...But, further, Dr. Ledwich (page 358,) quotes from the learned Mosheim the following passages : — " That the Hibernians were lovers of learning, and distinguished...the most distant lands with a view to improve and to communicate their knowledge, is a fact with which 1 have been long acquainted, as we see them in...

...at the expense of truth- Mosheim, in his Ecclesiastical history of the eighth century, says, — " that the Hibernians were lovers of learning, and distinguished...sciences beyond all other European nations ; travelling through thej most distant lands with a view to improve, and to communicate their knowledge, is a fact...

...celebrated 'preachers.' The college of Lismore, in particular, attracted scholars from all parts of Europe. That the Hibernians were lovers of learning, and distinguished...of the sciences, beyond all other European nations, is referred to by Mosheira as an incomestible fact ; and he adds, on the contemporary testimony of...

...and exploded by all other nations."' m That the Hibernians, who were called Scots in this century, were lovers of learning, and distinguished themselves,...ignorance, by the culture of the sciences beyond all the other European nations, traveling through the most distant lands, both with a view to improve and...

...étoient d'Iraland," says Scaliger the younger ; while Mosheim (Eccl. Hist, century 8.) observes, " the Hibernians were lovers of learning, and distinguished themselves in those times of ignorance (the dark ages) by the culture of the sciences, beyond all other nations, travelling to the most distant...

...higher. The excellent author of the Ecclesiastical History says of Ireland in the eighth century : " That the Hibernians were lovers of learning, and distinguished...communicate their knowledge — is a fact with which I have been long acquainted, as we see them in the most authentic records of antiquity discharging...

...them with books to read and their teaching gratis.''^ Dean Murray quotes from Mosheim, who says — " That the Hibernians were lovers of learning, and distinguished...times of ignorance by the culture of the sciences above all the other European nations, travelling the most distant lands with a view to improve and...

...various branches of literature;" "and with others the HIBERNIANS, who distinguished themselves in these times of ignorance, by the culture of the sciences, beyond all other European nations," " discharging with the highest credit the functions of doctors in Germany and France." The strange...

...Britain." Again, " That the Hibernians were lovers of learning, and distinguished themselves in these times of ignorance, by the culture of the sciences beyond all other European nations, travelling into the most distant lands, both with a view to improve and communicate their knowledge, is a fact...

...subject of the last few pages. " That the Hibernians who were called Scots in this century (the eighth), were lovers of learning, and distinguished themselves...ignorance by the culture of the sciences beyond all the other European nations, travelling through the most distant lands, to improve and communicate their...