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INDEX.

Celibacy, of the clergy, whether enforced
by S. Patrick, 44; not expressly vowed
by the first monks, 231; its repute
among the Irish monks of the 7th cen-
century, 237; its violation punished
by them with excommunication, 238;
its compulsory observance one of the
earliest abuses of Christianity among
them, 363, 370; extravagant notions
of its merit, 587; abuse of, under Law-
rence O'Toole, 595; under John Cu-
min, 609, 610; its non-observance
made a ground for deposing the pre-
lates of the reformed faith under Q.
Mary, 740; not made compulsory on
the ancient Irish clergy, according to
Mr. Moore, 1422.
Cellier's History of Sacred and Ecclesi-
astical Authors qd., 288 n., 370 n.
Cells to monasteries, meaning of, 574.
Celsus, (or Kellach,) archbishop of Ar-
magh, constitutes a new archbishopric
in Cashel, 445, 472; his elevation to
the episcopacy, 450; his diligence in
the primatial office, ib. seqq. ; appoints
Malachy his vicar, 458; nominates
him his successor when dying, 465,
468; his diligence in visitations, 476;
his independence of Roman authority,
1250.

Cencius Camerarius, his Census Came-
rules qd., 993-996
Ceolfrid, abbot of Wearmouth, 211; ex-

tract from his letter to King Naitan
on the Paschal controversy, 960-'2.
Cerda, Martin, Spanish commander in
Ireland, 827.

Cerdicus, (the Saxon persecutor of Bri-

tish Christianity,) his cruelty, 119.
Chalcedon, Council of. See Council.
Chalices for the use of Rome in id. to be
made of silver, 1364.

Chalons, Council. See Council.
Channeric of Meaux, shews kindness to
S. Columbanus, 266.

Chanting according to the Roman me-

thod, taught in York by James the
deacon, 208; there and elsewhere by
Eddi and Bp. Putta, ib.; by John the
Roman, 209; and Mahan, 211; pro-
moted in Id. by Malachy, 458,
Chapters, the Three, (see Three Chap-
ters,) 931, seqq.; what they were, 938.
Chapters, Cathedral, origin of in Id.,
1114.

Charibert, King of Paris, 259.
Charlemagne, the Emperor, his patron-
age of learned Irishmen, 350; Dun-
gal's epistle to him on the solar eclipses
of 810, 394.

Charles the Bald, 398; patronizes J. S.
Erigena, 399, 400, 402.

Charles II., the Remonstrance of Alle-
giance to, 1413.

Chester, anecdote of a mayor of, 746.
Chester, the Earl of, 1023; invades
Wales, 1028, '35.

Chetimar, Duke of Carinthia, christened
by S. Virgilius, 348.
Chichester, Sir A., republishes the Act
of Uniformity, 854, 860; his visit to
three northern counties, 862, segg.;
opens the parliament of 1613, 878;
witnesses cannibalism in Id., 1298.
Vid. 1320, 21.

Chilperic, King of Soissons, 259.
in Id. examined into, 1011 segg.
Chorepiscopi, their alleged multiplicity
Chrism, use of, in holy baptism, 396;
omitted by the old Irish, 424; not of
apostolic institution, 425; its applica-
tion in the consecration of bishops,
1007.

Christ baptising, &c., made the subject
of a comedy, 739.

Christ's marble image in Christ Church,
Dublin, its removal and restoration,
741, 742; employed as the subject of a
Romish imposture, 749-751.
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, its
foundation, 421; Strongbow interred
there, 548; synod of Dublin (A.D.

1186) held in, 609; coronation of E.
Simnel in, 666; a Bible presented to,
753; Abp. Curwen's first sermon in,
742; desecration of, 1362.
Christian, Bp. of Lismore, made pope's

legate, 482; present at the Council of
Kells, 484; presides at the Synod of
Cashel, and sets his seal to the letter
drawn up there, abusing the Irish for
their filthy ways, &c., 515, 537; the
pope's reply addressed to him, &c.,
534; vid. q. 576, 1085, '88.
Christian, brother of S. Malachy, Bp. of
Clogher, his death, 471.
Christianity, origin of, in Id., 1; in
Engd., 6, 108; persecution of in Ire-
land by the Danes, 380 seqq.; chrono-
logy of early events connected with,
uncertain, 111.

Chrysostom, St., his testimony to the
early extension of Christianity, and
scriptural information to the British
isles, 4.

Church architecture of the ancient Irish,

207, 210; inferior to that of the Sax-
ous, ib., 211, 212; its alteration by the
Normans, 564.

Church, unity of the, in Id., under

Henry VIII., 717; such unity main-
tained to the days of James I., 889,
917; the Church of the Irish and the
Church of the English in Id. distinct,
and separated in language, race, and
feelings, in A.D. 1315, according to Mr.
Moore, 1425-27; worship in the com-
munion of the Church denounced by
the Romish schismatics of the 17th
century, 1308, '15; Mr. Moore's notion
of the creation of a new Church at the
Reformation, 1434.

"Church of Ireland," and "Church of
England," remarks on the use of the
names, 919 seqq., and 1415 segg.; de-
struction of the Church of Id. a quack
medicine of conceited and ignorant
empirics, 645, 1055 seqq., 1427 n.

Church, the moon employed as an em-
blem of, 961.

Church in Wales, its ancient indepen-
dence lost, 1035.

Church music, its cultivation by the

early Saxons, 207-211.

Church papists, what, 853; their apos-
tacy to schism, ib., 854.

Church lands and property in Id., spo-
liation of by the Anglo-Normans.
1124; their origin, 1057 seqq.; not
given originally to the Ch. of Rome,
1059; nor by the English, 1121; the
Ch. property of Ireland not wholly
a State gift, 1064; laws of the Synod
of Cashel concerning, 516 seqq., 1066,
'7; Blackstone's comments on, 1068;
tithes, a royal grant, and the most an-
cient one, ib.; how far derived from
the people, 1070, 71; statement of
Primate Beresford concerning, 1072;
Edmund Burke's view of, 1075; Ch.
property no oppression to the people,
1076 seqq.; statement of its amount
by Mr. George Alexander Hamilton,
1081 seqq.

Churches, parish, of Id., plundered, un-
der pretence of reformation, 719; to
be attended by all persons under cer-
tain penalties, according to the Act of
Uniformity, 754; ruinous condition of
them in that age, 769, 784, 785, 1064;
caused in some cases by defenders of
the papal "Catholic faith," 797; Spen-
cer's notice of their desolation, 815;
state of some of them in A.D. 1607,
862-864; vain attempt to repair by
parliamentary funds, 779; ancient
provision for the repair of, 1062; the
old Irish accused of not respecting,
1088.

Church History, value and disadvan-
tages of the study, 927.

Church Holidays. See Festivals.
Churton's History of the early English

Church, qd., 386 n., 446, 577 n.

INDEX.

Ciaconius de Vitis Pontificum, note on a
statement in, 1052 n.
Ciaran, St., 61. See Kieran.
Cisteaux, or Citeaux, 577.

Cistertian monks, 229; introduced into
Ireland by Malachy, 475, 562; their
first establishment at Mellifont, 477;
various others founded, 566 seqq.;
their origin, 577. Vid. 615, 656, 891
See Council.
Clane, Synod of.
Clanricarde, title of, conferred on De
Burgo, 710; the Earl of, A.D. 1565, a
disturber of Id., 769.

Clare, Roger de, gets lands assigned him
in Wales, 1038; Thomas de, murders
Brian Roe, prince of Thomond, 1127.
Clarence, Lionel, Duke of, 658, 660.
Claude, Bp. of Turin, his controversy
with Dungal, 395, 396.

Claudius the Commentator, notice of,
394.

Clement, learned Irishman, made princi-
pal of a College in France by Charle-
magne, 350.
Clergy of Ireland, military characters in
some ancient cases, 386; their dignity
and comforts advanced by the Synod
of Cashel and Anglo-Norman influ-
ence, 519, 560, 612; anciently subject
to the ordinary civil laws, 558; their
ignorance, immoralities, &c., in the
Anglo-Romish period of Ir. Hist.,
583-597; said to have been corrupted
by English influence, 609; praised by
Giraldus, 610; extraordinary associa-
tion of them under Primate N. Mac
1114; when resident
Molissa, 628,
among the English, compelled to learn
English, 658; their ignorance in 1538,
696; do. in 1551, 721; meeting of, "to
the Protestant religion,"
establish
760; character and condition of in
1576, 783; in 1593, 814, 815; do. in
1607, 863-865; greatly reduced by
the Danish wars, 1060, 61; their im-
poverishment after the Reformation,

1064; not supported by taxes, 1068, '9;
ought not to be of beggarly incomes,
1075, '6; their number, and aggregate
property, 1082; decimal taxation of,
1146; those of the English race in Id.
hated by the Irish, 637.

Clergy of England, victimised by Pope
Gregory X., 679.

Clergy, marriage of. See Celibacy.
Clogher, see of, 452 n., 576, 667 n.; a
papal Bp. of, submits to Henry VIII..
711; the see not subject to Q. Eliza-
beth, 758, 759 n.; state of the diocese
in 1607, 863.

"Clon," bpk., Stat. of Kilk., 661.
Clonard, chosen by St. Finian as the site
of his religious establishment and
scriptural school, E8; the see of, ib.;
ravaged by the Danes, 416; the see
one of those settled at Rathbreasail,
452 n.; injured by Irish incendiaries,
454. See 563.

Clonefad, Etchen, Bp. of, ordains S. Co-
See 1010-'12.
lumba presbyter, 77.
Clonenagh, (Queen's Co.,) monastery of,

71, 353.

Clonfert, abbey of, founded by S. Bren-
dan, 70; ravaged by the Danes, 383;
the see of, 452 n., 484 m., 576; the
abbey revenues united to the bpk. after
the Reformation, 1219.
Clonmacnoise, abbey of, founded by S.
Kieran, 68; visited by S. Columba,
102; ravaged by the Danes, 383, 384
n.; by some of the Irish, 454; the see
of, represented at Kells, 484 n.; vid.
q. 563, 617, 994 seqq., 1143, 54, 1211.
Clonmacnoise, the Annals of, 633 n.,
1052.

Clonmel, Margaret le Blunde's

case

against Abp. Mac Carwill tried at,
625; public episcopal denunciation of
tax-payers to the English government
in, 652; various prelates receive the
king's supremacy in, after Archbishop
Browne's preaching there, 701; its re-

bellious disposition on the accession of
James L., 850; provided with sixty
new (schismatical) priests in one year,
(A.D. 1613,) 1359.

Clonmore, (Co. Wexford,) monastery of,
ravaged by the Danes, 382.
Clontarf, battle of, 414 416.
Clotaire I., King of the French, 259.
Clotaire II., King of Soissons, treats S.
Columbanus with kindness, 266, 269,
272; patronises S. Dichuill, 334.
Cloveshove, Council of.

See Council.
Clovis, founder of the French monarchy,

258.

Cloyne, see of, 995 seqq.

Cluainiard, or Clonard, 993 seqq.
Cluniac monks, 229.

Codure, Jesuit, conspirator with Con
O'Neill, 1206.

Colestius the heretic, an Irishman, 5;
some notice of him, ib.

Coemghen, or Kevin, St., 61, 63; ac-
count of his life, 71.

Cogan, Milo de, governor of Id., 600.
Cogitosus, his life of S. Brigid, 66, 321;
its character, 67.

Cole, Dean of St. Paul's, his vain perse-
cuting mission to Id., 745.

Coleraine, county of, embraced in the
Plantation, 868.

Coleridge, Judge, his views on episcopal
appointments, &c., 1199.

Colgan's Lives of St. Patrick, 9, 46; of
S. Columba, 88; his AA. SS. qd. pas-
sim; dedicated to H. O'Reilly, titular
primate, 1240; the Trias Thauma-
turga to T. Fleming, Dublin titr. 1254.
Collects, many, used by S. Columbanus
in worship, 287.

College Green, Dublin, Henry II.'s resi-
dence in, 509. Vid. Hoggin Green.
Colleges, Romish, established beyond sea
for Irish youths, 1355, 6. See 1344.
Collier's Church History of England,

qd., 17, 109, 112, 140, 1288, et passim.
Colman, St., 61, 62; appointed Bp. of

Lindisfarne, 180; defends the Ir. Eas
ter at Whitby, 181, 182; leaves his
bpk. in disgust with the introduction
of Roman customs, 184; and settles in
Connaught, 186; character of him
and his predecessors, 240, 241; his
"Seniors," 986.

Colp, or Invercolpa, 569.

Cologne, distinguished as a residence of
certain eminent Irishmen. 412, 436.
Colton, Primate, his visitation of Derry.
1063 n.; vid. 1111.

Columba, St, or Columbkille, one of the
Irish saints of the second class, 61;
his life, 74; name of Columbkille, 75;
studies with S. Finnian, 76; founds
the monasteries of Derry and Durrow,
ib.; his supposed visit to Kells, 77;
his mission to Scotland, 78; story con-
cerning the occasion which led to it,
79; his excommunication, 83; settle-
ment at Iona, ib.; his biography very
imperfect, 85; inaugurates King Ai
dan, 86; attends the assembly at
Drumceath, ib.; returns to Iona, 87;
lives of him, by Cumin, Adamnanus,
&c, 88; V. Bede's notice of him, 89;
circumstances connected with his
death, 90-94; non-Romish features
observable in Adamnanus' recital, 95;
day of his death, ib. and 96; charac-
ter, 97; prayerfulness, 98; self-denial,
99; industry, 100; influence among
men, 101, 102; visit to Clonmacnoise,
102, 103; his humility, 104; and at-
tention to the practical duties incul-
cated in the Bible, 106; extent of his
labours, 107; the "Culdees" impro-
perly fathered upon him, 107; charged
by a modern writer with hypocrisy and
imposture, ib. ; quoted at Whitby as
an authority opposed to the traditions
of Rome, 182; his ignorance or indif-
ference about Purgatory, 216; his use
of the sign of the cross, 223, (vid. 615 ;)
not of the communion of modern Irish

Romanists, 904; who accompanied
him to Drumceath, 982; his ordina-
tion by Etchen, 1010, '11; pretended
"translation" of his relics to Downpa-
trick, 1050.

Columbanus, St., his Irish ways not re-
lished by the clergy of Rome, 139; his
history, 249; materials for his biogra-
phy, 250; birth, 251; early acquaint-
ance with the Holy Scriptures, ib., 252;
leaves Ireland for France, 253; his dili-
gence in exhorting and instructing men,
254; settlement in the Vosges, 255;
foundation of Luxeu, ib., 256; diffi-
culties with the French clergy about
Easter, 256-258; reproves King The-
odoric for sin, and incurs persecution
in consequence, 260 seqq.; banished
from Luxeu, 263; journey to Nantes,
&c., 265; he visits Switzerland, 267;
preaches to the Suevi, 268; removes
to Italy, 269-271; writes against the
Arians, and on the Three Chapters,
ib; founds the monastery of Bobio,
271; invited back to Luxeu, he de-
clines the offer, 272; his death, 273;
missionary zeal, 274; discipline of his
monasteries independent of episcopal
authority, 275; his influence in the
Continental Church, 276, 277; his
writings, 278; monastic rule, ib, seqq.;
its penalties, 290; strictness of disci-
pline, 281; rule concerning fasting,
283, 284; concerning divine service,
&c., 285 seqq., his Letters, 288 seqq.;
epistle to P. Gregory on the Paschal
question, 257, 288-293; letter to the
prelates of Gaul on the same occasion,
257, 293--299; his great regard for
the Holy Scriptures, 292, 296, 299, 300;
his letter to the monks of Luxeu, 301;
his humility and lowly dependance on
divine grace, 302, 303; his epistle to
P. Boniface IV, 304-316, 938-960;
his independence of papal supremacy
and views connected with Romish in-

fallibility, ib., passim; where he got
his notions about the Three Chapters,
937; signification of his name and its
synonymes, 958.

Columbanus ad Hibernos, 715, &c., 1333
seqq. See O'Concr.

Comber (Co. Down) Cistertian abbey
founded 575; supplied with monks
from England, ib.

Comgall, St., 61; his history, 70.
Commandments, the Ten, circulated

under Henry VIII., 700.
Commissioners of public records in Id. ;
their reports qd., 871 n.

Common Prayer, the Book of, Bp. Bale
endeavours in vain to bring into use,
734; supposed to be the first book
printed in Id., 747; to be used in Eng-
lish or Latin, in Id., by Act of Uni-
formity, 755; Bp. Walsh preaches
against, 760; translated into Irish,
780, 781; denounced, as equally pro-
fane with idolatry, by the schismatical
preachers of Rome, 855, 1308.
Communion, the Holy, used in both
kinds by the ancient Ir.. 368; law
concerning it passed in the Synod of
Dublin, under John Comyn, 611; its
reception rcommended to rebels, 1287.
Vid. q. 732.

Comorbans, Corbes, or Coarbs, their
office explained, 461 n., 989.

Comyn, John, Abp. of Dublin, 606 seqq.,
1096, 1172.

Conan ap lago, his intercourse with the
Irish, 1024.

Conal, King of the Albanian Scots, 84;
succeeded by Aidan, 86

Concors, abbot of S. Brendan's, Clon-
fert, appointed a commissioner to treat
between K. Henry II. and Roderic
O'Conor, 545.

Concubinage of the clergy, condemned at
Kells, 1043, 1424.

Confederation of the Ecclesiastics of Ire-
land, 627, 1109, 1114.

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