MFA GOV - HUNGARIAN-IRISH RELATIONSHIPS EMBASSY OF HUNGARY IN IRELAND
"It is not widely known that Irish Hungarian relations date back to the Middle Ages, a surprising fact even though in those times one can talk about sporadic contacts between individuals rather than inter-state relations. In the 14th and 15th centuries two Hungarian pilgrims visited Saint Patrick's Purgatory at Lough Derg. The accounts of their visions in the Purgatory are exciting document of their times. In the mid 17th century Bishop Walter Lynch of Clonfert fled the Cromwellian troops and after a long journey through the Continent he found refuge at the Diocese of Győr in Hungary. A religious painting he gave to his host is still in the Cathedral of Győr and is respected as an important religious relic..."
