R.I.A.

vol.xiv.A distinguished modern poet of Ireland has made the voyage of St.Brendan the subject of one of the most beautiful of his poems.
[180] _Magh-Rath_ .-- Now Moira, in the county Down.

The Chronicum Scotorum gives the date 636, and the Annals of Tighernach at 637, which Dr.O'Donovan considers to be the true date.
[181] _Gratis_ .-- Ven.

Bede, cap.

xxviii.
[182] _Rule_.--"The light which St.Columbanus disseminated, by his knowledge and doctrine, wherever he presented himself, caused a contemporary writer to compare him to the sun in his course from east to west; and he continued after his death to shine forth in numerous disciples whom he had trained in learning and piety."-- _Benedictine Hist.Litt.de la France_.
[183] _World_ .-- See Herring's _Collectanea_ and the _Bibliotheca Patrum_, tom.