The village church of Derrybrien is dedicated to a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary known as what?
Derrybrien Derrybrien is a tiny village in County Galway, Ireland. It lies along the R353 road in the Slieve Aughty Mountains. The village church is dedicated to Saint Patrick and is part of the Roman Catholic Parish of Ballinakill and Derrybrien. A 60MW wind farm with 70 turbines is located on a hill nearby.
Vortigern Vortigern ( ; Old Welsh "Guorthigirn", "Guorthegern"; Welsh: "Gwrtheyrn" ; Old English: "Wyrtgeorn" ; Old Breton "Gurdiern", "Gurthiern"; ; Latin: "Vortigernus, Vertigernus, Uuertigernus, etc" ), also spelled Vortiger and Vortigen, was possibly a 5th-century warlord in Britain, known perhaps as a king of the Britons. His existence is contested, and information about him is obscure.