[CHAPTER IV.]
ST. PATRICK THE MISSIONARY
St. Patrick's birth--Capture, slavery, and escape--His return to Ireland--Arrives at Tara--Visits Connaught and Ulster--Early Irish missionaries and their enthusiasm for the work.
[CHAPTER V.]
THE FIRST IRISH MONASTERIES
"The Tribes of the Saints"--Small oratories in the West--Plan of monastic life--Ready acceptance of Christianity.
[CHAPTER VI.]
COLUMBA AND THE WESTERN CHURCH
Birth of Columba--His journey to Iona--His character and humanity--Conversion of Saxon England--Schism between Western Church and Papacy--Synod of Whitby--The Irish Church at home.