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Dialogue of the Ancients, The, 69

Dicuil's De Mensura Provinciarum Orbis
Terrae, 261

Dimna's Book, 312
Domnach Airgid, 312
Epistle of Coroticus, 119

Feilire of Aongus, The, 154, 206, 212, 228
Four Masters, The, 36, 48, 59, 64, 89, 274,
276

Invocation of Amergin, 9, 151
Judgments of Creidné, 6
Leabar Breac, 140, 230
Liber Hymnorum, 96, 169
Life of St. Malachy, 304
Lives of the Saints, 177

Martyrology of Donegal, 251, 312

Oisin, Lays of, 69

Psaltar of Tara, 50, 52

Saltair na Rann, The, 223

Senchus Mor, 96, 97, 118, 129, 132-141,
222

Stowe Missal, The, 312

St. Adamnan's Life of Colm, 173

St. Molaise's Gospels, 312

Táin Bo Cuailgne, The, 10, 11, 23, 24, 29,
30, 84, 180, 317

Teagasc an Riogh (Instructions of a King),
50, 130

Voyage of Bran, The, 100

Will of Cormac, The, 229, 230

Works of Columbanus, 243

Yellow Book of Lecan, 96, 97, 140, 230
Marianus, Irish tutor of Adrian IV, 320
Markievicz, Countess, 703

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Milesians, 1, 2, 5, 7-19, 36, 37-41, 97, 98,
192, 302

Milligan, Alice, edits Sean Bhean Bocht, 667
Milton, John, propaganda claims of "Popish
Massacre," 410

Mitchel, John, 586, 591-2 (see The Nation);

founds The United Irishman, 595 ff.; ar-
rested, 596-7, tried, 597-8, transported,
599. Quoted, on Great Famine, 604, 607,
614, 538

Molyneux, "Case of Ireland," 678
Monaghan, 76, 247, 312

"Moonlighters," 643

Moore, Thomas, 675, 681

Morand de Galles, Admiral, 512
Morley, John, 653, 654, 661
Muir-Brethra, sea laws, 85

Mulcahy, Richard, 713 ff.

Munster, 11, 28, 38, 41, 48-49, 55, 58, 64,
68, 75, 107, 117, 118, 132, 143, 164, 165,
193, 203, 204, 205, 208, 229, 253, 272,
274-277, 284, 288

Murphy, Father John, 520

Murphy, Father Michael, 520
Murray, John Fisher, 591

Music, Ancient Irish, 11, 16, 224, 308, 316,
317

Mutiny of the Nore, 516

N

Napoleon, see Bonaparte

National Council, 686

National Land League, 629, 631 f.
National League, founded, 647

Navigation Act, 1637, 484; amended, 1663,
484

Neilson, Samuel, 506 f., 511, 518, 532
"New Irish," 415 ff.

Ni Dhuibh, Maire, 472, 539 f.

Nine Years' War, 385-397

No Rent Manifesto, 637, 644, 646
Non-importation Movement, 495

Nore, Mutiny of the, 516

Norman Kings, 331 f.; oppress Church, 331
Northern School of Song, 674-51

Northern Star, The, 506

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O'Brien, William, edits United Ireland, 644,
656, 659, 661, 662, 663, 665,

O'Brien, William Smith, 585, 591, 599, 600,
601, 614

O'Bruadair, Daithi, 672

O'Byrne, Feach, Destroys Lord Gray's Forces,
378

O'Callaghan, John Cornelius, 581

O'Carolan, Tarlach, 673

O'Carroll, Mairgret, Princess of Offaly, 350,
351; her daughter, Finola, 351 ff.
O'Connell, Daniel, his forbears, 467
O'Connell, Count Daniel, 472, 539
O'Connell, Daniel, 469, 531; birth, ancestry,
early years, 538 ff.; opposes Fox and Grev-
ille, and Bishop Trustees of Maynooth
College, 542; opposes British veto, 543-4;
defends John Magee, 545 f.; fights
D'Esterre, 547-50; greets George IV,
548 f.; agrees to compromise veto, 553;
forms New Catholic Association, 553;
influences Catholic Emancipation Bill, de-
feated by Duke of York, 554-5; Clare
election, 555 ff.; brilliance as lawyer,
560 f.; Macaulay's description of him,
564; given subscribed subsidy, the "Trib-
ute, 564-6; campaign to repeal the Un-
ion, 567 ff.; defends Anti-tithe agitations,
569 f.; helps Whigs, 568 ff.; betrayed by
Whigs, 572; "experiment" years, 572-3;
founds Association for Repeal, 574 f.;
Lord Mayor of Dublin, 574 ff.; Repeal

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ple, 616

O'Leary, Pagan, 617

O'Mahony, David, 539-40

O'Mahony, John, 670

O'Mahoney, John, 613, 619
O'Moore, Rory, 408-9; 410

O'More, Ruari Og, "Rory," 377, 388; Eoing
O'More, 388

O'Neachtain, Sean, 673
O'Neill, The, 338; Con O'Neill, Lord of Tir-

Eoghan, submits to Henry VIII, becomes
Earl of Tyrone, 363; Shane O'Neill,
"The O'Neill," 369; Hugh O'Neill, Earl
of Tir-Owen, 382 f.; disowns title, be-
comes "The O'Neill," defeats English,
386; meets and marries Mabel Bagenal,
389; Battle of the Yellow Ford, 390-92;
defeats Essex, 392; receives help from
Spain, 393; fights way to Ulster, 394;
dies 396

O'Neill, Donald, King of Ulster, protests to
Pope John XXII on murder of Irish
clergy, 331

O'Neill, General John, 619

O'Neill, Owen Roe, 417 ff.; 481

O'Neill, Phelim, heads Rising in Ulstee, 1641,
409, 417

O'Neill, Shane, "Shane the Proud," 368 ff.;
becomes "The O'Neill," 369, meets Queen

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Parliament, Irish, 526 f.
Parnell, Anna, 640

Parnell, Charles Stewart, 622 f.; becomes
president of National Land League, 629;
631 f.; suspended from Parliament, 642;
in prison, 644, paroled and returned to
prison, 646; replies to Forster on Phoenix
Park Murders, 649; declares for Home
Rule, 652; alleged letters, 657; marries
Mrs. O'Shea, 659; defeated by Gladstone
and McCarthy, 660-664; dies at Brighton,
664

Parnell, Fanny, part of poem quoted, 639
Partholan, legendary Greek settler, 21
Patrick, St., see St. Patrick

Patriot Parliament, 439 f.; 457

Pearse, Padraic, 667, 676, 677, 694 ƒƒ.
Peel, Sir Robert, 546, 578-9, 601

"Peep o' Day Boys," 509

Penal Laws, 454 ff.; opinions of by Lecky, Dr.
Johnson and Burke, 454; Montsesquieu's
opinion, 455; Arthur Young's comment,
461

Penal Laws, 672

Persico, Cardinal, 657

Petri, 675

Phoenix Park, murders, 647, 648

Picts, 11, 12-18, 37, 45, 47, 49, 75, 78, 79,
82, 84, 87, 88, 169, 194, 245, 252, 254,
256

Pigeon House Fort, 538

Piggott, Richard, 644, 658

Pitt, William, 508, conspires against Irish Par
liament, 527 f.

Plain of the Towers of the Fomorians, 4
Plain of Magh Slecht, 116
Plain of Magh Air, 117
Poetry, Ancient

Book of Rights, 177

Bruidean da Derga, 298

Calendar of Aengus, 177

Dallan's Eulogy, 168

Senchan's Ode to Guaire, 181

Scribe, The, 187

Hermits' Songs, 188

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"Races of Castlebar," The, (Battle of), 522
Raleigh, Sir Walter, directs massacre at Golden
Island, 375; smokes "Virginia weed," 375
Rapparees, 444 ff.

Redmond, John, 654, 665 ff.; 668, 689, 694
Redpath, James, 636 f.

Reilly, Devin, 591, 595, 599

"Renunciation Bill," 498

Repeal of the Union, fight for, 574 ff.

Revolution, American, see American Revolu

tion, French, see French

Rheinhard, Capt. W. M., 147

Rhyme, invented by Irish, 177

Richard II, lands in Ireland, defeated by Art
MacMurrough, 335, 337

Rising of 1641, The, 408-414

Rising of 1798, The, 476, 515 f.

Rising of 1803, 534 ƒƒ.

Roche, Father Philip, 520

Rock of Doone, throne of the O'Donnells, 383
Rockingham, Lord, 498

Roden, Lord, 519

Rooney, Michael, 667

Roscommon, 11, 281, 309

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St. Bridget, 142-149, 159, 160, 248; "Mary
of the Gael," 142, 149; "Prophetess of
Christ," 49; "Queen of the South," 151

St. Colm Cille, see Colm Cille

St. Kevin's, 464

St. Leger, English Commander in Munster,
Rising of 1641, 413

St. Patrick, 39, 52, 70, 77-80, 85, 89, 90,
95-98, 103-127, 133, 137, 141-43, 152,
160, 179, 203, 216, 240, 244, 270, 271,
282, 317

St. Patrick, works of: Magnum Opus (Confes-
sion of), 109, 120; Commemoratio La-
borum, 123; Blessing of St. Patrick, 123,
124; Senchus Mor, 96, 97, 118, 129, 132,
222

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Brendan, Bishop of Cluain-Ferta, 149

Brendan the Navigator, 101, 153, 165, 198,

204

Bridget (see separate listing)

Caidoc, 247

Caradoc, 215

Cathaldus, 248, 249

Celestius, 257

Ciaran, 235

Colm Cille, see separate listing
Colman, 251

Theclanus, 251

Tuban, 250

Ultan, 246

Ursus, 248

Vimius, 252

Virgilius, 251

Saints, names common to many, 198

Samain, 49, 55, 59, 97

Sandys, Major, 524, 532

Sarsfield, Patrick, refuses to join William or

Orange, 437; arrives with James II, 438;

opposed by Tyrconnell, 441; sent into
Connacht, 441; offered chief command of
Irish troops in France, 441; starts guerrilla
war, 444; at Battle of Aughrim, 451;
defends Limerick, 452; upholds Treaty of
Limerick, 453; at Landen, 471
Saurin, Attorney General, 545 f.
Savage, John, Shane's Head, 371
Scandinavian Settlements: 269, 278, 280, 284;

Dubhlinn, Strangford, Carlingford, Wex-
ford, Waterford, Limerick, Cork, 272-284
Scathach of Alba, 31, 31, 34
Schomberg, arrives at Belfast Lough, 440;
takes Carrickfergus, 440; strikes camp,
441; Battle of the Boyne, 443

Scots, 11, 12, 43, 86, 87, 88, 105, 121, 192-

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Sligo, 81, 163

smugglers, 538

Society for the Preservation of the Irish Lan-
guage, 675

Spain, aids Desmond's rising, 375; sends 3,000
men to O'Donnell and O'Neill, 393; dis-
aster under d'Aguila, 393; Irish officers
in, 480 ff.
"Speranza,"
"591

Spenser, Edmund, 376, 382; "View of the
State of Ireland," 403; on hunted priests,
463

State Prisoners, The, 532 f.

Stephens, James, founds Fenians, 612 f.; ar-

rested, 616; escapes from jail, 617; goes
to America again, 617, 619

Sorrows of the Saints of Ireland, Three, 208
Succat, family name of St. Patrick, 80
Swedes, 270

Sweetman, John, 505, 511, 518, 532
Swift, Dean, 484, 488, 679

Swineherd, The Red, Mythological figure of
doom, 375

Synod of Clonard, regulating education of pro-
fessors of Theology, 320

T

Tandy, Napper, 496, 523

Tara, 5, 6, 11, 15, 22, 38, 43, 45, 47-49, 51,

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Collas: Colla Vais, 75, 76; Colla Da-
Crioch, 75; Colla Maen, 75; Carbris:
43, 44, 74, 193; Dalcassians (Kennedys),
184, 276, 282; Deisi: 49, 68, 209;
Eberians: Eber, 10, 12, 19, 41, 43;
Eremonians: 10, 11, 12, 41-43; Fomo-
rians: 2, 3, 12, 291; Ir: 10, 11, 19, 74;
Ith: 8, 10, 41, 43; Partholanians, 21;
Umorians, 18; Usnach, Sons of, 23;
Rudricians, founded by Rory Mor, 41
Tuatha De Danann, 1-6, 8, 70, 94, 99, 151,
288, 291, 317

tumuli, burial mounds, 301 f.

tumuli at Knowth, Dowth and New Grange
on the Boyne, 302

Turner, Samuel, 517
Tyrconnell, Richard Talbot, Duke of, sent to
govern Ireland by James II, 436; "Tyr-
connell's Blackguards," 437 f.; opposes
promotion of Sarsfield, 441; Battle of the
Boyne, 442-3; withdraws to Galway,
444; goes to France, 447; returns, 448,
470

Tyrconnell, Lady, 443

Tyrone (Tir Eogan), 81, 163, 167

U

Ulster (Uladh), 11, 16, 23, 26, 30, 37, 38,
43, 49, 55, 59, 64, 74-76, 82-84, 117,

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