[372] The Psaltair of Cashel is quoted for this statement, but that work no longer exists; Keating, however, saw it.
[373] The remains of a smaller, but later church, are still to be seen a little to the south of the older and larger building.
[374] Sneidhius of Disert Diarmada was Cormac’s principal tutor.
[375] See the Rev. Denis Murphy in the Journal of the R. H. A. A., for July, 1889.
[376] See Life of St. Fintan in this work, p. 399.
[377] The ruins of a mediæval monastery may still be seen at Terryglass; and a beautiful new church has been lately erected through the munificence of Colonel Hickie of Slevoir, at a cost to him of nearly £10,000.
[378] This anchorite, who died in A.D. 898, is called Cosgraich. He dwelt in the round tower, which on that account is sometimes call Cosgraich’s tower.
[379] “Wars of the Gael,” page 139.
[380] “Qui Propheta in scholis illiset etiam Sanctorum Hiberniae habebatur.” Vita.
[381] Ad gurgitem Ruyad, perhaps Ballyshannon.