 | 1774
...the labours of the Irifh clergy were not confined to their own country. Their miffionaries were fcnt to the continent. They converted heathens, they confirmed believers, they erected convents', they eftabliihed fchools of learning ; they taught the ufe of letters to the 'Saxons and Normans, they converted... | |
 | 1803
...though the seminary of Armagh was but one of those numerous colleges erected in Ireland. But the labours of the Irish clergy were not confined to their own...they confirmed believers, they erected convents, they esablished schools of learning ; they taught the use of letters to the Saxons and Normans, they converted... | |
 | Thomas Leland - 1814
...of those numerous colleges erected in Ireland. BUT the labours of the Irish clergy were not confmed to their own country. Their missionaries were sent...instructions : and Europe with gratitude confessed the superior knowledge, the piety, the zeal, the purity of the ISLAND OF SAINTS. Such are the events on... | |
 | Harriet Catherine Egerton Countess of Ellesmere - 1829 - 235 pages
...nations. The labours of the Irish clergy did not terminate here ; they sent missionaries to the continent; they taught the use of letters to the Saxons and Normans ; they converted the Picts to Christianity ; they established schools in Germany, and elsewhere; and Europe gratefully confessed... | |
 | Thomas Smyth - 1843 - 568 pages
...dangerous and remote. They converted the heathen, and established and confirmed the wavering christians. They taught the use of letters to the Saxons and Normans. They converted the Picts. Burgundy, Germany, and other countries, received their instructions, and Europe rejoiced in the communicated... | |
 | Thomas Smyth - 1844 - 490 pages
...dangerous and remote. They converted the heathen, and established and confirmed the wavering Christians. They taught the use of letters to the Saxons and Normans. They converted the Picts. Burgundy, Germany, and other countries, received their instructions, and Europe rejoiced in the communicated... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1845 - 336 pages
...so useful an institution in Ireland, as bringing great numbers together into one civil community. " A conflux of foreigners to this retired island, at...instructions ; and Europe with gratitude confessed the superior knowledge, the piety, the zeal, the purity of the ' Island of Saints.' " Such is the abstract... | |
 | Thomas MacNevin - 1846 - 260 pages
...though the seminary of Armagh was but one of those numerous colleges erected in Ireland. But the labours of the Irish clergy were not confined to their own...Normans, they converted the Picts by the preaching of Cohimb-kill, one of their renowned ecclesiastics : Burgundy, Germany, and other countries received... | |
 | Thomas MacNevin - 1846 - 260 pages
...though the seminary of Armagh was but one of those numerous colleges erected in Ireland. But the labours of the Irish clergy were not confined to their own...of learning ; they taught the use of letters to the Saxong and Normans, they converted the Picts by the preaching of Columb-kill, one of their renowned... | |
 | 1898
...time as "the period when Ireland is described as a kind of Hesperian elysium of peace and piety." " The labors of the Irish clergy were not confined to...Normans, they converted the Picts by the preaching of Columb Kill, one of their renowned ecclesiastics. Burgundy, Germany and other countries, received their... | |
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But the labors of the Irish clergy were not confined to their own country. Their missionaries were sent to the Continent. They converted .heathens ; they confirmed believers ; they erected convents ; they established schools of learning; they taught the... 