Ultan was an Irish monk who later became an abbot.

But from about 540 we hear of the first Irish monks.

On the contrary, the Irish monks had a tremendous cultural dynamic.

Whence did the Irish monks draw the material of their learning?

The chief aim of these Irish monks was to preserve and develop religious life; for literature as such they did nothing.

Irish monks introduced spacing between words in the 7th century.

It was written by an Irish monk, and is about his cat.

Irish monks needed to learn Latin, which was the language of the Church.

This account is felt by some to indicate that the author was an Irish monk.

It is said that Irish monks lived there in the times of first settlement.