CHAPTER II.

IRISH SCHOLARS BEFORE ST. PATRICK.

I.--CORMAC MAC ART 16

Battle of Magh Mucruimhe 17

Fenian Militia 18

Finn Mac Cumhail 19

Feis of Tara 19

_The Teach Miodhchuarta_ 21

Writings ascribed to Cormac 23

_Saltair of Tara_ 23

Schools at Tara 23

_Book of Aicill_ 25

Death of Cormac 26

Torna Eigas 28

II.--SEDULIUS 29

Evidence of Irish Birth 29

Religious Training 32

Writings of Sedulius 35

_Carmen Paschale_ 36

_Elegiac Poems_ 37

III.--CAELESTIUS AND PELAGIUS 39

Caelestius not an Irishman 39

Pelagius of British Birth, but of Scottish Origin 40

No evidence to show that Caelestius was either a Briton or

Scot--His Character 41

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