four appointed, to be accompanied
with Romish palls, at the Synod of
Kells, 482; subjection of, to Henry II.
505, 508; (See Irish bishops) first pa-
pal appointment to, in Ireland, 619; to
titular. 715, 772, 910, 1348, &c.
Archdall's Monasticon, referred to, 563,
584, 592, &c.

Archer, Irish Jesuit, 910.
Architecture, See Church.

Archpresbyters, appointed to succeed to
the smaller bishopricks of Ireland at
the Synod of Kells, 617; the law re-
newed at Newton, Trim, ib.
Ardagh, See of, represented at Kells,
484 n; vid. 993, seqq.
Ardbraccan, burned, 454.

Ardcarn, ancient see of, 452 n., 999.
Ardfert, See of 452 n; represented at

Kells, 484 n, vid. 995.

Ardmore, ancient see of, 996, &c.
Ardnaccan or Smerwick, 790.
Ardsrath, or Ardstraw, ancient see of,
452, n. 484, n. 996, &c.

Arianism, its ingress into Britain, 114;
its confutation, out of the Holy Scrip-
tures, by S. Columbanus, 271; its pre-
valence in Italy before his time, 941,
959.

Ardee Priory, resigned by Dowdall, 714.
Ardeskin, qd. 1242, '3, nn.
Ariminum, council of.

See Council.

Aristobulus, supposed preacher in Bri-
tain, 110.

Arles, council of. See Council.
Armada, the, 809, 1326, 73.
Armachanus, Richard. See Fitz Ralph.
Armagh, cathedral of, founded by S.
Patrick, 35, ravaged by the Danes,
382, 383, 384, n., 385, 389, 390, 416;
long continued irregularity in the suc-
cession to the see, 410, 465-467; its
ecclesiastical superiority exclusive be-
fore the 12th century, 447; suffragan
bishops of, 467, n.; diligence of its
primates in that age in holding visita-

tions, 476; decorated with the pall,
482; the clergy of, object to the pro-
ceedings of the synod of Kells, 484;
all Irish professors of theology to at-
tend its theological school, 501; sy-
nod of, condemns slavery, 501; mon-
astery of, 563; the see of, filled by an
Augustin abbot, 575, ancient privi-
leges of, in regard to visitations, cur-
tailed by Pope Lucius, 605; first papal
appointment to the see, 619; disputes
between its prelates and those of Dub-
lin about cross-bearing, 630, 631; the
Anglican primate of, aids England
against E. Bruce, &c. 643; vid. q.
663, 680; the primate of, made pri-
mate of Ireland, not of all Ireland,
726; Cranmer invited to nominate a
person for prelate of, 727; wasted by
Shane O'Neill, 770; and why, ib. 771;
titular archbishops of, Creagh, &c.,
771, seqq.; Stuart's Hist. of, 772, n.
1226, '97, seqq.; Magauran, titular
of, 818, 819; planted, 868; titular pro-
vincial synod of, 890 seqq.; primate of,
no suffragan of any English prelate,
921; province of, 992, n.; cathedral
of, rebuilt, 1065; archipiscopal succes
sion of, 1105 seqq.; Irishmen excluded
from, by Rome and England, 606, 1108.
Armour, St. Patrick's, (Luireach Pha-
druig) 40.

Arnolf. See Montgomery.

Arnolf, bishop of Metz, his life qd., 970.
Aroasian nuns, &c., patronised by D.
Mac Murrough, 566.

Arragon, papal war with, supported by
taxation in Ireland, 1150, '68.
Arthur, British king, 123.
Articles of Religion, promulgated under
Q. Elizabeth, 769; 104 of them under
James I. 885; Lambeth ditto, used for
a time in Ireland, ib.
Ascetics, primitive, account of, 226, seqq.;
differences between them and the
monks, 229.

Asia Minor, bishopricks numerous in,
and why, 984.
Asiatic churches, their mode of observing
Easter, 192, 193; supposed by the
ancient Irish to agree with their own,
182; although this was not the case,
193, 194.

Astronomy, studied by the early Irish
Christians, 153, 159; better known by
an Irish bishop, than by the Pope of
Rome in the 8th century, 347. See
Cycles.

Athanasius establishes the first monas-
teries in Italy, 229.

Athassel abbey, on the Suir, founded by
. W. Fitzadelm, 567.

Athenry, (Galway) anecdote of the storm-
ing of, 785.

Athlone, Synod of, under J. Sal., 1051.
Attala, abbot of Bobio, 275.

Audemar, or Omer, bishop of Boulogne,
277.

Augustine, St., qd., concerning Christ,
the only mediator, 48; by S. Cummian,
159; his adoption of the monastic sys-
tem of life, 231; censures the "Apos-
tolics" for condemning marriage, 232;
qd. in connection with the fasting
of the old monks, 235; vid. 577.
Augustine, the monk, sent by Pope
Gregory to preach to the Saxons, 128;
how far to be regarded as the apostle
of Britain, 129; his conferences with
the British bishops, and their issue,
130-136; his appointment to the see
of Canterbury, 128, 132; charge against
him cennected with the slaughter of
the monks of Bangor, 134; his death,
138.

Augustin, bishop of Waterford, the
first Irish prelate appointed by the
authority of England, 547.

Augustin Canons, their introduction into
Ireland, 562, 563, 578; ditto, nuns,
566; vid. q., 567, 568, 571, 615, 681;
origin of the name, 577.

Austerities of the ancient Irish monks,
61, 92, 99, 104; superstitions do.
charged on some of them, 362; S. Lau-
rence's, noticed, 499.

Austrasia, kingdom of, its position, &c.
259; ecclesiastically subordinate to
Rome, 306.

Authority of the Church, in religious
controversies, not undervalued among
the old Irish, 159, seqq.

Auxilius, companion of S. Patrick, 40,

169.

Avignon, Fitz Ralph's trial at, 655.
Baal-worship, no worse than the re-
formed religion, according to certain
Romish authorities, 839.

Bacach, Con, 765.

Bacon, Sir F., his suggestions about Ire-
land, 816; his recommendation of tole-
ration, 817; and notions concerning
the conversion and improvement of
this country, 870.

Bagenal, Marshall, abduction of his sis-
ter by H. O'Neill, 806; his impeach-
ment of do. 817; marches to Ferman-
agh against Maguire, 818; advances
against H. O'Neill, and is totally de-
feated at Portmor, 825.

Baithen, suceessor of S. Columba at
Iona, 92.

Balaam, son of Beor, and his modern
successors, 1056.

Bale, John, promoted to the see of Ossory
by Edward VI, 719; insists on receiv-
ing consecration after the reformed
method, 730; his Vocacyon, ib. n.;
character and early life, 731; labours
in Ossory, 732-734; suffers bitter per-
secution under Queen Mary, 737, and
flees to the continent, ib. ; his use of
stage plays in religion, 738; receives a
prebend in Canterbury, 740, 741; con-
secrated by Romish bishops, 763.
Balliboes, 1063.

Ballymena, St. Patrick's captivity near,

19.

Ballymoon, (Co. Carlow) battle of, 408.
Ballymote, Book of, qd., 1172 n.
Ballynascreen, 929, 1063, n.
Baltinglass, (Co. Wicklow) Cistertian
establishment of, 478, 566; its abbot
made bishop of Ferns, 576; vid. 656.
Banditti from Italy, sent as missionaries
to Ireland, 1369, '70.

Bangor abbey, (Co. Down) founded by
St. Comgall, 71; S. Columbanus stu-
dies there, 252; ravaged by the Nort-
mans, 381, 382; restored by S. Ma-
lachy, 461; still existing in A.D. 1300,
563.

Bangor, (Wales) the bpk. of, founded,

121; distinguished as a place of learn-
ing, 127; massacre of 1200 monks
there by the Pagan king Ethelpid,
134; character of its old monks ac-
cording to Fuller, 226.

Bannow, (Co. Wexford) first landing
place of the English adventurers in
Ireland, 497; vid. 570.

Baptism, a point of disagreement between
Augustine and the British bishops,
134; disputes on, between SS. Vigi-
lius and Boniface, 345; ancient use of
chrism in, 396; not practised by the
old Irish, 424; act of the synod of
Cashel relating to, 516; curious irre-
gularity is charged on some of the old
Irish, 520, 521; (rid. 611;) adminis-
tered in Ireland after the Romish
fashion in Queen Elizabeth's time,
814; receiving of, at the hands of Pro-
testants, denounced for a mortal sin,
by the titular clergy of Ireland, 872;
forbidden to be charged for, 1043;
by immersion, condemned by the Ro-
mish clergy in Ireland, 1364.
Baptismal churches, 516, 611.
"Barbarous," freely applied to the old
Irish by Romish writers, 456, 458,
464, 535, 603; Mr. T. Wright's view
of its applicability examined and re-
futed, 1439 seqq.

Bare feet, &c. in monks, tokens of a
devil, according to S. Jerome, 236.
Barnard, a Norman bishop, intruded
into the see of Menevia, 1035.
Barnwall, Sir Richard, promotes the
Irish Remonstrance, 1408.

Baronius, Cardinal, his error as to the
date of the introduction of Christianity
into Britain, 109; his charge of schism
against the Irish Church of the 6th
century, 136, 931, seqq.

Barristers, their sudden rise to political
power in Ireland, 875.

Barrys of Munster, aid Henry VIII. in
crushing papal power, 705.
Barry, Lord, H. O'Neill's abusive letter
to, 1279; and his reply, 1280, seqq.
Barry, Gerald, Bp. of Cork, his peti-
tion to the Lord Justice, &c. of Ire-
land, 1144.

Basil, St., qd., on the celibacy of the
early monks, 231.

Batavia, S. Willibrord's missionary la-
bours in, 329.

Bavaria, SS. Boniface and Virgil labour
in, as missionaries of the Gospel, 344,
seqq.

Beads, Form of the, set forth by Abp.
Browne, 699.

Bealdulek, (supposed to be Baldoyle)
given to the Church of Dublin, 421.
Beannchair (see Bangor) 991.
"Beastly," a term applied to the ancient

Irish people by old Romish authors,
492, 527, 647.

Becket, Thomas a, his dispute with king

Henry II, 496; settlement of the quar-
rel connected with his murder, 511;
consequences of his death, &c. in Ire-
land, 560; reference of the Irish to, in
their Appeal to Pope John XXII.
1121.

Bective, (Co. Meath) Cistertian monas-
tery founded at, 477.

Bede, Venerable, his church history
quoted, passim; his apology for prais-

ing S. Aidan, 205; views concerning
human merits, 215; his note on the
languages used in Great Britain, 369
n.; occupied before his end with
translating the Bible into the vulgar
tongue, 370; (vid. 1442;) his account
of the mysteries involved in the pas-
chal rule, 960, seqq.

Bedell, bishop, and his translation of the
Holy Scriptures into Irish, account of,
781; letter of, to Archbishop Laud,
cited, 1240.

Beer, its use in Europe in the 7th cen-
tury, and by the old monks, 283, 284.
Beershops in a cathedral, 1363.
Bega, St., abbey of (in Cumberland) sup-
plies monks for Ireland, 574.
Belesmo, Robert de, his rebellion against
Henry I., 1017, 1029.

Bells, oaths on, 1115, n.

Bell, book, and candle excommunication,
633, 643, n. See Excommunication.
Bellahoe, battle of, 697.

Bellarmine,
qd., 1334.

on King James's oath,

Benchor, ancient name of Bangor, which

see.

seqq.

Bertolf, abbot of Bobio, visits Pope Ho-
norius, 275.

Bertram, the priest, his book on tran-
substantiation, 402.

Bibles, extensively sold in Ireland in
1559, 752.

Bicknor, Alexander de, Ábp. of Dub-
lin, his efforts to procure the foun-
dation of a University, 629.
Bingham's Ecclesiastical Antiquities,
qd., 227, 229, &c.; his note on the
multiplicity of bishoprics in Ireland.
984; on Chorepiscopi, 1012.

Birne, Thady, Franciscan friar, a sedi-
tious agent of Rome, 697.

Birr, monastery of, 70; ravaged by the
Danes, 383.

Biscop, Benet. abbot of Wearmouth, his
exertions towards introducing the
Roman church music in to England,
209.

Biscuits, used by the ancient monks, 281,
283.

Bishoprics, formerly created in Ireland
in favour of the merits of persons
eminent for learning, piety, &c., 407,
447; measures adopted for suppressing
those of smaller dimensions in Ireland,
1180; mode of appointing to by the
statute of Henry VIII., 1194 seqq.;