russels  MS.  of  the  Felire  of  Acn-  '  Dubhtach,      vita   ida.  c.  3*

fus  (Aug.   15).     The  etymology,  (Tr.  T^.,  p.  1 5)  5  Jocelin,  c.  44  {«*•

owever,   from  Cloch-oir,  stone  of  p.  74)  ;  yita  Tripart,  i.  61  (*>.  f*

gold,  has  the  authority  of  the  Ca-  126).     Some   poems  attribyted    ^

lendar  of  Cashel,  (Colgan,  he.  cit.),  him  are  still  extant :  Ware,  Wrii^

and  of  the  Scholia  attnbuted  to  Ca-  of  Ireland  hj  Harris,  p.  6;  0'Reil^5»

thai  Maguire  on  the  Felire  of  Aen-  Irish  tVriters{lhtmo  Celtic  Sodct^ '»

gus  ;  these  scholia  do  not  exist  in  the  p.  xxvi ;  Book  of  Righti,  p.  235*.      ,
Dublin  or   Brussels  copies  of   the  *  Hymn,      Sec  Book  of  ifymu     ^

Felire.  The  quotation  given  by  Col-  the  Antient  Irish  Churchy  p.  at7  ja^j

gan  (i^.)  is  as   follows :  *  Item  op-  where  the  history  of  Fiac  auid  xM-^

pidum  Cbch-ar  appellari  a  cloch-oir^  authenticity  of  his  poem  is  discosae^^
id  est  Lapide  aureo,  ncmpe  auro  et  *  Book  of  Rights,    This  book  h^^

argento    ccelato,   qui   asservatur  ad  been  printed  with  a  translation  air^

dextram    in^redientls    ecclesiae ;    et  notes  by   Dr.  O'Donovan    (Celt^^

quem  Gentiles  auro  obtegcbant,  quia  Society,  Dublin,  1847).
in  eo    colebant  summum    partium


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]  hostile  to  Christianity.  131

is  evident,  therefore,  that  the  Bardic  order  some  bards
lot  regarded  as  essentially  hostile  to  Chris-  I?h^"irro
ty.     Nevertheless,  there  is  evidence  that,  in  ^*^™***~^-
times  of  w^hich  wre  speak,   some  of  those
1  bards  or  poets  had  adopted  opinions  hos-

0  the  Church  ;  and  that  their  power  and
ions  had  become  intolerable  to  the  whole
n.
ic  following  story  is  told  in  the  life^  of  St.
