Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lives of the Irish Saints, Vol. 2: With Special Festivals, and the Commemorations of Holy Persons, Compiled From Calendars, Mantyrologies, and Various Sources, Relating to the Ancient Church History of Ireland HE path of a modern biographer, while treating about the Acts of Ireland's great Patroness, is beset with difficulties of a varied nature. 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.