Ag Cuardach na n-Instidiúidí Beannaithe idir Sí Beag agus Sí Mór - Seosamh Mac Suibhne

Tá cur síos déanta ar shaol spioradálda an phobail dhúchasigh Chríostaí ar oileán na hÉireann le linn na meánaoise mar "Ginias Spioradálta na hÉireannach". Is minic a luaitear suíomh oileánda na ngíomhaíochtaí spioradálta seo, manachúla den chuid is mó, mar "Oileán na Naomh agus na nOllamh". Déanann an anailís laistigh den staidéar tosaigh meastóireacht ar an dá choincheap seo faoi chreathlach an taispeánadh i dtráth agus amharcann an anailís as an nua ar chumas spioradálta an phobail oileánda ón am a tháinig na chéad daoine, le linn na clochaoise, lena stíl mhaireachtála fánach fad is a bhí siad ag seilg agus ag bailiú. 

The spiritual activities of the indigenous Christian community on the Island of Éire during the medieval period have been described as "The Spiritual Genius of the Irish" The insular location of these largely monastic Christian practices has oft been referred to the "Island of Saints and Scholars" The analysis within this introductory study places of these two concepts within framework of Progressive Revelation and "views and anew" the spiritual capacity of the insular community from when the earliest humans set foot on the island, during the stone age, many millennia ago with their nomadic lifestyle, as hunters and gatherers.