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Aran, The Monastic School of
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01677b.htmDuring three hundred years from about 500 to 800, Aran Mor and its sister islands were a famous centre of sanctity and learning, which attracted holy men from all parts of Ireland to study the science of the saints in this remote school of the West.
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