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According to the Irish Annals, Coptic and Gnostic Christianity was well established in Ireland long before the coming of the great Patricius, or Saint Patrick, as he is known today. The Shining Path refers to teachings of the Coptic and Gnostic Gospels, and their emphasis on enlightenment as a key to the understanding of the words of the mystic later known as Jesus Christ, as recorded in the various approved and non-approved gospels. The links between the world of early Irish Monasticism and early Middle Eastern and North African Christianity are celebrated in this piece.