Alexander O’Hara in his excellent translation and study of Jonas of Bobbio’s  Vita Columbani  notes that this seventh century account of the...

Opening page of the Táin Bó Cúailnge in the Book of Leinster   The medieval Irish monastery's role in preserving native Irish lit...

[Christmas] It is called the Lord’s birthday when the wisdom of God presented itself to us as an infant, and the Word of God without word...

The Scholar's Life (Beatha an Scoláire) is a seventeenth century Irish poem that describes the life of leisure and privilege enjoyed by ...

The incident of Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil has long fascinated readers of th...

The First Printed Edition of Columbanus' works by Patrick Fleming in 1667 The Irish monastic leader Columbanus wrote several letters...

Sedulius Scottus, (fl. 840-860) lived in Liège at a time when Irish scholarly influence in western Europe was at its zenith. He was a scr...