Amanda Connolly

Amanda Connolly is an award-winning journalist whose work focuses on Canadian and international politics, most often around issues of foreign policy, national security and defence, and gender equality. Through her experiences living and working across Canada, she aims to bring a truly national perspective that helps Canadians understand their place in a rapidly changing world. She is also a dual Canadian-Irish citizen, and this story draws loose inspiration from the legend of how St. Patrick drove the snakes – and the pagan magic – out of Ireland centuries ago.