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Thomas Cahill, popular writer of Ireland's history, dies at 82 – Daily Press
In “How the Irish Saved Civilization," Thomas Cahill argued that as the Continent descended into darkness and anarchy after the last Western Roman emperor was deposed in 476, Ireland's isolation became its advantage: Irish monks preserved texts, maintained a literary culture and fostered a Christianity that later seeded the revival of the Roman Catholic Church in Western Europe.
Source: dailypress.com
