Zeuss in his world-famed _Grammatica Celtica_. The date of one of
these--a codex containing some of Venerable Bede's works--is fixed by an
entry of the death of Aed, King of Ireland, in the year 817. This most
important work belonged to the Irish monastery of Reichenau, and is now
preserved at Carlsruhe. A codex is also preserved at Cambray, which
contains a fragment of an Irish sermon, and the canons of an Irish
council held A.D. 684.


[Illustration: DOORWAY OF CLONMACNOIS.]

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FOOTNOTES:

[1] _Work._--_Lectures on the MS. Materials of Ancient Irish History_.
This work was published at the sole cost of the Catholic University of
Ireland, and will be an eternal monument of their patriotism and
devotion to literature. A chair of Irish History and Archæology was also
founded at the very commencement of the University; and yet the "Queen's
Colleges" are discarding this study, while an English professor in
Oxford is warmly advocating its promotion. Is the value of a chair to be
estimated by the number of pupils who surround it, or by the
contributions to science of the professor who holds it?

[2] _Leinster._--Book of Leinster, H.2.18, T.C.D. See O'Curry, p. 8.

[3] _Ballymote._--Library R.I.A., at fol. 145, a.a.

[4] _Lecan._--Trinity College, Dublin, classed H.2.16.