Eighth  Year :  Prosody  (a  very
complicated  study)  :  Glosses,  i.e.
the  meaning  of  obsolete  and  ob-
scure Gaelic  words :  Teinm
Laeghdha,  Imbas  Forosnai,  and
Dichetal  do  Chennibh  (see  p.  242,
supra)  :  Dinnsenchus  or  Histori-
cal Topography  [of  Ireland].
Ninth  Year  :  A  certain  specified
number  of  each  of  those  com-
positions called  Sennat,  Luasca,
Nena,  Eochraid,  Smith,  and
Duili  Feda.  To  master  175
Tales  during  the  three  years ;
i.e.  105,  or  95,  in  addition  to
those  of  the  Cli.
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Table  of  Degrees  and  Subjects  of  Study — continued.
Monastic  or  Ecclesiastical
Schools.
Bardic  Schools.
Tenth,  eleventh,  and  twelfth  years  :

VII. — Rosai,  which  means  '  Great

VII— Ollamh    [ollav].      He    has

Professor  '   (from  ro,  great,

three     designations  : — Eces

and  sat,  a  professor).     He

[aikas]  or  man  of  learning  ;

has    three    designations  : —

File    [filla],    a    poet :     and

Rosai  ;    Ollamh  or  doctor  ;

Ollamh,     or     doctor.     The

and  Sai  Litre  or  Professor

Ollamh  of  wisdom  or  learn-

(doctor)      of       Literature.
ing  teaches  the  four  depart-

When he  visits  a  palace,  he

ments  of  Filidecht  or  know-

sits    in     the     banqueting-

ledge,  without  ignorance  in

house   with   the   king.     As

them.
he  is  a  great  professor,  he
does  not  fail  in  any  question
in  the  four  departments  of
knowledge.
Course  of  Study  : — Tenth  Year  :
a  further  number  of  those  com-
positions  studied   in   the   ninth
year

Eleventh  Year  :   ioo  of  the  kind  ot

composition     called     Anamuin,

which  was  composed  only  by  an

Ollave.
Twelfth  Year  :    120  Cctals  or  Ora-

tions :   the  Four  Arts  of  Poetry.
