Latin literature would almost certainly have been lost without the Irish, and illiterate Europe would hardly… — Thomas Cahill
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.
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