O Ara, darling of the West, Ne'er be he blest who loves not thee, O God, cut short her foeman's breath, Let Hell and Death his portion be. O Ara, darling of the West, Ne'er be he blest who loves not thee, Herdless and childless may he go In endless woe his doom is dree. O Ara, darling of the West, Ne'er be he blest who loves thee not, When angels wing from heaven on high And leave the sky for this dear spot."[4] Another early school was that founded by St. Finnian at Cluain Eraird, better known under its corrupt form Clonard, a spot hard by the river Boyne, to which students from both north and south resorted in great numbers. Finnian, who was of the Clanna Rury, or Irian race, had been baptized by Bishop Fortchern, who--so quickly did the Christian cause progress--was a grandson of King Laeghaire, who withstood St. Patrick. This Fortchern, too, like Brigit's favourite bishop, was a skilled artificer in bronze and metal, a calling to which many of the early saints evinced a strong bias. Clonard even during Finnian's lifetime became a great school, and three thousand students are said to have been gathered round it, amongst them the so-called Twelve Apostles of Erin. These are Ciaran of Clonmacnois and Ciaran of Saigher, who is patron saint of Ossory; Brendan of Birr, the "prophet," and Brendan of Clonfert, the "navigator"; Columba of Tir-da-glass and Columcille; Mobhí of Glasnevin and--_infaustum nomen!_--Rodan of Lothra or Lorrha; Senanus of Iniscathy, whose name is known to the lovers of the poet Moore; Ninnidh of Loch Erne; Lasserian, and St. Cainnech of Kilkenny, known in Scotland as Kenneth, and second in that country only to St. Columcille and St. Brigit in popularity. The school of Clonard was founded about the year 520, when, to quote the rather jingling hymn from St. Finnian's office-- "Reversus in Clonardiam Ad cathedram lecturæ Opponit diligentiam Ad studium scripturæ." The numbers who attended his teaching are given in another verse-- "Trium virorum millium Sorte fit doctor humilis, Verbi his fudit fluvium Ut fons emanans rivulis."