CHAPTER VII.

MINOR MONASTIC SCHOOLS OF THE FIFTH CENTURY.

I.--THE SCHOOL OF NOENDRUM 141

St. Mochae 141

St. Colman of Dromore 143

Mochae of Noendrum enchanted for 150 years by the song of a

Blackbird 144

II.--THE SCHOOL OF LOUTH 145

St. Mochta 145

School founded 147

The Druid Hoam 147

_Book of Cuana_ 149

III.--THE SCHOOL OF EMLY 149

St. Ailbe 149

Pre-Patrician Bishops in Ireland 150

Life of St. Ailbe of Emly 151

Ailbe preached the Gospel in Connaught 152

Life of St. Declan 153

Sts. Ciaran, Ailbe, Declan, and Ibar yield subjection and

supremacy to Patrick 153

Difficulties against the authenticity of the Lives of St.

Ciaran, St. Declan, and St. Ailbe 155

IV.--ST. IBAR 155

Beg-Eri 156

School of Beg-Eri 157

Beg-Eri no longer an Island 158

V.--EARLY SCHOOLS IN THE WEST OF IRELAND 159

College at Cluainfois 160

School of St. Asicus of Elphin 161

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