Oldest and most celebrated of the ancient schools of Ireland, c457 It numbered Saint Patrick, Benignus, and Gildas the Wise among its teachers. Plundered many times by the Danes in the 9th and 10th centuries, it was finally destroyed in the 12th.
Oldest and most celebrated of the ancient schools of Ireland, c457 It numbered Saint Patrick, Benignus, and Gildas the Wise among its teachers. Plundered many times by the Danes in the 9th and 10th centuries, it was finally destroyed in the 12th.
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