The image of the man is shaped by the green-beer infused celebrations and myths like his driving the snakes from Ireland. His life, in fact, is a fascinating one that bears little resemblance to the caricature. For example, few know he was not Irish but British. Nor that he was a slave.
Stuart Kellogg is a retired local TV executive and a part of a Celtic group known as the Fellowship of Ailbe. They study the Celtic tradition and of course St. Patrick is an important part of this study. He is a NY native who moved to Mobile in 1977, leaving with his Alabama wife and two children in 1985 before returning six years ago. He has been a public speaker all of his professional life.
