Loca Patriciana. An Identification of Localities, Chiefly in Leinster, visited by Saint Patrick and his Assistant Missionaries and of some Contemporary Kings and Chieftains. With an Essay on the Three Patricks, Palladius, Sen Patrick & MacCalphurn. Apostles of Ireland in the 5th Century. Dublin: Gill, 1879. First Edition. Pp xiii, 495. Ex library copy, with ink stamps & with occasional label residue to endpapers. Rebound in brown cloth boards, title in gilt to spine. A few neat marginal annotations throughout. A very good copy.

Illustrated with a frontispiece plate & sixteen genealogical tables (pull out plates) in the text.

Rev. Shearman’s magnum opus delves into the historical context of Leinster, particularly focusing on the places visited by Saint Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland, and his assistant missionaries in the fifth century.