Above : Initial Letter "E", Book Of Kells One of the most distinguished and learned of Irish Archaeologists* has remarked that we must draw from foreign depositories the materials on which to rest the proofs that Ireland of old was really entitled to that literary eminence which natural feeling lays claim to. Nearly all our domestic evidences of advanced learning have been swept away and destroyed. Hence our real know­ledge of Irish teachers and scholars who migrated to the Continent, and became masters ... Read More

Above : Painting of St. Columba After landing in Europe they had to go amidst people whose language was unknown to them, and though themselves often of noble descent, they found that they were poor and friendless in a strange land. It is frequently recorded how great were their sufferings from poverty, fatigue and lack of equipment, and how many met their death on the way. Yet in the service to which they had devoted themselves they bore all their trials with resignation ... Read More