Patricius to top
-			SANCTUS PATRICIUS
			IRISH AMERICA HIBERNIA
			Thomas Elder Irish-American. Delorey 79. Copyrighted by Elder in 1909. Max Bachmann, sculptor. Issued in March 1910. 32mm. Aluminium.
St Patrick Carlisle Pa Bus Tickets to top
-			St. Patrick Carlisle Pa
			10¢ Good For One Bus Ride
			23mm plastic
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			as previous but hexagonal
-			St. Patrick Carlisle Pa
			15¢ Good For One Bus Ride
-			as previous but hexagonal
St. Patrick Club to top
-			ST. PATRICK CLUB *** TREVORTON, PA.
			(5 cents)
Washington Society Friendly Sons of St Patrick Hier - Unite to top
-			Washington Society Friendly Sons of St Patrick Hier.
			Unite. A native American meeting St Patrick!
			There are other "Friendly Sons of St Patrick" medals listed elsewhere on the CD.
St Patrick - Catholic Art Guild to top
-			I BIND UNTO MYSELF THE STRONG NAME OF THE TRINITY. ST.PATRICK depicted in front of landscape. 40mm numbered (9750 made)
			BREAST PLATE OF SAINT PATRICK (thorned wreath around shamrock etc)
			Issued by the Catholic Art Guild in 1970 by the Franklin Mint in solid sterling silver. Also (?) in Proof silver 2,626 minted.
St Patrick - Ex Indumentis to top
-			St Patrick
			Ex Indumentis Italy
			These were sold in aid of a charity which hoped to buy a church (St Patricks) in the USA. Approx. 1" long and in high relief. Worn to seek divine protection. Made in Italy and sent from the Vatican following a Papal blessing by Pope John Paul II.
St Patrick - a large shamrock to top
-			St Patrick
			A large shamrock
St. Patrick's Purgatory Lough Derg to top
-			St. Patrick's Purgatory Lough Derg
			I have prayed for you on Lough Derg
			Obviously Irish!
St Patrick Battalion - USA/Mexico (1960) to top
-			John Riley (?) depicted
			Al Herioico Batallon De San Patrico 1847. Mexican eagle with snake on Celtic cross.
			Mexican Heroes! 38mm, 24.5 grams, Silver, Baron Mint, struck 1960 (Grove catalogue no. 768a). The St Patrick battalion of Irish American soldiers deserted the USA Army during the war with Mexico and fought on the Mexican side. They knew that if they were caught they would be killed as deserters, so they fought the USA army in a battle until everyone died. Mexico honoured these soldiers with this beautiful medal.   The following was on the www;- THE SAN PATRICIOS: MEXICO'S FIGHTING IRISH There is always a warm welcome extended to the Irish in Mexico. The origins of this unique and largely unpublicised relationship lie in the involvement of the famed St Patrick's Battalion, the 'San Patricios', in the US-Mexican War of 1847-1848. The San Patricios are unique in the history of Irish involvement in foreign wars in that they were composed entirely of deserters from the US army. The story of the battalion was largely ignored in the US especially by Irish-Americans anxious to prove their loyalty to their newly adopted country. The legend of the San Patricios began with their founder and chief conspirator, John Riley, a native of Clifden in County Galway. Himself a deserter from both the British and US armies, Riley capitalised on the dissatisfaction felt by many Irish born soldiers with their adopted country. Aided by his second-in-command, Patrick Daly from near Ballina in County Mayo, Riley was successful in persuading forty-eight Irish soldiers to defect to the Mexican forces and the Saint Patrick's Battalion was formed. Other foreign-born US deserters were also welcomed. For the remainder of this article, (including images) go to http://www.local.ie/general/top_story/patricios.shtml
Ottawa - St Patrick Street to top
-			L. Lemieux 606 St Patrick St Ottawa
			Good for 10¢ in Trade
-			L. Lemieux 606 St Patrick St Ottawa
			Good For 5¢ In Trade
-			Similar but different dies.
-			V. Dumoulin, Phone R 1493 -.- 460 St Patrick, St. Ottawa.
			Good For 5¢ With Bottle
			There is another variety of this where "WITH BOTTLE" is on one line.
St Patrick Patron Saint to top
-			Saint Patrick
			Patron Saint + Of The Irish + = May Your Troubles Be Less, Your Blessing Be More, And Nothing But Happiness Come Through Your Door
St Patrick's Salve to top
-			SAINT PATRICK'S | * SALVE * = PRICE | 25 CENTS | E.P.FURLONG | 92 | FULTON ST N.Y.
			SAINT PATRICK depicted with snakes 25mm brass.
			St Patrick's Salve is a brand of soothing ointment costing 25¢.   I've seen this described as follows;- Wright 353. Storer 7807. Rulau NY276. Date unknown of its issue. St.Patrick banishing the snakes from Ireland. A downtown New York Fulton Street issue so probably a mid-1800's issue. Appears to be copper but is probably toned brass as is cataloged in this medal in Rulau.
St Patrick(s) School to top
-			St Patrick School Cafeteria
			Ice Cream
			23mm, brass. Hawaiian Money Catalog page 85. One of the oldest Co-Ed Private Catholic School located in Kaimuki, on the Island of Oahu.
-			St Patrick School Cafeteria
			Lunch
			28mm aluminium
-			St Patrick's School Cafeteria
			blank
			(Hawaii)
-			As previous
			Rolled - with a "City of Refuge" design
			As previous exept for the rolling.
-			ST. PATRICK'S SCHOOL LINCOLN, NEBR.
			GOOD FOR 1 RIDE
			23mm. aluminium
-			ST PAT'S SCHOOL BUS
			blank. 23mm, octagonal plastic, ref: OH 860Q
			Believed to be from Toledo Ohio
Union Banking Co. Du Bois Pa. to top
-			DEPOSIT YOUR SAVINGS IN THE UNION BANKING & TRUST CO. OF DU BOIS. PA.
			SAINT PATRICK depicted.
			32mm brass. Unlisted in Pennsylvania Merchant Tokens where 2 other tokens from this bank are listed as R5, 9-20 known.
40th Anniversary St Ann's (church) Cleveland to top
-			40th Anniversary St Ann's (church) Cleveland (Ohio) 1873-1913
			Saint Patrick In tiny letters THE WHITEHEAD AND HOAG CO. NEWARK NJ
			Marked sterling silver.
Colonial Trust Company Pittsburg to top
-			FOR YOUR SAVINGS THE COLONIAL TRUST COMPANY PITTSBURGH 25mm
			SAINT PATRICK.
St Patrick Association of America to top
-			ST. P. A. OF A. 26th NATIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATE FEB. 24. 1902 PERTH AMBOY, N.J.
			(Whitehead Hoag stamp)
			Issued for the St Patrick Association of America.

The St Patrick Story - with a modern take - found on the www

St. Patrick was born in 385 western Great Britain into a high-ranking Roman Christian family; he died in Ireland in 461, though some accounts put his death later. His grandfather was a priest and his father--Calpurnius--was a deacon, as well as prosperous nobleman and local Roman official. Patrick's native language was Latin. His birth name was, reportedly, Maewyn, and the Latin name Patercius (Gaelicized to "Patrick" by the Irish) was given to him by Pope Celestine just before his mission to Ireland, as a token of the fruitfulness of his future mission, which would make him the pater civium (father of the people) of the Irish race.
He writes that as youths he and his companions "turned away from God, and did not keep his commandments, and did not obey our priests, who used to remind us of our salvation" (Conf. 1). But when he was sixteen he was kidnapped by Irish pirates and sold into slavery, where he served as a shepherd. This revolutionized his life; his faith and zeal for God were ignited, and he spent much time praying and fasting. After six years, he escaped, being led by private revelations along a safe route back to Britain. Afterwards, he was commissioned in another private revelation to serve as a missionary to Ireland. To prepare, he travelled to France and spent around two decades as a monk-studying, praying, and practicing penance. He was ordained to the priesthood, and in 432 was sent to Ireland to serve St. Palladius, who had been consecrated bishop and sent to Ireland by Pope Celestine. When Palladius died on a trip to Britain, Patrick was chosen as his successor and was consecrated bishop by St. Germanus, the papal representative overseeing the Irish mission.
Patrick experienced enormous success in converting the Irish, and three assistant bishops from France were sent to help him, among them St. Sechnall (aka Secundinus). Within his generation the Irish had been transformed by God's grace into a Christian (and Catholic) people. In 441 Patrick went to Rome to seek special approval of his ministry in Ireland, and the newly-elected Pope Leo the Great personally confirmed Patrick's full adherence to the Catholic faith.
This is significant since some today assert that Patrick was not Catholic. In the USA, the challenge is mainly made by Irish Americans who have abandoned The Church for Protestantism and wish to co-opt Patrick and represent him as a non-Catholic figure. This is an impossible task, as Patrick was a Latin-speaking Roman noble, grandson of a Catholic priest, son of a minor official of the Roman empire, who had repeated private revelations, practiced penance, spent two decades as a monk, was ordained a priest and sent to serve on the papal mission to Ireland, was then ordained bishop by a papal representative, and had his fidelity to Catholic teaching specially confirmed by Pope Leo the Great (of whom the fathers of the Council of Chalcedon cried "Peter has spoken through Leo!").
He described himself as a Catholic, and a list of canons he drew up for the Irish church orders that any dispute not resolved on a local level was to be forwarded to Rome for decision. The two writings from his pen that survive-his Confession and Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus-are both in Latin, and both attest to his Catholic faith. The Letter-which Patrick wrote in a blazing fury after some of his newly baptized converts had been slaughtered during a raid by a British ruler, records his belief in the episcopacy, the ministerial priesthood, confirmation, the value of monks and nuns, purgatory, priestly absolution, and "doing hard penance" (the last two, he said the murdering soldiers needed).
His later Confession has a mild tone (not being a response to a massacre) and mentions many of the same Catholic distinctives, as well as fasting, loss of salvation, and Patrick's many private revelations. Another important source is a Latin hymn written in praise of him by his assistant bishop Sechnall, who records many of Patrick's beliefs, among them the sacrifice of the Mass, merits, the fact the Church is built on Peter, and baptismal regeneration.

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