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The dawn of Learning in Ireland. The legendary visions of St. Patrick, antecedent to his conversion to Christianity, while a captive and a swineherd among the Ulster Hills.
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The cultivation and propagation of Christian philosophy and religion by the early Irish monks, whose humble cells were reared as described.
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The monasteries founded by the native-Irish chiefs.
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The statelier erections of the Anglo-Norman conquerors.
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