Aran,  under  St.  Enda,  may  be  called  the  novitiate  of  the
Irish  saints  of  the  Second  Order,  as  Clonard  may  be  con-
sidered their  college ;  and  hence  we  shall  trace  as  carefully
as  we  can  the  history  of  these  two  famous  foundations  of
sanctity  and  learning,  to  which  the  ancient  Church  of  Ireland
owed  so  much.
