“G. B. M’ Keown” replies
In reply to your correspondent, who seems in doubt regarding the Druids in this country, I would first of all refer him to the “National Encyclopedia” (vol. 7 p. 502), which states:—“Ancient Ireland.—As to religion, the Druids held chief sway. Irish Druidism is alleged by the bards to be the original form and the famous British Druid College of Mona (Angelsey) to have been planted by Irish priests. The Yew, not the Oak, was the sacred tree in Ireland under the Druids.”
George Barnett 