Transcription: The Irish seemed unlikely saviours of academic knowledge, living as they did in their rural environments. However, scholarship could flourish in Ireland because there existed a learned class of poets, druids and lawyers who were effectively thought of as being intellectuals. These folk memorised poetry and mythical stories. They believed that knowledge should be transmitted as widely as possible or souls would be damned. When St. Patrick came to Ireland, so too came Latin. Because of the Latin aspect, Irish Celts could write. This was now one of the major duties of the Irish monks. The monks c ... File Comment 'Genre=152'
