Insula Sanctorum et Doctorum; Or, Ireland's Ancient Schools and Scholars

CHAPTER I.

STATE OF LEARNING IN IRELAND BEFORE ST. PATRICK.

"The wrath of Crom spoke in the storm, The blighted harvests felt his eye; The cooling shower, the sunshine warm, Answered the Druid's plaintive cry." --_T. D. McGee._

It is not our purpose to discuss at length the state of learning and civilization in Ireland before the coming of St. Patrick. It ...