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