Synopsis
LIFE O~~· S'1'. P A l'RICJ(. --............ C II .A P T }I-: R I. PAGAN' IRELAND-rrS l<.ELlGION. OUR knowledge of pagan Ireland ~ very tim lted. 'Ve PORSC9B, as yet, but an imllerfect. ide3 of the social relations, the l:i.:~, and custOJlU; 01 the ancient races .... hich SUct.e~~ively o<,:cll}JieJ its Boil. The bards, it is true, hav"c paiJlted in glo'iug coJor~ the primitive condition of Eriu, lier power, her leul'ning, and her ci vi1i~:tJion. But we al'e not y ct capuule of discerning how tUI' the truth nlAy bo mixed up 'with fiction, nor to whut degree poet.ical fuucy may IHn'c (:mbellit!h~d sirn ple facts. IT nfor tunatcly for tbit; pOJ"tiolJ of our hbtory, we pORS~811 DO written authentic dOCUlneuts which can b~ cloarly BS81gnad to p~g:lll time~; And although otLer "lon .. umel1 ts are to be found, such a~ pilJal'-stones, rathr, and cromlechs, which arc undoubtedly anterior to CLristianity they are si1c.:nt wit.h regard to th.
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