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