 The Irish leaders Michael Collins and earlier Daniel O'Connell came from families of the old Gaelic Munster gentry.Noted for its traditions in Irish folk music, and with many ancient castles and monasteries in the province, Munster is a tourist destination.During the fifth century, St. Patrick spent seven years founding churches and ordaining priests in Munster, but a fifth-century bishop named Ailbe is the patron saint of Munster.