Excerpt from Cambrensis Everus: The History of Ancient Ireland Vindicated; The Religion, Laws and Civilization of Her People Exhibited in the Lives and Actions of Her Kings, Princes, Saints, Bishops, Bards, and Other Learned Men I have not been able to ascertain from any of his writings how many years our author remained in France, or in what colleges he graduated; but he was probably ordained priest about the year 1622, for he had labored thirty years on. The Irish mission before 1652 He had celebrated mass in secret places and private houses before the opening of the Catholic churches in 1642. Like many of his predecessors in Galway, he taught school, and acquired a great reputation for classical learning. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.