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