ARCHÆOLOGICAL EVIDENCE:

THE BREHON LAWS:

EVIDENCE FROM EARLY IRISH LITERATURE:

FOREIGN TESTIMONY:

OGAM INSCRIPTIONS:

DESCRIPTION OF OGAM:

SUMMARY:

INFLUENCE OF CLONARD MONASTERY:

EDUCATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE IRISH CHURCH.

IMPOSSIBILITY OF COMPILING A COMPLETE LIST OF MONASTIC SCHOOLS AND SCHOLARS:

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF IRISH MONASTIC SCHOOLS:

SCOTLAND:

ENGLAND:

IRISH FOUNDATIONS ON THE CONTINENT:

RELATION OF THE IRISH MONASTIC CHURCH TO THE ROMAN CHURCH:

THE CALCULATION OF EASTER:

THE TONSURE CONTROVERSY:

YEAR.—DISTRICT AFFECTED BY THE CHANGE:[130]

EFFECT OF THE EASTER CONTROVERSY ON EDUCATION:

ORGANIZATION OF THE IRISH MONASTERY ON A TRIBAL BASIS:

REVENUES AND MEANS OF SUPPORT.

THE BUILDINGS:

DAILY LIFE IN AN IRISH MONASTERY:

FASTING:

PRAYER:

LABOUR:

STUDY:

OTHER PRACTICES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF IRISH MONASTIC LIFE: OBEDIENCE:

MORAL COURAGE:

SILENCE:

HOSPITALITY:

LOVE OF NATURE:

DUAL SYSTEM OF SCHOOLS:

LAY SCHOOLS:

RE-ORGANIZATION OF BARDIC SCHOOLS:

EDUCATION OF LAYMEN:

RELATION OF THE LAY SCHOOL TO THE MONASTIC SCHOOL:

HOME EDUCATION AND FOSTERAGE:

EDUCATION OF WOMEN:

FOREIGN STUDENTS IN IRELAND:

THE SCHOOL:

METHODS OF TEACHING:

THE SCRIPTORIUM:

PENS:

THE SCRIBE:

IRISH SCRIPT:

IRISH HAND ABROAD:

LIBRARIES:

LIST[321] OF LIBRARIES CONTAINING MSS. WITH IRISH GLOSSES THEREON NOT LATER THAN END OF NINTH OR BEGINNING OF TENTH CENTURY:

STUDY OF THE SCRIPTURES:

STUDY OF THE LATIN CLASSICAL AUTHORS:

STUDY OF GREEK IN EARLY MEDIÆVAL IRELAND:

MUSIC:

ART:

CHARACTERISTICS OF IRISH ART:

ILLUMINATION:

ART METAL WORK:

STONE CARVING:

MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE:

ARITHMETIC:

GEOMETRY:

GEOGRAPHY:

SEDULIUS:

JOHANNES SCOTUS ERIUGENA (d. 877 A.D.):

INFLUENCE OF IRISH SCHOLARSHIP: