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Cathbad
C563
Gold-plated
case, Cathbad was the chief druid from the Ulster cycle, he predicted the fate of Deidre before she was born and taught Cuchulainn, who overheard him saying that he would take up arms and on a certain day to become the champion of Ireland, but would die young. |
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Book of Kells Illuminated gospel book in Latin (preserved in the Trinity College Library, Dublin) that is a masterpiece of the ornate Hiberno-Saxon manuscript art. It was begun in the late 8th century at the Irish monastery on the Scottish island of Iona, and after a Viking raid the book was taken to the monastery of Kells in County Meath, where it was completed in the early 9th century.
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