text: And in Ireland, research was done on the life of St. Brigid, Benedictine Abbess who was consecrated bishop with the orders of bishop, by what would then have been called, the Primate of Ireland---Bishop Mel who stated, "This virgin alone in Ireland will hold the episcopal ordination."  Research done by Donncha O hAodha, 'Bethu Brigte' [Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1976].
  
  More modern researchers:
  
  Ete Eisen, WOMEN OFFICEHOLDERS IN EALY CHIRISTIANITY; EPIGRAPHICAL AND LITERARY STUDIES [Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2000]
  
  Kevin Madigan, and Carolyn Osiek, ORDAINED WOMEN IN THE EARLY CHURCH: A DOCUMENTAY HISTORY [Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 2005]
  
  Gary Macy, THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF WOMEN'S ORDINATION [New York: Oxford University Press, 2007].
  
  Now----you do the hard reading, comparisons, and contacts---which is what researchers do.  When it comes to actual proof of YOUR comments----YOU rarely provide any research at all----you just 'snipe' at what others say.