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Home About the Study Days Programme Social Events Accompanying Persons Venue Hotels How to get there Logo ALAI In Dublin Restaurants and Bars Places to Go About Ireland General Information Weather Smoking Ban Electricity Mobile Phones Internet Access Currency	Welcome to Dublin Fáilte go Baile Átha Cliath It is with great pleasure that we invite you to attend the 2011 Study Days of ALAI to be held in Dublin from Thursday 30th June to Friday 1st July 2011. Further information about the Study Days in Dublin will go online in early January. Registration will commence mid January 2011. Go n-éirí bhfur dturas go hÉirinn libh!	In about the year 500AD, Saint Columba secretly copied a gospel belonging to Saint Finnian. When Finnian discovered what had happened, he claimed ownership of the copy, which Columba refused. Both men agreed that Diarmuid, the King of Ireland should act as a judge in the dispute. Diarmuid mac Cearrbheoil, the high king ruled by analogy le gach bó a buinín agus le gach leabhar a chóip, to every cow its calf and to every book its copy. Accordingly the copy belonged to Finnian, the owner of the original manuscript. Unfortunately, Saint Columba’s reaction was not very saintly. He disputed the judgement and encouraged the northern Uí Néill clan to go to war against Diarmuid. Diarmuid was defeated in the battle of Cúl Dreimhne at the foot of Benbulben.