Conference of titular ecclesiastics for the
establishment of a new Church in Ire-
land, under the Roman court, 890 seqq.
Confession, auricular, neglected by the
Irish before Malachy's time, 462; he
promotes its use, 459, 464; the hear-
ing of confessions by friars, protected
by the pope, 655.

Confirmation, "the sacrament of," pro-
moted by S. Malachy, 459.
"Confirmation" of bishops explained,
1194 seqq.

Cong, one of the sees of Id., as settled at
Rathbreasail, 452 n., 999, 1172. See 619,
Conge d'elire, what, 1108.

Conlath, first Bp. of Kildare, 66.
Conmacne, ancient see of, (or Ardagh,)

represented at Kells, 484 n.
Connaught, anciently one of the five
kingdoms of Id., 378; ravaged by Tur-
gesius the Norwegian, 382; primatial
visitation of, 476, (vid. q. 1106, 1107 ;)
its chieftains accept Henry VIII.'s su
premacy, 705. Sce 769, 818, 9, and
O'Conor, Roderic.

Connor, ravaged by the Danes, 382; one
of the sees of 1d., as named at Rath-
breasail, 452 n.; Malachy made Bp.
of, 462; state of, at that time, ib.,
463; separated from its union with
Down by him, 470; represented at
Kells, 484 n.; several ancient sees in-
cluded in the modern one of this name,
991.

Conroy, Florence, (see O'Melconry,)
first titular Abp. of Tuam, 890; pro-
cures the establishment of an Irish
College in Louvain by Paul III, 1253;
his advancement described, 1348; see
also 1349, 1354; account of his life,
1373.

Consecration, mode of, in use among the
ancient Britons and Irish, 424, 1006-
14.

Constance, the bpk. of, offered to St.
Gallus, 332.

Constantine the Great, his letter to the
Churches, (A.D. 325,) and observa-
tions on the subject of Easter, 143,
144; his pretended grant to the see of
Rome, 489, 1090. (Vid. 611.)
Constantius Chlorus tolerates Christia-
nity in Britain, 114.

Constitutions, the apostolic, qd., 1011.
Continency of the clergy, Albin O'Mul-
loy on, 609.

Convocations of the old Irish, 485;
that of A.D. 1560, 760; vid. 688, 9;
the first Irish convocation of the mo-
dern kind, 884; that of 1634 receives
the English articles, 885; discussion
therein relative to the English canons,
921 seqq.

Cooper, Austin, Esq.,his copy of Harris's
Ware cited, 1101, &c.

Copying of manuscripts, an occupation
of the old Irish saints, 79, 91, 100.
Corbe. See Comorban.
Corcumroe, or Kilfenora, see of, 1004,
&c.

Cork, ravaged by the Nortmans, or
Danes, 381, 383, 384 n., 408; its epis-
copal see one of those named at Rath-
breasail, 452 n.; represented at Kells,
484 n.; the king of, submits to Heury
II., 504; ancient monastery of, 563;
its rebellious disposition at the acces-
sion of K. James L., 850, 851; part of
the county confiscated, 802.
Cormac Mac Cuillenan, king and bp...
406, 407; his writings, 408; Cormac's
chapel, ib.

Cormac (Mac Carthy), king of Munster,
his acquaintance with S. Malachy at
Lismore, 460; and kindness to him
afterwards, 464.

Cornelius the Centurion, date of his
conversion, 109.

Cornwall, shelters the British Christians
from the Saxons, 118; bitterness of
the ancient inhabitants there against
the Roman Christians in England, 151,

152; lateness of their submission to
the Roman Easter, 186.
Corporal oath, what, 1115.
Corrib, Lough, 1172, '3.

Cotton MSS. qd. on the mission of St.
Patrick, 30; on the introduction of the
Gallican liturgy into Britain, 116.
Council, the, of Ariminum, (A.D. 359,)
attended by British bps., 114; of An-
tioch, its law relative to episcopal con-
secration, 1011; of Arles, attended by
British bps., 114; referred to by S.
Cummian, 155; of Armagh, condemns
slavery, 501, 502; of Calchythe, enacts
a law against Irish priests, &c, 387;
of Cashel, ordered by Henry II., 508,
509; time of its assembly, 510; its
acts, as recorded by Giraldus, 513
seqq.; prelates in attendance, 515;
statutes enacted, 516-518; their ten-
dency, 519 seqq.; a letter sent by the
Council to Rome, complaining of the
barbarities of the Irish, 514, 524, 525,
537; secret intriguing observable in
the proceedings of this synod, 530,
531; its want of popularity, 522, 671;
of Chalcedon, enforces monastic celi-
bacy, 233; its connection with the
controversy of the Three Chapters,
931. seqq., 950 n.; of Chalons sur
Suone, on Irish ordinations, 387; of
Clane, enacts that all Irish professors
of theology should attend the school of
Armagh, 500; of Cloreshore, its law
relative to the observance of the Lord's
day, 371 n.; of Constantinople, or Fifth
General Council, rejected by S. Co-
lumbanus, 305, vid. 931, 950 segg.; of
Fiadh Mac Engusa, 450; of Holmpa-
trick, arranges to have Romish palls
sought for, for the Irish abps., 478; of
Kells, in which the palls are distri-
buted, 483 seqq., 541; of Lateran,
third general, attended by Laurence
O'Toole, &c., 500; of Lyons, the se-
cond, decrees a subsidy for the crusa-

ders, 1147 of Mellifont, A.D. 1157,
479 n., 542 n.; of Nice, (A.D. 325,)
probably attended by British bps., 114;
cited by S. Cummian, 155; its rule
concerning consecration, 1011; of
Nidd, 223; of Onestresfield, 222; of
Rathbreasail, 451, 998, &c.; of Sar-
dica, (A.D. 347,) attended by British
bps., 114; of Trim, or Newtown, Trim,
in which is passed an act for carrying
on the suppression of the small sees of
Ireland, 616-618; of Vercelli and
Rome, Berenger's views condemned in,
404; of Waterford, receives papal bulls
for the subjugation of Ireland to Eng-
land, 525-527; of Whitby, account
of. 181-185; of Windsor, in which
peace is concluded between Henry II.
and Roderic O'Conor, 544 segg.
Councils, ancient Christian, of Ireland,
their constitution, &c., 485, 558; al-
tered in the Synod of Cashel, 531.
Counties, formation of several in Ireland,
under James I., 874.

Courcy, John de, brings Joceline the
monk to Id., 10; his monastic founda-
tions, 568, 574; accused of sacrilege,
573 n.; sent over as governor of Id.
under Fitz Aldelm. 600; his invasion
of Down, and treatment of Cardinal
Vivian, ib., 601.

Courtney, m., Abp. of Canterbury,
silences Wm. Crump, 656.
Covenanters, the, sympathetic with
monks in some particulars, 963-965;
their notions of kingly power, 1340,

'41.

Coventry, Walter of, qd., 604 n.
Cowarbs, their office in the ancient Irish
Church, 989, 991; (see Comorban ;)
"Cowarba of St. Peter," a title for the
Bp. of Rome, 1048.

Cox, Sir Richard, his writings qd., 592,
695, 704, 794, 875 n., &c.
Cranmer, Abp. of Canterbury, conse-

crates Browne Abp. of Dublin, 682;

his judgment of Henry VIII's mar-
riage refd. to, 684; desired by Ed. VI.
to select a primate for Ireland, 727;
his amount of acquaintance with Id.,
729; burned, 735, 736, 843.
Creagh, Richard, first titular primate of
Id., (of the present succession,) 764,
766 n.; excommunicates S. O'Neill,
ib., 771; other particulars concerning
him, 771-774; his life and history
in a fuller and more accurate form,
1228 seqq.; his right to be regarded as
the first of the present race of titular
primates, 1227; his birth and early
life, 1229; becomes an ecclesiastic
abroad, revisits Id, and is imprisoned,
ib., 1230; his escape, and letter to him
from Bp. Goldwell, 1231; visits Id.
again, 1232; is imprisoned and sent to
London, 1233; dies in prison, ib.;
date or his consecration, ib., 1235; his
writings, 1236; whether invited to
consecrate English bps., 1237; note of
Dr. Eirington on his death, 1368; vid.
1371.

Creagh, Peter, sixth titular Abp. of Dub-
lin, 1256

Crede mihi, (ancient episcopal register
in Dublin,) 625 n.

Creed, the, in English, circulated by
Abp. Browne, 700; set up in the
churches, 716.

Cressy, Father, his protestation of alle-
giance noticed, 1408.

Crofts, Sir James, appointed Lord De-
puty of Ireland, 722; his conference
with Dowdall in S. Mary's abbey,
723-6.

Crolly, Wm., D.D., seventeenth titular
primate of Id., brief account of his life,
1249.

Cromer, George, Abp. of Armagh, main-
tains papal supremacy against Henry
VIII, 680; his character, ib.; circu-
lates a seditious Romish vow, 694; op-
poses Henry and Abp. Browne in an

underhand way, 696; his death, 713.
See also 717.

Cromwell, Lord, Ld. Gray's letter to,
689; Browne's letter to, about Cro-
mer, &c., 696; letter of the Privy
Council of Id. to, relative to Abp.
Browne's controversial preaching in
the South, 701; letter of the Earl of
Ossory to, relative to the see of Enagh-
dun, 1187.

Cromwell, the usurper, his designs in Id.
promoted by the doings of titular pre-
lates therein, 1240. See 1241.
Crook Haven, Henry II. arrives in, 503.
Crosiers, oaths on, 1115 n.

Cross, episcopal, the use of, forbidden to
Samuel, Bp. of Dublin, by Anselm of
Canterbury, 429; to be limited to
pall bearing abps., 430; contest about
the right to carry erect, between the
prelates of Armagh and Dublin, 630,
631, 1109-'11.

Cross, sign of the, its use by 8. Columba,

223; by the Saxons, ib.; by S. Co-
lumbanus and his disciples, 287.
Cross, county of, an old name for Tippe-
rary, 1354, 59.

Crosses, of wood, more ridiculous than

edifying, according to the more sober
monks, 236; dispute about, between
Dungal and Claude of Turin, 395;
used in worship, A.D. 1186, 611.
Cruithnechan, or Cronaghan, supposed
instructor of S. Columba, 76.
Crump, Henry, persecuted by the Men-
dicant Friars, 656, is tried before the
Abp. of Canterbury, and silenced,
ib.

Crusades, Id. taxed in support of, 1146;
their merit and rewards to be enjoyed
by Irish rebels, 791, 795, 837, 1264.
Cuildreimne, or Culedreivne, battle of,
81, 82.

Cuilrathain, Coleraine, 991.

Culdees, improperly fathered upon S.
Columbkille, 107; the name incor-

supports the Loyal Ir. Remonstrance,
1409.

Davels, Henry, murdered by John of
Desmond, 795.

David, St., 61; his history, 122, 123.
David's, St, Church, Wales, Sulgen, bp.
of, studies in Id., 437; Henry II.
visits, 511, 1040; loses its ancient in-
dependence, 1030, 35, '94.

Davis, Sir John, his remark on the re-
duction of the lower Irish to the power
of the crown, 832; his " Discoverie of
the true causes, &c," qd., 849 n., 1129
n.; his report of R. Lalor's trial, 861;
visits three northern counties of Id.
with the Lord Deputy, 862; elected
speaker of the Ir. parliament of 1613,
880.

Dead, prayers for the, St. Patrick's view
of, 50; use of among the Anglo-Sax-
ons, 214; prayers to, 278; used in
Ireland, 355. See 397.

Dean and Chapter system introduced
into Id. from England, 1114. See

983.

Deanries, rural, to be substituted for the
smaller sees of Id. 617; formed into
papal taxing districts, 1146, 1151;
enumeration of the deanries of all Id.
in A.D. 1306, 1153 seqq.
Dearmach, or Durrow. See Dairmagh.
De Burgo's Hibernia Dominicana qd.,
1204, 1237 n., et passim. See Burke.
Decian persecution, gives occasion for
the commencement of monkery, 228.
Decima Saladinides and Papales, what,
1145, '50.

Declan, said to have preached in Mun-
ster before S. Patrick, 35.

De Courcy, John, (see Courcy,) brings
over Cardinal Vivian to Id. to super-
intend a Romish ceremonial, 1050.
"Defender of the Faith," Dr. Burke's
note on the title, 706 n.
Defensorium Curatorum qd., 1110.
"Degenerate English," who, 553; the

Delany, Wm., his appointment as titular
bp. of Cork, 1251.
Denbighland, 1023.

Deposing power, (see Popes, and Rome.)
claimed by the bishops of Rome, 1261,
'63, '68, '93, 1302, '3; its results. 1324
seqq.; views of the Louvain Univer-
sity and CC. Bellarmine and Perrin
upon, 1328; the Covenanters' parallel
claim to, 1339-41; P. Walsh on,
1400 seqq.

Dermot Mac Murchard, or Mac Mur-
rough. See Mac Murrough.
Derry, E., (titular bp. of Dromore.) his
account of some of the titular primates
of Id., 1246, '7.

Derry, the see of, 452 n; (see 576;) out-
rages committed on by some of the
Irish, 454; the bp. of, assists in demo-
lishing Kellach's new monastery in
Hy, 614; not under the control of Q.
Elizabeth, 758 n.; its rise, 996; (vid.
q. 997 seqq.;) Geo. Montgomery, bp.
of, 863; plundered by Cahir O'Dogh-
erty, 867; included in the Plantation,
868; Bp. Downham's report of its
condition in 1622, 904 seqq.; its pre-
cedence among the Ir. secs, 994. l'id.
9. 1213, 1371.

Dervorgal, princess of Breiffny, her ab-
duction, &c., 494.

Deschu, or Glasgow, 1008.

Desiderata Curiosa qd, 875 7., 878, 9
n., 1342.

Desmond, Thos., Earl of, holds a parlia-
ment in Drogheda, 810.
Desmond, the Earl of, (A.D. 1540) en-
gages with Henry VIII. to suppress
the papal usurpation in Id., 702, 704;
his disputes with the Ormond family,
769, 774; his ignorance of religion,
&c, and beggarly condition as to rai-
ment, 775, 808, 865 n.; committed to