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Danes again, 14; battle of Clontarf, and death, in
1013, 13, 14; buried at Armagh, and his son, 16; his
successors, eleventh century, 17; relics of, 19; his
two sons, their quarrels, 18; last of the race of, dies
in 1539, 80.

Brian Duff, ancestor of O'Briens of Carrigogunnel, 65.
Brien of Arra (see O'Brien), 96; confirmed in posses-
sions, 1570, 99.

Brien of Arra died in 1601, 127; his son, Bishop of
Killaloe, dies, 127.

Brictius, Bishop, notices of, 541, 546.

Bridge built by King John, 50; inscription on new
Thomond bridge, 50; charter for building, 1840,
62; bridge built, sixteenth century, 98; bridges,
repairs of, 208; "new bridge", scenes at, 394; at
Newtown, 1813, 430; bridge abandoned, 434;
"Wellesley", grant for, 1824, 458, 469; act for
461; by Mr. Kennedy, 472; chain bridge, estimate
for, 472; Park, 473, 475; new or Mathew, 346, 476,
508; Ball's, 469, 476; Bald, 475.

Bridges, new and old, 409; Athlunkard, 1825, 457, 469,
472, 474; Thomond, 455, 469.
Bridge at Athlone built, 98.

Britain, king of Ireland carries war into, 3.
Brittas, Baron (see Burke), memoir of, 133; made
lord in 1618 (see Burke), 134; attainted and fled in
1641, 134.

Broguemakers, charter of, 704.

Browne, Archbishop, first Protestant Archbishop
(Henry VIII), 90.

Brown family, grant to of forfeited estates, 115.

Brown families, account of, 202.

Browne of Hospital, family of, 147, 306.

Browns of Camas, notice of, 333.

Brown family, account of (see Lacy), 334.

Brown, Marshal, noticed, 673.

Browne, Count, noticed, 673.

Browne, Marchioness of Clanricarde, 348.

Bruce, Edward, invades Ireland in 1315, 61; besieges

Limerick in 1316, 62; defeated by chief of Thomond,

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Burgh or Burke, Dean of Emly, 222; Bishop of
Ardagh (see Brittas), 224.

Burgh of Dromkeen, family of (see De Burgh), 222.
Burke, Ulick, account of, 66.

Burke, Sir William, created Baron Castleconnell by
Elizabeth, 106.

Burke (see Castleconnell), deserts confederates, etc.,
122.

Burkes engaged in plunder on Fergus, 127; kinsmen
are executed, 127.

Burke, Lord Brittas, performance of divine service,
133; refuses to conform, 134; trial of, and sentence,
134; execution in 1607, 134; his daughter a nun,
134; his execution in 1610, 133; offer to proselyte
rejected, 133; granddaughter married to Sarsfield,
133; memoir of him, 183.

Burke, Eleanor, daughter of Lord Brittas in 1648,

134.

Burke of Drumkeen family, account of, 223.
Burke of Ballinagarde (see Bourke), 335.
Burgho, Sir R. D., of Castleconnell, 744.
Butlers, to Ireland in 1462, 67.

Butler's, and Ormond's, and O'Brien's wars of 1498, 69.
Butler, Pierce, joins O'Briens in 1516, 72.

Butler, Archbishop of Cashel, governor of Tipperary,
93; death, 93; notice of, 622,

Butler, Bishop, notice of, 641; his brother noticed,
641.

Butler, Hon. Father John, S.J., notice of, 627; declines
bishopric, 627.

Butler created Viscount Thurles, 1535, 159; his
pledges to revisit Rome, 159; rewarded with abbey
lands, etc., 159.
Butler, Lord Cahir, 673.

Butler, Augustine, Esq., notice of, 629.
Butter, shower of, in 1695, 295.
Butter weigh house, 438.
Butts, established, 697.
Byron, Lord, his poem Avatar, 449.

CAELUISGE, Convention of, 46.
Cahan's tower began, 695.
Caherivahalla, notice of, 748.
Cahir, Baron of, created, 74.
Cahir Castle surprised (1600), 124.
Cahir, taken by Inchiquin, 160.

Camas, Barons of (Brownes), notice of, 333, 334.
Canal, construction of (1755), 846; locks on (1771),
364; opened, 364.

Canons Regulars of St. Augustine, 4.
Canons, grant to, by Henry III., 553.
Canterbury, Archbishop of, present from Bishop of
Limerick, 23.

"Captain Rock" at Newcastle, 450, 455.
Capuchin Church, Irishtown (1688), 211.

Carew, Sir George, president of Munster, 88; en-
counters Irish and Spanish forces (1601), 129.
Carr, Mr., his gardens (1869), 426.

Carrig a Clouragh, 229, 230,

Carrigaholt taken by Ludlow, 484.
Carrigaholt castle, 303.

Carrigogunnel castle, account of, 76; in 1535, 77.
Carrig-o'-gunnel noticed, 101, 537, 538; destroyed by
Ginkel, 257.

Carroll, John and Williams, 414.

Carroll, Sir William, notice of, 427.

Carroll, Dr., his gift to convent, 498; his epitaph,
493.

Carthen, Prince, converted by St. Patrick, 4.
Casey, Bishop, descendants of, 94; his flight, 94.
Cashel, Archbishop of, opposes subsidy in 1320, 62;
synod in Limerick (1524), 80; made Governor of
Tipperary, 93; dies, 1551, 93; notice of Archbishop,
648; and Bishop Creagh, 654.

Cashel, kings of, 2.

Cashel, Psalter of, 2, 3.

Cashel visited by St. Patrick, 3; petitions King
William, 222; general assembly in 1101, 23; grant
of, to the religious, 23; synod of, in 1172, 28, 37;
cathedral, founded (1172), 29; desecrated by Mur-
rogh O'Brien, 161; inhabitants baked to death,
161; notice of, 550.

Cashin, Rev. R., notice of, 76; his school, 76.

Castle, built by King John, 50; built in 1205, 83;
reserved out of charter (1609), 136; constables of,
51, 52.

Castle of Mungret, 542.

Castle Beagh noticed, 366.

Castle Connell [see De Burgo) granted to De Burgo,
49; described, 7; attack upon (1690), 234; demo-
lished by Ginkel, 256.

Castleconnell, Lord John, his murder (1591), 121;
attainted and fled (1641), 134.

Castlehaven, Spanish land at (1601), 128; sail from,
129; Earl of, in confederacy, 169; commands con-
federate forces (1644), 156; commander-in-chief,
171; letters to, by Ormonde, 172.
Castlephin described (1600), 124.
Cathedral, Limerick, founded 1194, 30; St. Mary's
in 1691, 280, 436, 546, 547, 553, 679, history of
(see Chapter), 584, 595; monuments and improve-
ments, 595 to 609; churchyard noticed, 599; notice
of, 680, 751.
Cathedral church (see Bishops, etc.); dignitaries of,
564; grants to, 566; property of, 566.
Catholic bishops, consecration of, temp. Queen Eliza-
beth, 117; appointment of, 422; synod in Dublin
(1808), 422; public meeting, respecting, 423; list
of, 611; meetings of, 624, 625.

Catholic ecclesiastics, punishments of, in 1578, 102.
Catholic clergy expelled (1617), 141; proclamation
against (1624), 143; ridiculed and evaded, 148;
ordered out of Ireland (1652), 184; to be put to
death, etc., 184; persecution of, 184; priest seized
at altar, 208; banished, etc. (1698), 293; worship
forbidden, 294.

Catholic priests, to be registered (1704), 305; put to
death for marrying Protestant, 324; preachers at
cathedral, 588; establishments and clergy in 1737,
619.

Catholic Religion, proposal to tolerate, 143; opposed

by Protestant Bishops, 143; state of, in Limerick,
162, 163.
Catholic Churches erected (1814), St. Patrick's and
Dominicans, 436; Catholic establishments in Lime-
rick in 1737, 619.

Catholics, persecution of, temp. Henry VIII, 89, 91:
institutions destroyed by Henry VIII., 92; and
Queen Mary, 95; lords submit to lord deputy
(1579), 107; repent and recall it, 107; are defeated,
108; party defeated (1579), 108; prisoners in
Tower of London (1560-15-0), 117, 119; clergy
executed, 119, 120; treatment of, 121; confederacy
(1598), 122; their measures, 123; joy at accession
of James, 130; outbreak thereon, 130; treatment
of, by James, 131; proclamations against Catholics,
131; more executions of, 133, 136; contests for
mayoralty, etc., 136, 137, 141; fined for absenting
from Protestant service, 137; plunder and per-
secution of (1616), 141; make terms with Charles I.,
141; betrayed, 142; coalition (1641), 149, 274; prin-
cipal men named, 149; Catholic army, 149; causes
for rebellion (1661), 274; thanksgiving for victories,
157; state of Catholic cause (see Confederates and
Catholics), 163; resist Cromwell and Ireton (1649),
165; continue loyal to king after defection of
Ormonde, 170; help by Duke Lorraine, 172; pro-
clamations against (1678), 208; persecution of, 208;
fly to continent and America, 208; treatment by
Charles II., 209, 211; further details of situation
of, 212, 213, 274, 275, 276, 277, 290, 292, 293, 294,
304, 310, 319, 322, 323, 324, 325, 327, 328; efforts of
(eighteenth century), 389; further persecutions of
(1756), 347; Catholic merchants (1768), 362; pro-
gress of Catholics (eighteenth century), 372; Catho-
lics turned Conformists (eighteenth century), 373;
join Limerick Independents (1782), 385; oppose
French invasion of 1790, 391; appeals to king, etc.,
etc., 392; meeting thereon, 392.
Catholic Association, new, 464, 527.

Catholics and bell tolling (1809), 420, 432, 434.
Catholics and Protestants, progress of, 144, 288, 421.
Catholic cause, state of. 422; ditto, in 1814, 432.
Catholic Relief Bill, 1813; notice of, etc., etc., 429, 434,
464; in 1829, 484.

Catholics and freemen, 437.

Catholic Emancipation (Bill lost, 1816), 437; meeting
(1824), 464; emancipation and O'Connell, 481, 482;
rent (1824), 466; institutions, progress of, 519;
University, movement for, 523.

Cemeteries, 751.

Chairmanship of county, 527.

Chairmen in 1770, 364.

Chamber of Commerce, 414, 418, 462, 468.

Chapels built in eighteenth century, 339; episcopal,
684; in Newgate lane, 658; in Fish lane, 651; in
Creagh lane, 644; in George's street, 644.
Chapter of Cathedral in 1272 (see Cathedral), declara-
tion by, 553.

Charities, Villiers, 452; Westropp, 452; Honan, 453;
further, 457.

Charlemont, Earl of (1798), 388.

Charter (see Inquisition).

Charters and grants, 47, 53, 57, 64, 68, 94, 101, 134,
272, 305, 463, 501, 690; application for city char-
ters, 1671, etc., 206; list of, Appendix, 739, 740,
Cherry, Andrew, his talents, 361.

Christian Brothers introduced, 636; schools estab-
lished, 444, 514, 524, 636, 639, 737.

Church (see Catholic and Cathedral) disputes with
crown, fourteenth century, 567; and Henry VIII.,
his proclamations, 92; property, plunder con-
tinued, 92; Protestant, revenues, 688.

Churches founded, etc., 537, 551, 552, 557, 568; in
Limerick, history of, 678; of Catholics, 678; of
Protestants, etc., 684: of Dominicans, 646, 651;
of Redemptorists, 675; Round Church, 488.
Cistercian monks at Nenay in 1148, 26; Abbey of
Holy Cross (see Churches), 647.

Citadel (see Castle), St. John's Gate, 210, 439.
City seal, 690.

Civil War in 1641, 148.

Claims by adventurers, 189, 190.

Clainfearta Breainirn, 5.

Clanricarde, 70, 74, 98, 109, 127, 170.

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Clare, Basilica De, 43, 61.

Clare, Lord, slain (1348), 61.

Clare, Viscount, his estates in 1698, 303; his Irish
Brigade, 303; earl of, 341; speech of in 1782, 382,
386 to 390; family of, 391.

Clarendon, Lord Lieutenant, 210.

Clayton, grant to (1666), 192.

Clergy (see Bishops and Catholics) put to death
(Elizabeth), 103.

Clonmel Corporation and the Pretender, 339.
Clontarf, battle of (1014), 11, 14, 15.

Clonroad Monastery bestowed (1540), 92, 647.
Cloth in 1428, 530.

Cloth, etc., duty on (1698), 296.
Clothiers, corporation of (1761), 350.
Cluan Combarda, 5.

Cluin Claidech 6; founded sixth century, 4.
Coaches, notices cf, 429, 431, 441, 465.
Cobbett visits Limerick, 488.
Cobha, battle of, in 1103, 24.

Cocket duties (see Customs) disputes, 323, 354.

Coffee houses in 1768, 360; Royal, expels Mr. Arthur
(1798), 406.

Cogan, Milo de, 66.

Coign and livery, 96.

Coinage, 93, 286, 458, 697.

Colgan, 4.

Colleen Bawn, Boucicault's, 362, 402, 450; Appendix,

750.

College of Dublin, 121.

Colleges, Peter's cell, 422, 633; Park, 422, 505, 633.
Colloony, battle of, in 1798, 390, 411, 413,

Collopy, Timothy, his paintings, etc., 844
Colman na-Cluisagh, 5.

Combermere, Lord, arrival of, 465.
Comerford, Bishop, 617.

Commin, Bishop, 537.

Commerce, 72, 78, 380.

Commercial Buildings, 414, 502, 505.

Commission (see Confiscation) to confirm estates
(1606), 131.

Common Council (see Corporation and Mayor), 272,
326, 380.

Company of Undertakers in 1768, 363.

Comptrollers of Customs, 482.

Confederacy of Ministers, Irish (1598), 122, 123.
Confederate Catholics, 159, 160, 161, 165, 182, 184.
Confederacy of Bishops (see Bishops) at Limerick,
165.

Confirmation (see ConAscations) of estates (1606), 181.
Confiscations, etc., 92, 113, 114, 115, 181, 184, 187, 191.
Conformists and Recusants, etc., 136, 141, 308, 373,
Conformists and converts (eighteenth century) 373.
Congregated trades (1837), 490; appendix. 752.
Connaught, king of, 4, 18, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 36, 116;
state of (1652), "to Hell or Connaught", 487.
Connell, Johnny (Garryowen), 482.
Connoloe, barony of, 4.

Conquest of Ireland by English, 35 to 40.

Conspiracy (see Confederacy and Insurrection); of
Military and Papists, 203.

Constables of Limerick castle, 51, 52; of corporation
authorised, 697.

Convents founded, 30, 31; introduced, 166, 492, 493,
494, 638, 639, 658, 683, 678.
Convictions in 1798, 401 to 410.

Conway, Bishop, notice of, 625, 627, 629, 630.
Coonagh, barony of, 3, 4.
Coote, Chidley: lawsuit, 332.
Copley, J. S., family of, 344.
Cor or Balbeyn, his gift, 235.
Corbally described, 473, 475.
Corbally castle, grant of, 651.
Corcomroe (see Curcumroe).

Cork surrendered to English, 36, 100, 251, 502.
Cork, Earl of (see Boyle).

Cormac, king of Munster, 3, 6; his Psalter of Cashel,
6; death, 7.

Corn, ale, and oats, 69, 296.

Corn statistics, 464; markets, 505, 511, 512.
Cornwallis, Lord, in Ireland, 412,

Coroner, election of (1340), 62.

Corporation Book, in British Museum, 200, 301; ex-
tracts from, 202, 206, 207, 208, 209.

Corporation, proceedings of, 1670, etc., etc., 205, 206,
207, 208, 209, 211, 272, 326, 351, 355, 380; Catholic,
211; members in, 272; dispute with Sexten, 656;
spoliation, inquisition (James L.), 138; charter, as

to, by James II., 272; address to the French (1848),
509; leases by, 325, 339, 340, 447, 461, 497; complaint
of military (1710), 313; troubles of, as to Bishop
Smyth, 317, 318; address to Geo. I., 318; to Geo.
III., 413; to Prince Regent, etc., 447; New Laws in
(1762), 353; further notices, of, 406, 408, 415, 420,
430, 431, 432, 461, 462; mayor's election in 1732,
332; plunder by tolls (1741), 336; tolls, 461, 462,
463, 555, 507; documents as to tolls, 337; proceed-
ings of, 307, 430, 437, 438, 444, 446, 447, 454, 457,
465, 466, 486, 487, 505, 507; municipal reform (1841),
486; further notices of, 487, 496, 497, 498, 499, 500,
501; letter from O'Connell, 504; resolutions on
death of O'Connell, etc., 507; corporation act, 417,
511, 512; further notices of, 707.
Councils in Ireland (list of), 34.
County court house erected 1732, 341.

County jail began (1818), 447; erected in 1821, 450.
County Hospital in 1811, 415.

Courthouse erected (1764), 333.
Courtney, George, 150.

Courtenay, estates, 136, 449.

Coyn or Quinn (see Quin) Bishop (Henry VIII.), 80.
Casey, first Protestant bishop, 564.

Craven charity established, 364; Mrs. Alice, schools,
514.

Creagh family, account of, 139, 227.

Creagh, primate of Armagh (1584), memoir of, 116,
117; bishop, notice of, 553.

Creagh or Curragh, bishop, notice of, 568.

Creagh, Pierce, Dr., archbishop of Dublin, 305; arrival
of, in 1735, 332; notice of, 616, 619, 663.

Creagh, Piers, Father, 667.

Creagh, Pierce, mayor (1642), 151, 152.
Creagh, Pierce, poem on Croker, 342.

Creagh, John, account of tomb of (1640), 357, 358.
Creagh, Nicholas, will of, 369.

Creagh, conformity of, his tombstone (1763), 379.
Creagh, Mr., subscription to Independents, 461.
Creagh, Andrew, dean, monument to family, etc., 543
Creagh, colonel, memorial to, 604.
Creagh, Dean, notice of, 623.

Cripps, family of, 224.

Croker, Edward, poem on. 342.

Cromwell, Secretary, in Munster (1535), 76; notice
of, 166, 170, 176, 702.

Cromwell, Oliver, overtures to Limerick citizens, 166;
notices of, 170, 176, 195, 196, 257, 598, 594.

Cromwell's fort, 477.

Cruise's hotel and O'Connell, 483.

Crozier and mitre of church, 151.

Cumin Fodha, St., 5.

Curraghmore in 1575, 100.

Curriers and tanners incorporated, 323.

Cusack, John, his treachery to M'Grath; inscription
on tomb, 308.

Cussen, Dean, notice of, 639, 723.

Customs (see Corporation), amount of. temp. Edward
I., 56; in 1572, 99; of city, etc., 206, 208; amount,
323; in 1824, 460; in 1836, 489; in 1865, 527, 529.
Custom-house burnt (1741), 336; built, 356; revenue
of, 356; duties of in 1865, 527.

DALCASSIAN troops, defeat of (1009), 22; wars with
(1178), 44; notices of, 58, 102,
Dalgais refuse tribute (1577), 101.

Danes, occupation of Limerick, I; further notices of,
3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10; of Dublin, 3; defeated by Brian
Boroihme at Limerick, 10, 12; further notices of,
13, 14, 17, 35, 36, 213.

Dangan hill, battle of (1646), 160.

Deaneries in thirteenth century, 558; temp. Bishop
O'Dea, 558.

De Burgo, William, grant to, 49; family of, 127;
Bishop, account of, and burial, 647.

De Burgo of Castleconnell, account of, 284.

De Burgo, Sir Richard, 700.

De Clare, war with Thomond, thirteenth century, 57,

58.

De Clare (see Clare) family, 66.

De Lacy, Hugh, conqueror of Ireland, 38; further
notices of, 44, 53; Walter, 55; John De Lacy and
Magna Charta, 550.

De Lacy, General Maurice (see Brown), 832; his
family, 333; his campaigns under Suvaroff, 334;
letter from Napoleon I., 334.

De Lacy, Rev. John, notice of, 623, 624, and see Lacy.

Del Acquila, commander of Spanish troops in 1601,
127; further notices of, 128, 129.

De Salis, family of, 365.

De Vere, Sir Aubrey, his sonnet, 4; appendix, 757.
Declaration by Chapter (1272), 553.

Defenders, notice of, 388; whipped by Fitzgerald,
391.

Dermot, king of Leinster, 19, 20.

Dervoghal, wife of O'Ruarc, introduces English, 28.
Desmonians invade Thomond, 18.

Desmond, 25; further accounts of, 36, 37, 61, 63, 66,
67; Earl John, founder of monastery, etc., 648;
beheaded by Earl Worcester. 68; Desmond's son
surrenders royalty to Henry VIIL, 76; pretended
earl of, 79; Desmond's letter to Henry VIII., 83;
another letter, 84; Countess of, treachery to Bishop
Healy and Father O'Rorke (1579), 104; rebels with
Desmond in 1584, 585; Desmond and Thomond re-
conciled, 93; state of Desmond on accession of
Elizabeth, 95, 96; further notices of, 97, 98, 99,
101; Sir John Desmond's battle with Malby (1579),
102; Earl of Desmond at ditto, 102; further notices
of, 103, 108; last Earl of, his fate, 109; John Des-
mond's struggles, 109; his betrayal and death, 110;
and his two sons, 110; fifteenth Earl of Desmond
excluded from amnesty, etc., 110; taken prisoner
by the Moriartys and Kellys, ibid.; his son con-
fined in Tower of London, 111; Earl's estates
divided amongst English and Ormonde, 112, 113;
extent of his estates, 113; forfeitures, 114; Des-
mond county in charge to Clancare and others, 115;
further notices of the Desmonds and their des-
cendants, 123, 124, 125, 139, 333, 719; Earl of
Desmond defeated and deserted (1600), 125.
Desmond memorial, Newcastle, 736.
Desmond, Earl of, 731.

D'Esterre, duel with O'Connell, 431.

Devon, Earl of, his estates at Newcastle, 449; out-
rages on, 449, 455.

Diarmid defeats Donogh O'Brien (1056), 19.

Digby, Bishop (letter from), 280.

Dignitaries of cathedral church (see Bishops, etc.), 564.
Dillon, Lord, epitaph on, 590.

Diocesan schools (see Schools), 513.

Diocese of Limerick (see Cathedrals, etc.), 687.
Disturbances, etc., in 1814, 434, 435; in 1821, 448.
Docks, 470; Acts, return of trade, 533.
Doctors and wiiters, ancient, 32.

Dr. Hall's schools, 516.

Dominicans, Friars, 371; church erected, 436; dispute
with Augustinians, 619; complaint by both, 644;
account of Dominicans, 646; noted members of the
order, 649; Dominicans in 1758, 671; monastery,
etc., members of, described, 650; priors of convent,
651; remains of convent, 661; remains of chapel,

660.

Donat, Bishop (see O'Brien Donat), 551.
Donogh, son of Brian Borhoime, 18, 19.
Down survey made (1652), 191; particulars of, 196.
Dowdail, Archbishop, died (1558), 117; family of
Dowdalls, 175, 223; Lady Dowdall's exploits, 517, 176.
Dowley, Bishop, account of, 611.
Downes, Lord, his family, 223.
Downpatrick, battle of, 47.
D'Oyer Hundred, court of, 326.

Drogheda parliament in 1558, 68, 195; battle of,
(1690), 213.

Drought in 1667, 205; in 1864, 206.
Dublin Steam Ship Company, 468.

Duel in 1798 between Rodger and Levingston, 607;
O'Connell and D'Esterre (1814), 431; Smith O'Brien
and Steele, 484.

Dunboy Castle, defence (1601), 129.
Dunboyne, Lord, grant to, 67.

Dundonald, Bishop, notice of, 567.

Dunraven, Earl of, 295, 683, 712; his work, 714, 719.
Dutch farmers (1816), 438.

Dysert O'Dea battle (1318), 61.

EARL of Desmond: (see Desmond) progress through
Munster, 125; goes to Protestant church, 126;.
forsaken by the Irish, 125.

Ecclesiastical history begins, 587; ecclesiastical divi-
sions (see Catholic), 687.

Ecclesiastics (see Archbishops, Bishops, Saints, etc.)
Edict: Catholic clergy to quit (1652), 184; for their
execution, 184.

Education (see Convents), state of (Henry VIII.), 92 :
for poor (1812), 416; movement for, 524; progress
of, 527.

Edward VI., 94.

Eel and Salmon (see Fisheries and Weir) in 1215, 54.
Election for Parliament, 350, 359, 382, 392, 394, 413,
482, 491; election intrigues, 359; riots, 392; O'Con-
nell's speech, 492; further particulars of, 510, 519,
521; riot and deaths, 521; list of members, ap-
pendix.

Election of Catholic Bishops (see Bishops), 600 to 623.
Elizabeth, queen, her accession, 95; confiscates
Desmond's property, 66; her letter to Sydney, lord
deputy, 97; and the Pope's ambassador, 662; her
death, 130.

Emancipation, agitation for (see Catholic), 458.
Embarkation of Irish (1691), 289.

Emigration, 190, 289; to America, 526; to South Ame-
rica, 665.

Emly, notice of, Hurley's monument, etc., 734.

Emly, Bishops of, 553; noble conduct of Bishop, in
siege, 177; exempted by Ireton from amnesty, 177;
his execution, 593.

Emly, Dean of, with king William, 222.

Emmett: attempts to capture Limerick (1803), 413;
state trials, 414.

Enchantments, 147.

English invasion of Ireland (1169), 35, 38, 39; English
families at conquest in Limerick, 41, 51, 66, 585;
English governing Limerick, 47; further notices of,
47, 54, 60, 63,.71; English pay black rent to king of
Thomond, 63; defeated by Irish at Monabraher,
71; parliament (Henry VIII.), 76; gifts to O'Brien
to pacify him, 97; further notices of, 99, 100, 123,
128, 131.

English adventurers (see Confiscations, Escheats, and
Forfeitures), grants to, 1656 to 1668, 145, 152, 191,
193, 197, 131; manufactures in 1698, 296.
English town, nunnery in 1172, 29.

Ennis, abbey of, 31, 647; further notices of, 101, 116.
Eochaidh Moighmeodhin, king, 3.
Episcopal court, notice of, 500."

Epitaphs, copies of, 286 to 600.

Escheated lands, 131, 145, 152, 191, 193.

Estates, confirmation of (see Escheats), in 1606, 131;
saved by conformists, 379.

Eugene, Don, particulars of, 163.
Eugenians join the O'Neills (1016), 18.

Evans, General De Lacy (see Lacy), his family, 128;
estates from the Browns by conformity, 335; pre-
sides at O'Connell banquet, 494.
Evans, Lord Carbery, 747.

Events of Limerick (see Annals and each subject),
465, 487; local, 520 to 524, 706 to 709.
Exchange, purticulars respecting, 210, 365; rooms
established (1846), 505.

Excommunication issued by bishops, 163; of Ormonde,
by bishops, 168.

Execution of O'Brien, account of, 99; of Cromwall,
for the murder of Rochfort, 113; by Ireton, 180;
for murder, (1816), 438; several, 439, 449, 455; of
Bridgeman (1824), 458.

Exile of the Irish, 287, 526, 665; in 1653, 190.
Explosion of gunpowder (1887), 490.

Exports (see Customs and Statistics) in 1808 to 1848,
581.

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Fever Hospital founded (1780), 370; statistics of, 871.
Fiachna, Bishop, 5.

Field, Father, S.J., notice of, 664.

Field sports (1753), 342; poem on, 342.
Fisheries, ancient, note of, 555; temp. Edward I
and John, 53; inquiry in 1225, 53; salmon and
eel in 1215, 54 (see Salmon); on Shannon, 56; in
1331, 61; grants to bishop and provosts, 61;
various grants (1328 to 1343), 62; charter of 1609,
134; statute of, 1643, 152; particulars of grants,
200, 201; dispute with Preston, 209; disputes as 10,
426; trial in 1807, 418; in 1809, 426; details as to,
495; Scotch herrings imported, 495; inquiry (1865),
585; at St. Thomas's Island, 650.

Fire engines, 365, 420, 433.

Fitzgeralds (see Desmonds), family of, 613; account
of, 729, 731, 713, 732.

Fitzgibbon, John, born (1749), 341; earl of Clare's
speech (1782), 382; his promotions, etc., 386 to 390;
family of, 391; Viscount, statue to, 513.
Fitzmaurice, account of, 42, 732.

Fitzwalter (see Butler and Ormond), ancestor of
Ormond family, 49.

Flax company proposed, 526.

Fleet on Shannon in 1084, 1089, 22; English, anchors
in Shannon (1529), 107; in Shannon with supplies
(1600), 124.

Fleetwood, Lord Deputy, 190.

Fogarty, Mr., built Theatre Royal, 498.
Fontenoy, battle of, in 1745, 327.
Foord, monument of, 685.

Foranan, Primate of Armagh in 1043, 5.
Foreign Colleges for Irish, 633.

Forfeited estates (see Confiscated Estates and Under-
takers), 113, 114; particulars of, 115; first survey
(1603), 130; in 1652, 187; permission to purchase,
190; grants of, 191; in 1696, etc., 296; further
account of, 297; grants made, 297; in 1688, 298; in
1700, 301; sales of (by Queen Anne), 301.
Fountains erected (1855), 513; in Pery square, 685.
Fox hunting (1752), 342; poem on, 342.
Fox, Johannes, tomb of, 56.

Foynes described, 731

Franciscans, 211, 647, 648, 653, 654, 658, 659, 660, 671,
678, 713, 714, 722.

Freedom voted, 417, 418, 420, 428.

Freemen of Limerick, notices and particulars of, 206,
208, 209, 349, 352, 354, 430, 431, 432, 437, 441, 444,
447.

Freemasonry established (1768), 631.

French treaty with Desmond, 76; land in Ireland
(1579), 105; French and Dutch invasion threatened,
203, 204; succour to James (1690), 213, 252; gar-
rison Limerick, 213; leave Limerick, 267; suc-
cours arrive (1691), 252; invasion threatened
(1790), 390; Catholics oppose it, 390; at Castlebar
(1798), 406; engagement with Limerick regiment,
407; landing in 1798, 409.

Friars Preachers (see Dominicans).
Friarstown, 748.

Friendly knot, notice of (1777), 366.
Friezes in 1698, 296.

Frost in 1683, 209; on Shannon (1694), 295; the
great (1739), 332.

Fuller, Bishop, account of, 607.

GABALLY, or Galbally monastery, 31, 653.
Gabbett, family of, 500.

Galiway, John of, and arms, 127.

Galway, Sir Geoffrey, mayor of Limerick, etc, 126, 127.
Gaol delivery at Limerick, 126.

Gaol erected (1750), 341; in Mary Street, 428; new
one (1811), 428; city gaol finished (1813), 480;
county gaol erected (1821), 450.

Gardens in Limerick, 365.

Garryowen, song of, with translations by Mr. T. S.
Tracy, 402, 407, 409.

Gas Company, contract with (1824), 458.

Gates of city, account of, etc., 348; appendix, 749.
Gates and walls, 746.

Gavelkind, etc., abolished (1605), 131.

Gavin, Major, M.P., family of, 307, 672.

Geraldines (see Fitzgeralds and Desmonds), 66, 88, 92,

102, 105, 107, 110, 122, 123.

Geraldine, son of Earl Desmond (Henry VI), 369.
Geary, Dr. W. J., notice of, 370.

General election (see Parliament), 328; objection
to a Papist, 328.

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Glentworth, Lord, contest for M.P., 429; ovation to
(1812), 429; monument to, 596, 597.

Glen of Aherlow in 1577, 101.

Glin described, 781; castle beseiged (1600), 124, 125.
Glove trade in 1698, 296.

Going, W., murder of (1823), 458; execution of mur-
derers, 460.

Goode, John, priest, account of, 98.

Gorman, brothers, account of, 400.

Gort, Lord Viscount, family of, 225, 307, 408, 447;
Appendix, 753-4

Gough, Bishop, account of, 586.

Gough, Colonel, his letters as to rebels (1798), 403;
Sir Hugh, freedom to, 428; vote to, 500; F. M. Ge-
neral Viscount, his achievements, 428, 509; his
family, 510.

Graces, county Kilkenny, 43.

Grace, Colonel, 215, 216.

Grady, family of (1816), 488.

Grady, Standish (1776), 381, 438; Henry Dean, 438
Thomas, ibid.; Thomas, notice of, 445; his works,
445, 440.

Granard, Earl of, summoned to surrender (1691), 255.
Grant (see Charters and Records), 463; Appendix, 740;

by Henry III. to Canons, 553; to Cathedral Church
and others, 566; to Kilmallock and Ardagh, 566;
by crown (Edward L), 53; of weirs, etc. (see
Fishery), thirteenth century, 56; to Earl Desmond
by Henry VIII., 69; to Edward Sexten (1538), 82;
made in 1613-15, 138; inquiry as to (James I.), 138;
by Cromwell, etc. (1666-7), 192, 197; Charles II.,
198; of forfeited estates in 1691-8 (see Forfeitures),
298 to 301; of public money, 346.

Giant in 1762, 354.

Grattan's resolution (1782), 382.
"Graves of the Leinster men", 45.
Grey, Lord Leonard, 79, 83.

Gray, Lord, Baron Wilton, appointed Lord Justice,

107; his rigour and recall, 110.

Great Crimthaun, King of Ireland.

Grene, Francis, family of, 399.

Griffin, Gerald, notice of. 487; Appendix, 754.
Groans of Ireland, by O'Neale, 285.

Gubbins, Jolin, portrait painter, 344, 360.

Guilds incorporated in 1495, 697; M.P. to be member

of, 328; disputes as to, 347; masters, etc., etc., in
1769, 361.

Guillamore, Viscount (see O'Grady), notice of, 415.
Guns first used at Askeaton, 107.

Gun money (1689), 287.

Gunpowder explosion (1837), 490.
Gurtenshegore castle, attack on, 173.

HALL, Dr. Jeremy, his charity founded, 272; his
schools, 516.

Hamilton, family of, 210.

Harbour, improvement of, dam and quays, 471.

Harbour and bridge commissioners, liabilities of, 521.
Hare, Major, family of, 399; ill treatment of, 400.
Harold, family of, 141-2.

Harold's life of Wadding, 658.

Hartegan, Father, his letters, 668.

Hartstonge, Standish, account of, 209; monument to,
598; Sir Henry, notice of (1768), 360; lady, notice
of, 370.

Hartstonge Street, Leamy free schools, 516.
Hayes, Di, account of (1761), 351; monument in St.
Mary's, ibid.; his letter to O'Donnell [1762], ibid.;
Father, and the veto, 659.

Hayes, Sir John, notice of, 425.

Hayes, Catherine, vocalist and actress, 757.
Headford, Marchioness of, 381.
Heber, 3.

Hely, Bishop (see Desmond.)

Henry, King of England, visits Ireland [1172), 36;
successes in Ireland, 37.

Henry V.. charter to citizens, 64.

Henry VIII., King (1508), 71; defender of faith, 74;
ends kingdom of Thomond, ibid; grants to Sexten
(1538, etc.), 82; letter to O'Brien of Desmond, 83;
proclamations against Rome, etc., 92; death of,
in 1547, 92.

Henry Street schools, 515.

Herbert, Morris, Archdeacon of Limerick, 91.
Herbert, family, grant of forfeited estates, 113.
Herberts, Earls of Pembroke, family of, 335.
Herberts of Rathkeale, account of, 335; General,
Baron, account of, 335.

Hermits (see Augustinians.)
Herring boats tax (1684), 209.
Hibernia Dominicana, 625.

Hill of Grian, 3; Appendix, 787.
Hippo, Bishop of, 4.

Hoare, Dean, notice of, 363; memorial to, 605.
Hogan, galloping his exertions, 265; takes amnesty,
but murdered, 285.

Hogan, Rev. P., account of, 355; monument to, 679;
gift to convent, 492; Denis, O.S.F., portrait of, 420.
Hogan and O'Connell, 420.

Holme, John, letter to Armagh, 147.
Holy Cross noticed, 647.

Holy Cross Abbey, charter in 1169, 20; notice of, 729;
Richard confirms charter, 64; convent of, 643.
Holy Well at Singland, 4.

Honan, Mr., corn exportation, 380; his letter (1786),
ibid.; Honan's quay, ibid.; Martin, election of, 497;
laudable conduct of, 500; Honan's bequests, 453.
Honours conferred by Charles II., 197.

Hoskins, agent to Lord Courtenay, 449; his son shot
at Newcastle, 455.

Hospital (see Brown) noticed, 748.

Hospitals for pilgrims and strangers, 34; county, 415;
lying-in, 416, 429; for incurables, 416; founded by
Pery, 358; Vandeleur's, 358.

Hotels in 1770, 364.

Houses, etc., in the city, 464, 751.

House of Industry founded (1774), 365.

Howard, Lord George, permission to, 291.

Howley (Sir John), ut Limerick, 423; meeting in
1812, 433.

Hubert, Bishop, account of, 553.

Hue-and-Cry, 28th Henry VIII, 74.

Humbert, General, 409, 410.

Hunt, Sir Vere, raises regiment in 1798, 405.

Hurley, Maurice, tomb of, 734.

Hy Conaill invaded, twelfth century, 25.

Hy Cuanach (Coonagh), 4.

Hy Nialls subjugated by Brian Borholme (see Ulster).
Hy Niall race noticed (see O'Niall), 17.

Hy Nialls coalesce against O'Brien (1086), 22; palace
destroyed by king of Munster, 23.

IBRICANE, Baron, created, 74.
Ibrien of Arra (see O'Brien), 96.
Improvements, etc., 382: act (1854), 512.
Inchiquin, castle of (Henry VIIL), 92; camp at, 96; lord,
created, 74; commands Munster against Catholics,
150; memorial against the truce, 156; appointed
president of Munster, 156; marches to Cahir and
Cashel, 160; his atrocities, 161; reduces Munster,
161; correspondence with Ormond, 166; absconds
to France with Ormond, 170; in France in 1651;
adventures there, 187; returns to Ireland, 187;
death in 1674, ibid. ; present Lord, 758.
Independents, subscription to, 461; chapel, 689.
Independent clubs established (1828), 483.

Ingoldsby, grants to, and family of (1666), 191, 192.
Inland navigation, 706.

Inis Cathay, Bishops and Abbots of, 46.
Inislaunog Abbey founded (1172), 29.
Inis Lua church, 538.

Inniscatha, notice of, thirteenth century, 564.
Inniscathy Island, monastery, 4.

Inquisition as to weir (see Fisheries and Charters), 55;
at Limerick (temp. Henry VIII.), 89, 650; as to
grants made (James I.), 138; on land titles, 144.
Inshegananagh Abbey founded, 30.
Insurrections, of Geraldines, 105, 123; of 1640, 148,
149; Cashel burnt, 161; Sligo, 164; of 1640, 148;
of 1815, 1817, 1822, 449; put down in 1823, 450.
Insurrection Act, trials under, 438 to 444; act of
1821, 449 to 456; act of 3823, 460 (see Invasion).
Inundation at Limerick (1667), 205.
Invasion of Ireland by Pope and Spain, threatened
in 1579, 105; by French with the Geraldines
(1579), 106; by Spanish and Italians (1579), 107;
defeated, 108; by Spanish (1601), 128; by Dutch
and French threatened (1665), 203; defences pro-
posed, 204; by French, threatened (1790), 390;
Catholics oppose it (see Insurrection), 890.

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