Every year on Holy Saturday (the Saturday before Easter), the local parish priest lights a fire on the Hill of Slane in Patrick's honour.
Finally, when he reached the top of a long high hill, he saw the fire, huge and snapping at the black sky.
But Patrick defied convention, lighting a paschal (Easter) fire on the Hill of Slane, near today's village of Slane, located about 16km northeast of Tara.
That afternoon, while Private First Class Svehla and his platoon were patrolling a strategic hill to determine enemy strength and positions, they were subjected to intense enemy automatic weapons and small arms fire at the top of the hill.
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In Poway, northeast of San Diego, Mike Perry and his neighbors watched in disbelief this week as fire climbed over a hill near his home and crept closer to his front door.
Built around 1884, this home is one of the few Telegraph Hill homes that survived the 1906 earthquake and fire.
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Investigators had been at the scene in Snow Hill since the early hours of Saturday when fire crews tackled the blaze.
And as Henry and his company neared the top of one hill, the rocky slopes seemed to explode with enemy fire.
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As an agent for Coram, Rose consigned to Christie's the 44 paintings plus Sanford Robinson Gifford's "Fire Island Beach, " owned by Berry-Hill.
Carrying bread, wine, fish and fire, the participants make their way to Oudenberg Hill, climbing to the Holy Mary Chapel on the hilltop.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said the bus was travelling along a hill covered in slush and snow when the vehicle went over the verge and onto an embankment.
About 100 people had to leave the Paices Hill site near Aldermaston, after the explosion inside a temporary cabin, the fire service said.
Mort Zuckerman has pitched another iron onto the fire, hoping to keep his media empire vital with a bid for McGraw-Hill -owned magazine BusinessWeek.
Private Seccato ran straight into enemy fire, killing 12, wounding two, capturing four, and inspiring his whole unit to take the hill and destroy the enemy.
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