ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF IRELAND, FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY INTO THAT COUNTRY, TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY. BY REV. P. J. CAREW, PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY, ROYAL COLLEGE, MAYNOOTH. DUBLIN: PRINTED BY JOHN COYNE, 24, COOKE-STREET. 1835. CONTENTS. Former intercourse of Ireland with the nations first converted to the Gospel. The first knowledge of Christianity thus conveyed to Ireland. The Irish people not converted until the time of St. Patrick. Palladius the First Bishop sent to Ireland. The Irish received their knowledge of religion from the West. The Irish not chargeable with the error of the Quartodecimans. The worship of the Sun, the prevailing worship in Ireland before the introduc- Narrative of the principal circumstances connected with the missions of Palla- dius and St. Patrick-Death of Palladius-St. Patrick appointed to succeed St. Celestine learns that some Converts to the Gospel had been made in Ire- Resolves to appoint a Bishop over the rising church of that country. a |