A course of lectures on Irish history . 3nt0 Jr^lani 433—597 BY REV. BERNARD S. CONATY When I was kindly asked some time ago by the gentlemanwho so graciously presides at this gathering if I would consentto prepare an evenings talk on some interesting period of Irishhistory, I must confess that my first strong natural impulse wasto decline. I feel indeed how poorly equipped I am to speak intelli-gently and interestingly on a subject so seemingly foreign to myevery day work. I could not, however, refuse whatever en-couragement my feeble voice and mj still more inexperiencedpen may lend to so hi
A course of lectures on Irish history . 3nt0 Jr^lani 433—597 BY REV. BERNARD S. CONATY When I was kindly asked some time ago by the gentlemanwho so graciously presides at this gathering if I would consentto prepare an evenings talk on some interesting period of Irishhistory, I must confess that my first strong natural impulse wasto decline. I feel indeed how poorly equipped I am to speak intelli-gently and interestingly on a subject so seemingly foreign to myevery day work. I could not, however, refuse whatever en-couragement my feeble voice and mj still more inexperiencedpen may lend to so high and noble an educational plan as thatso wisely outlined by those who have inaugurated this series ofpopular lectures. I console myself with the thought that in this forum of thepeople even an itinerant soggarth like my humble self maybe vouchsafed a hearing. The introduction of Christianityinto Ireland and its marvelous development under St. Patrickis the subject assigned to me. It is one that might easily af-fright a greater than
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