The Chronicle of Ireland records that in…
388 CE to 531 CE
The same chronicle records that Saint Patrick, Ireland's best known patron saint, arrived the following year.
There is continued debate over the missions of Palladius and Patrick, but the consensus is that they both took place and that the older druid tradition collapsed in the face of the new religion.
Irish Christian scholars excel in the study of Latin and Greek learning and Christian theology.
In the monastic culture that follows the Christianization of Ireland, Latin and Greek learning is preserved in Ireland during the Early Middle Ages in contrast to elsewhere in Europe, where the Dark Ages follow the Fall of the Western Roman Empire.