The Early Irish Monastic Schools / A study of Ireland's contribution to early medieval culture

by Hugh Graham

[135] Green, J. R., The Making of England, p. 276.

[136] Reeves, Wm., op. cit. p. 342.

[137] Reeves, Wm., op. cit. See table opposite p. 342.

[138] Reeves, Wm., Adamnan, pp. 342, 343; Skene, W., Celtic Scotland, II., pp. 61, 62. The monastic organization here described applies especially to Iona, but may be considered as typical not only of Columban monasteries but of Irish monasteries in general.

[139] Reeves, Wm., op. cit. p. 365; Healy, John, op. cit. p. 98.

[140] Skene, Wm., Celtic Scotland, II., p. 44.

[141] Skene, Wm., op. cit. p. 42.

[142] See Annals of the Four Masters, I., pp. 399, 410, 420, 442, 458, 470.

[143] Joyce, P. W., op. cit. I., p. 389.

[144] Ancient Laws of Ireland, V., p. 123.