Irish missionaries, with their very strict rule, were not altogether popular among the lax Gallican clergy, who tried to get them discouraged.
They were first common in northern Europe, reflecting Celtic influence, especially that of Irish missionaries.
The son of Irish missionaries, Bison grew up an orphan and lived his entire life as a thief.
The area was Christianised by British and Irish missionaries around the 9th century.
By the mid-7th century, English and Irish missionaries set out to convert the Frisians.
Oswald, king of Northumbria, had brought Irish missionaries to northern England.
A strong cultural link between the two countries is that many people in the Philippines have been educated by Irish missionaries.
And neither really did the Irish missionaries.
Irish missionaries have been working in South Africa since before 1860.
Many Irish missionaries are involved in this work.