On Farm to Market Road 666, 1 mile south of County Road 1740, on the right when traveling north.
Ranchers occupying the 1804 Spanish land grant of Jose Herrera established this crossing of the Nueces and named the scattered settlement Santa Margarita. In 1828, John McMullen and James McGloin received a land grant from the Mexican government for . . . — — Map (db m193568) HM
On Main Street (Farm to Market Road 666) north of McGloin Street, on the right when traveling south.
The battle of San Patricio was fought in the streets of Old San Patricio at 3:00 A.M. on February 27, 1836. The general council of the provisional government of Texas had instructed Francis W. Johnson and Dr. James Grant to lead an independent . . . — — Map (db m122042) HM
On Magnolia Street (County Route 60) 0.1 miles east of Main Street (County Route 666), on the left when traveling east.
Education in San Patricio began in 1830 on this site in the picket cabin of Catherine Hoy. In 1876 Saint Joseph's Convent was erected here. The Sisters of Mercy, having left Indianola after the Hurricane of 1875, came to run the Mother House and . . . — — Map (db m77425) HM
On Main Street (Farm to Market Road 666) at McGloin Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Josepha Rodríguez, known as "Chipita," was hanged in 1863 for the murder of John Savage. She remained the last woman legally executed in the state of Texas until 1998. Little is known of Rodríguez' life, though it is believed that she was the . . . — — Map (db m122942) HM
This cemetery is believed to have been used for generations by Indian tribes and Mexican settlers who lived in this area previous to Anglo colonization. Following the establishment of San Patricio de Hibernia in 1830 by empresarios John McMullen and . . . — — Map (db m121965) HM
On Main Street (County Route 666) at Nopal Street (County Route 60), on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
Location of noted St. Paul's Academy for Boys. Home of school owner Robert Dougherty (1827-1881), a refugee from 1840s Irish famine.
Educated at St. Mary's College, Kentucky, Dougherty worked as a journalist and merchant before settling in . . . — — Map (db m77422) HM
On Main Street (Route 666) at Magnolia Street (County Route 60), on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Empresarios John McMullen and James McGloin brought Irish Catholic immigrant families to Texas about 1829 to form a new colony, San Patricio de Hibernia. Under the direction of the Rev. Henry Doyle, the colonists established Saint Patrick's . . . — — Map (db m201902) HM
On Main Street (Farm to Market Road 666) at McGloin Street (Road 1740), on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
Spanish exploration and activity in the area dated from 1519, through 1821, when Mexico won its independence. In 1828, James McGloin and John McMullen received a Mexican land grant here, to which they brought Irish colonists.
County was created . . . — — Map (db m196119) HM
On Main Street (Farm to Market Road 666) at McGloin Street (County Route 1740), on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
Founded in 1830 by John McMullen and James McGloin as the seat of their Irish colony under an empressario contract dated August 17, 1828 which was fulfilled by the empresarios 1830-1835.
Named in honor of Saint Patrick the Patron Saint of . . . — — Map (db m77532) HM
