Latin literature would almost certainly have been lost without the Irish, and illiterate Europe would hardly have developed its great national literatures without the example of the Irish, the first vernacular literature to be written down.


Ch. VI What Was Found - How the Irish Saved Civilization (1995)

Thomas Cahill Quotes

Latin literature would almost certainly have been lost without the Irish, and illiterate Europe would hardly have developed its great national...

Latin literature would almost certainly have been lost without the Irish, and illiterate Europe would hardly have developed its great national...

Latin literature would almost certainly have been lost without the Irish, and illiterate Europe would hardly have developed its great national...

Latin literature would almost certainly have been lost without the Irish, and illiterate Europe would hardly have developed its great national...