We shall refer to the subject again in a chapter on the civilization of the early Irish.

There is no doubt of the existence of these roads, and this fact, combined with the care with which they were kept, is significant.
[102] _Magh Lena_ .-- The present parish of Moylana, or Kilbride, Tullamore, King's county.
[103] _Reuda_ .-- Bede, _Eccl.Hist_.p.

7.
[104] _Lance_ .-- O'Curry, p.45.This quotation is translated by Mr.
O'Curry, and is taken from the Book of Ballymote.

This book, however, quotes it from the _Uachongbhail_, a much older authority.
[105] _Write_ .-- Professor O'Curry well observes, that "such a man could scarcely have carried out the numerous provisions of his comprehensive enactments without some written medium.

And it is no unwarrantable presumption to suppose, that, either by his own hand, or, at least, in his own time, by his command, his laws were committed to writing; and when we possess very ancient testimony to this effect, I can see no reason for rejecting it, or for casting a doubt upon the statement."-- _MS.