[243] Notes to the Felire.
[244] Fecerat autem priusquam Brittaniam veniret monasterium nobile in Hibernia, quod a copia roborum Dearmach linguâ Scottorum, i.e. Campus roborum cognominatur.—Book iii. 4.
[245] The ‘Great House’ was perhaps the abbot’s residence. See Petrie’s Round Towers, page 431.
[246] Ps. xc. verse 11.
[247] See Reeves’ Adamnan, page 276.
[248] Ibid, page 269.
[249] Gilbert, National MSS., page 10.
[250] See Professor Stokes’ very interesting Lecture.
[251] The Irish Life in the Book of Lismore indirectly implies that Kells was founded by St. Columba, as well as many other churches in Bregia.
[252] Round Towers, page 437.