AUTHORITIES.

Adamnan, "Life of St. Columba" (trans.). Arnold (Matthew), "On the Study of Celtic Literature."

Bagwell, "Ireland under the Tudors." Barrington (Sir Jonah), "Personal Recollections," "Rise and Fall of the Irish Nation."
Brewer, "Introduction to the Carew Calendar of State Papers." Bright (Rt. Hon. J.), "Speeches." Burke (Edmund), "Tracts on the Popery Laws," "Speeches and Letters."

Carlyle, "Letters and Speeches of Cromwell." Carew, "Pacata Hibernia." Cloncurry, "Life and Times of Lord Cloncurry." Clogy, "Life and Times of Bishop Bedell." Cornwallis Correspondence. Croker (Rt. Hon. W.), "Irish, Past and Present."

Davis (Thomas), "Literary and Historical Essays." Davies (Sir John), "A Discoverie of the True Causes why Ireland was never Subdued."
Dennis, "Industrial Ireland." Domenach (Abbé), "Larerte Erinn." Dymock (John), "A Treatise on Ireland." Duffy (Sir Charles Gavin), "Four Years of Irish History."

Essex, "Lives and Letters of the Devereux, Earls of."

Froude (J.A.), "History of England," "The English in Ireland."

Giraldus Cambrensis, "Conquest of Ireland," Edited by J. Dimock,
Master of the Rolls Series, 1867;
"Topography of Ireland," Edited by J. Dimock,
Master of the Rolls Series, 1867.
Green, "History of the English People." Grattan, "Life and Speeches of Rt. Hon. Henry Grattan."

Halliday, "Scandinavian Kingdom of Dublin." Hennessy (Sir Pope), "Sir Walter Raleigh in Ireland." Hardiman, "History of Galway." Howth (Book of), from O'Flaherty's "Iar Connaught."

Joyce, "Celtic Romances."

Kildare (Marquis of), "The Earls of Kildare."

Lodge, "Desiderata Curiosa Hibernica." Lecky, "History of England in the Eighteenth Century," and "Leaders of Public Opinion in Ireland."
Leland, "History of Ireland."

Maine (Sir H.), "Early History of Institutions," "Village Communities, East and West."
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O'Connor (T.P.), "The Parnell Movement." O'Flaherty, "Iar Connaught."

Petty (Sir W.), "Political Anatomy of Ireland." Petrie (Dr.), "Round Towers of Ireland." Prendergast, "Tory War in Ulster," "The Cromwellian Settlements."

Richey (A.G.), "Lectures on the History of Ireland."

Smith (Goldwin), "Irish History and Irish Character." Spenser (Edmund), "View of the State of Ireland." Stokes (Miss), "Early Christian Architecture of Ireland." Stokes (Professor George), "Ireland and the Celtic Church."

Tone (Wolfe), "Autobiography."

Vere de (Aubrey), "Queen Meave and other Legends of the Heroic Age," and "Legends of St. Patrick,"

Walpole, "Kingdom of Ireland." Webb (Alfred), "Compendium of Irish Biography." Wilde (Sir W.), "Lough Corrib," and "The Boyne and the Blackwater."

Young (Arthur), "Tour in Ireland."

INDEX.

Abercromby, Sir Ralph, [359]
Act of Supremacy, [152]
Act of Uniformity, [278]
Adamnan, [43]
Adare, [188]
Affane, battle of, [183]
Aidan (Saint) and Irish monk, [45]
Alcansar, battle of, [184]
Allen, an Irish priest, [184]
Allen, hill of, [14]
Allen, John, Archbishop of Dublin, [146]
Allen, the Fenian prisoner, [406]
Andrews, Dean of Limerick, [237]
Angareta, mother of Giraldus, [78]
Angelsea, settlement of, [67]
Anglo-Norman invasion, [76]
Annals of Lough Cè, [109]
Anselm (Saint), Archbishop of Canterbury, [81]
Arctic hare, the, [4]
Ard-Reagh, or Over-king, [91]
Ardscul, battle of, [108]
Arklow Head, [93]
Armagh, Book of, [33]
Armagh, cathedral of, burnt by Thorgist, [55]
Armdu, a Viking, [68]
Arran, isles of, [38]
Art McMurrough, or Art Kavanagh, [119];
master of Leinster, [119];
has recourse to Black-rent, [123];
entertained by Richard II., [120];
knighted, [120];
thrown into prison, [120];
released, [120];
he hastens to Meath, [121];
defeats the royal army, [121];
he again meets Richard II. in battle, [121];
victorious, [123]
Ascendency, the Protestant, [307]
Ashton, Sir Arthur, a royalist officer, [261]
Askeaton, castle of, [187];
destroyed, [188]
Association, Loyal National Repeal, [386]
Attainder, Bill of, drawn and passed, [287]
Athenry, battle of, [110];
enfeebled state, [175]
Athlone, fortress of, [104], [292]
Athy, bridge of, [128]
Aughrim, battle of, [293]
Augustine (Saint), [44]
D'Aguilar, Don Juan, [215]
D'Avaux, Count, envoy to James II., [283]

Baculum Cristatum, or Staff of St. Patrick, [158]
Baggotrath, battle of, [260]
Bagnall, Sir Henry, [198];
Tyrone marries his sister, [201];
becomes his enemy, [201];
he marches against Tyrone, [204];
he is shot, [205];
his army defeated, [205];
fort of Blackwater surrendered, [205]
Ballinasloe, town of, [293]
Baltimore, stronghold of pirates, [127]
Baltinglass, Lord, [189]
Bannockburn, battle of, [108];
its effects on Ireland, [108]
Bannow, bay of, or "FitzStephen's stride," [83]
Barnabie FitzPatrick, [157]
Barries descendants of Nesta, [76]
Barri, Robert de, [83]
Barrington's Bridge, [107]
Barrymore, Lord, [141]
Beare O'Sullivan, [215]
Bedell, bishop of Kilmore, [245]
Beltane, Celtic festival of 1st May, [14]
Belgic, colony of, [6]
Bellingham, Sir Edward, [162]
Belrath, castle of, [141]
Ben Edar, now Howth, [17]
Benignus, first disciple of St. Patrick, [35]
Benturb, battle of, [255]
Bermingham, Sir John de, victor of Athenry, [110], [111]
Beresford, Chief Commissioner of Customs, [351]
Bernard, Saint, of Clairvaux, [81]
Betas, Celtic houses of hospitality, [14]
Black-rent, use of, [119], [123], [129]
Blackwater river, [183];
battle of, [203]
Blaney, Mr., member for Monaghan, [243]
Book of Aicill, Aryan law, [25]
Book of Armagh, [33]
Book of Howth, the, [140]
Borough, Lord, deputy, [203]
Boulter, Archbishop of Armagh, [304], [320]
Boyle, primate, [280]
Boyne, battle of the, [288]
Bramhall, primate, [277]
"Brass Band," [403]
Brehons, judges or law makers, [19], [25]
Brian Boru, or Boruma, [60], [61];
he defeats the Danes, [61];
seizes throne of Cashel, [63];
over-runs Leinster, [63];
subdues Ossory, [63];
attacks Meath, [63];
burns the stronghold of Tara, [63];
becomes Ard-Reagh in Malachy's place, [63];
he is called Brian of the Tribute, [64];
he becomes master of Ireland, [64];
his victory at Clontarf, [66];
he marches against Brodar, [68], [69];
is killed, [69];
mourned and buried, [69], [70].
Bridget (Saint), [47];
sacred fire of, [47]
Brodar, a Viking, [66];
killed Brian, [67]
Brown, Archbishop of Meath, [159];
deprived, [161]
Bruce, Edward, in Ireland, [107];
battle of Bannockburn, [108];
its effects, [108];
Bruce lands at Carrickfergus, [108];
defeats Richard de Burgh, [108];
defeats Sir Edmund Butler at Ardscul, [108];
victorious at Kells, [108];
meets his brother, [108];
is crowned king, [109];
devastates the country, [109];
defeated and killed at Dunkalk, [110]
Bruce, King Robert of Scotland, [108]
Burren, district of the, in North Clare, [269]
Burgh, Sir William FitzAldelm de, [103]
Burgundy, Duchess of, 132, [136]
Burke, Edmund, [330]
Burke, Mr. Thomas, murder of, [411]

Calvagh O'Donnell, [167]
Camden, Lord (Lord-Lieutenant), [359]
Campion, historian, the, [125]
Carew, Sir George, [213], [215], [216], [226]
Carew, Sir Peter, [178];
his atrocities, [178]
Carey, James, the informer, [412]
Carhampton, Lord, [358]
Carle Canuteson, [67]
Carlow, [154]
Carneg, rock of, [84]
Carnot, [355]
Catholic Confederacy, [249]
Catholic Relief Bill carried, [381]
Cashel, Synod of, [92]
Castlehaven, [215]
Castlereagh, Lord, Chief Secretary, [370]
Caulfield, Lord, Governor of Charlemont, [243]
Cavan, Lord, [365]
Cavendish, Lord Frederick, murdered, [411]
Cerd or Nuad of "the Silver hand," [9]
Charlemont, Lord, [330]
Charles I., accession, [231];
he sends Strafford to Ireland, [231], [235], [238];
his death, [279]
Chester Castle, attack on, projected, [405]
Chesterfield, Lord, Lord-Lieutenant, [344]
Claims, Court of, [275]
Clan Naim, [17]
Clann Dichin, a malediction, [20]
Clanricarde, Earl of, [105]
Clarence, Lionel, Duke of, [114]
Cliach, plains of, [14]
Clocthech, round towers of, [56]
Clogher, Bishop of, [241]
Clonard, town of, [47]
Clonmacnois, high altar at, [47]
Clonmel, [262]
Clontarf, battle of, 71, [74];
strand of, [66]
Clyn, Franciscan historian, [109]
Cole, Dean of St. Paul's, story of, [163]
Cole, Sir William, Governor of Enniskillen, [243]
Coleraine, [243]
Colkilla, hill of, [14]
Colman, Bishop, [46]
Columba (Saint), born, [43];
his character, [42], [43];
he leaves Ireland, [43];
visits Scotland, [43];
and Iona, [44]
Connaught, landowner's case of, [230]
Connaught, treaty of, [103]
Connemara, anciently Iar Connaught, [8]
Conciliation Hall, [386]
Confederates, Young Irelanders, [395]
Con O'Neill (Earl of Tyrone) [154]
Cong, plains of, [7]
Conyers, Clifford, Sir, Governor of Connaught, [209]
Cooke, Under-Secretary of State, [351]
Coote, Sir Charles, [244], [246], [273]
Cork, town of, [119]
Cormac, MacArt, [23]
Cormac O'Conn, King, [11]
Cornwallis, Marquis, Lord-Lieutenant, [365]
Corrib Lough, [104]
Cowper, Lord, [411]
"Coyne and livery," [183]
Croagh Patrick, mountain of, [34]
Crofty, hill of, [247]
Crom a Boo, war cry of the Fitzgeralds, [138]
Cromwell, Henry, Lord-Lieutenant, [76]
Cromwell in Ireland, [261];
he takes Drogheda, [261];
Wexford, [262];
Kilkenny,[262];
Clonmel, [262];
his army sickens, [263];
Ireland under his rule, [264];
the struggle continues, [264];
Limerick and Galway yield at last, [264];
close of civil war, [265];
his methods, [266];
Catholic evictions, [267];
his treatment of Sir Phelim O'Neill, Lord Mayo, and Lord Muskerry, [267];
his death, [272]
Crint, or stringed harp, [52]
Cruachan, mountain of, [35]
Curragh of Kildare, [14]

Danaans, tribe of, [8]
Danes, [53]
Danes, Dublin, [67]
Danes of Limerick, [58-61]
Dangen, ancient name of Phillipstown, [162]
Dashda, or Druid chieftain, [53]
Davis, John, Sir, [95-117;]
he is elected Speaker, [227;]
quarrel which followed, [227], [228]
Davis, Thomas (poet), [290]
Davitt, Michael, Mr., [409]
Declaration of Rights by Grattan, [320]
Declaratory, Act of George I., [322]
"Defenders," Association of, [345]
Delvin, Lord, [191]
Dermot McMurrough, King of Leinster, [83]
Derry, town of, [171]
Desmond, Earl of, taken to London, [176;]
vacillates about rebelling, [185;]
his death, [192]
Desmond-Sugane or Straw, Earl of, [200]
Dillon, Mr., [391]
Donald, Chief of Ossory, [90]
Donegal, chapels in, [43]
Donore, hill of, [280]
Douchad, son of O'Brien, [74].
Dowdal, Archbishop of Armagh, [159]
Downpatrick, town of, [99]
Drapier Papers by Swift, [317]
Drogheda, Parliament of, [138]
Drogheda, taken by Cromwell, [261]
Dublin Castle, [240;]
plot to seize it, [241;]
frustrated, [242]
Dublin, Philosophical Association of, [311]
Dublin, Society of, [311]
Duffy, Sir Charles Gavin, [390]
Dundalk, battle of, [110]
Dungannon, Matthew, Baron of, [165]
Dunsany, Lord, [247]

Edgecombe, Sir Edward, [135]
Edward, I., [107]
Edward II., [108;]
Battle of Bannockburn, [108]
Edward III., [113;]
he summons landowners, [114;]
appoints Lionel, Duke of Clarence, viceroy, [114;]
Statute of Kilkenny is passed, [115]
Elizabeth, Queen, [165;]
entertains Shane O'Neill at Court, [68;]
account of his visit, [168;]
Ireland during her reign, [171-172]
Emmett, Robert, [376]
Emmett, Thomas Addis, [354]
Encumbered Estate Court, [400]
Enniskillen, town of, [247]
Eochaidh king, tale of, [35]
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, [206;]
take the command in Ireland, [208;]
proceeds against Tyrone, [208;]
his disasters, [208;]
takes Cahir Castle, [208;]
meets Lugane Earl, [208;]
meets Tyrone at Lagan, [209;]
returns to England, [210]
Eva, daughter of Dermot, [86]
Everard, Sir John, [227], [228]

Falkland, Lord, [231]
Famine, the first symptoms of, [96;]
great distress, [397;]
Mr. Forster reports, [397;]
Relief Act passed, [399;]
the ruin which followed it, [400;]
after effects, [403]
Fedlim O'Connor, king of Connaught, [108]
Fenian prisoners, rescue of, at Manchester, [405]
Fenian rising, [401]
Fenni or Fenians, [11]
Fercal, tribes of, [161]
Ferns, town of, [83]
Finn, McCumal, [14]
Finn or Fingal, father of Ossian, [11]
Finvarragh, king of the fairies, [21]
Firbolgs, race of, [6]
Fitton, Sir Edward, [176]
Fitzgerald, Lord Edward, [354-359]
Fitzgerald, Maurice, [83]
Fitzgerald, Mr., member for Clare, [380]
Fitzgerald, Raymond (le Gros), [85]
Fitzgerald, Sir James, [191]
Fitzgerald, Sir John, [191]
FitzHenry, Robert and Meiler, sons of Nesta, [76]
Fitzmaurice, Lady, [188]
Fitzmaurice of Lexnaw, [111]
Fitzmaurice, Sir James, [178;]
breaks into rebellion, [178;]
relations between him and Sir James Perrot, [179;]
burns Kilmallock [179;]
marches into Ulster, [179;]
burns Athlone, [179;]
joins the Mac-an-Earlas, [180;]
lays Galway waste, [180;]
crosses the Shannon, [180;]
surrenders and takes the required oaths at Kilmallock, [180;]
sails to France, [180;]
returns, [184;]
his death, [187]
Fitzsimons, Walter, Archbishop of Dublin, [137]
FitzStephen, Robert, [83]
FitzUrse of Louth, [111]
Fitzwilliam, Lord, Lord-Lieutenant, [349-350]
Fitzwilliam, Sir William, Lord-deputy, [199]
Flood, Rt. Hon. Henry, [323]
Foltlebar and Feradach, Legends, [16]
Formorians, race of, [5]
Forster, Mr. W.E., [397]
Forty-shilling Freeholders, Bill of, [349]
"Four Masters," the annals of the, [9]
Foyle, Lough, [165]
Freeman's Journal, [322]
Fuidhar, or "broken man," [28]

Gall (Saint), [36]
Galway, bay and town of, [104]
Galway, Jury of, [247]
George, Duke of Clarence, [129]
Gerald de Barri, Gerald of Wales, or Giraldus Cambrensis, [78;]
grandson of Nesta, [78;]
priest and chronicler, [78;]
his character as a writer, [78]
Gerald, 8th Earl of Kildare, son of Geroit Mor, [130]
Gerald of Windsor, husband to Nesta, [76]
Geraldines, [101;]
Giraldus' opinion of them, [101;]
ancestors of Earls Kildare and Desmond, [102;]
important position, [102;]
their keep at Maynooth, [102;]
power in Ireland, [102;]
Geroit Mor, or Gerald the Great, 7th Earl of Kildare, [130]
Gilbert, Sir Humphry, [179]
Gilla Dacker and his horse, legend of, [14]
Ginkel, Dutch general of William III., [291]
Gladstone, Mr. W.E., [406;]
disestablished the Irish Church, [406;]
introduced Irish Land Act of 1870, [407;]
of 1881, [409;]
imprisoned members of Land League, [411;]
proposed measure of Home Rule of 1886, [414]
Glenmama near Dunlaven, [68]
Godred, King of Man, [87]
Gormanstown, Lord, [249]
Granard, Lord Justice, [280]
Grattan, Henry, [328;]
his loyalty and patriotism, [328;]
he enters Parliament, [330;]
his eloquence, [330;]
Declaration of Rights, [330;]
retires into private life, [332;]
protests against the Union, [332;]
member of English Parliament, [332;]
his death and burial, [333]
"Great Darcy of Platten," [132]
Gregory, Pope, [44]
Grey, de Wilton, Lord-deputy, [189]
Grey, Leonard, Lord, Deputy, [151], [152]
Griffiths, Sir Richard, Irish geologist, [312]

Habeas Corpus Act, [351]
Hadrian IV., Pope, [81]
Hamilton, Sir Richard, [282]
Harcourt, Lord, [325]
Hardi, French General, [365]
Harvey, Bagenal, United Irishman and general of the rebels, [363]
Hasculph, Danish Governor, [86-87]
Hatton, Sir Christopher, "an Undertaker," [194]
Heber and Heremon, sons of Milesius, [10]
Hoadly, Archbishop of Armagh, [320]
Hoche, General, [355]
Hoche, vessel called the, [365]
Home Rule, the question of, [44]
Howth, Earl of, [134], [136]
Humbert, French general, [364]
Hy-Nial, or royal house of O'Neil, [42], [52]

Iar Connaught, mountains of, [104]
Ireland, Primeval, [1;]
its early vicissitudes, [3;]
South European plants in, [5;]
early history of, [5-11;]
its legends, [13-21;]
Celtic Ireland, [23;]
early laws of, [26-29;]
St. Patrick's visit to, [32;]
the Northern scourge of, [50;]
invasion by Anglo-Normans, [76;]
King John in, [98-100;]
invasion of, by Edward Bruce, [107;]
Richard II. visits to, [119;]
attempt to force Protestantism upon, [158-160;]
Molyneux's, "The case of," &c., [313;]
Union of Great Britain and Ireland, [367-376]
Ireland, the future of, [413]
"Ireland, Young," party, [390-395]
Irish Catholic Association, [407]
Irish Celts, [25]
Irish Church, disestablishment of, [409]
Irish Education Act, [408]
Irish elk, [4]
Irish export of woollen goods forbidden, [309]
Irish famine, 396, [403]
Irish hare, [4]
Irish heroes, [418]
Irish Land Act, [407]
Irish volunteers, [336-340]
Inchiquin, Lord, [256]
Iona, [44]

James II. recalls Lord Ormond, [280;]
restores Catholics to office, [280;]
his treatment of Protestants, [281-282;]
his flight to France, [282;]
arrives in Ireland, [283;]
his reception, [284;]
besieges Londonderry, [285;]
goes to Dublin, [286;]
is defeated at the battle of the Boyne, [288;]
his flight, [289]
John, the Mad Berserker-warrior, [87]
Jones, Michael, Colonel, [259]
Jones, Paul, pirate, [326]
Joyce's, Mr., "Celtic Romances," [13]

Kelts, battle of, [99]
Keogh, Judge, [403]
Kerry, defence of, [215]
Kerry, plants and animals in, [5]
Kildare, Dean of, [149]
Kildare, house of, [102;]
earls of, [130>/a>,] [134], [150;]
"Silken Thomas," [147;]
vice-deputy, [147;]
renounces allegiance to England, [147;]
takes Dublin, [148;]
burns Trim and Dunboyne, [149;]
is defeated, [150;]
imprisoned and hanged, [150]
Kilkea, castle of, [144]
Kilkenny, castle of, [105]
Kilkenny, statutes of, [115]
Killala, Bishop of, [365]
Kilmallock burnt, [179:]
church of, [179]
Kimbaoth, prince of Milesia, [10]
King's County, [52]
Kinsale, harbour of, [215]
Knights of Glyn, [102;]
of Kerry, [102]
Knockmaa, a hill of, [8]
Knocktow, battle of, [144;]
cause of, [106]

Lacy, Hugo de, viceroy of Henry II., [92]
Lagan, ford of, [209]
Lalor, James, [393]
Lambay, stand of, [55]
Lambert, Simnel, [331;]
received in Dublin and crowned, [134;]
defeated at Stoke, [135;]
taken prisoner and appointed turnspit, [135]
Land League, the, [409]
Land Lepers, [53], [59]
Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury, [81]
Langan, Comte de, [288]
Laoghaire, King of Meath, [34]
Larkin, Fenian hanged, [406]
Lecky's, Mr., "History of the Eighteenth Century," [300]
Lee, Captain, [199]
Leix, town of, [161]
Leland the historian, [10]
Liffy river, [87]
Lilibullero, anti-Catholic song, [283]
Limerick, articles of, [295]
Limerick, first siege of, [291]
Limerick, treaty of, [295]
Limerick, wood and town of, [117]
Lindisfarne, peninsula of, [45]
Londonderry, siege of, [285]
Lovell, Lord, [135]
Lucas, Charles, [323]
Luinagh Tyrlough, [195]
Lundy, governor of Londonderry, [285]

Mac-an-Earlas, sons of Clanricarde, [191]
Macarthy, Colonel, [288]
McCarthy, Dermot, [90]
Maccumacthenius, St. Patrick's chronicler, [34]
Magan, betrayer of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, [361]
Maguire, Lord, [241]
Mahon, King of Munster, [61]
Malachy or Melachlin, Ard-Reagh, [52]
Malby, Sir Nicolas, governor of Connaught, [187]
Mananan MacLir, Legend of Gilla Dacker, [17]
Marshall, William, Earl of Pembroke, [103]
Maryborough anciently Campa, [162]
Mary, Queen of England, [163;]
her death, [164]
Maynooth, castle of, [102]
Mayo, Lord, [267]
Mayo mountains, [8]
Maxwell, Colonel, [362]
McGeoghehan, Abbé, historian, [1]
McGillapatrick, Lord of Upper Ossory, [168]
McHugh, [191]
McMahon, Hugh, chief of Monaghan, [192]
McMurrough, Dermot, King of Leinster, [83], [241]
McMurrough, son of Dermot, [83]
McToole, Sir Owen, [197]
McWilliam, Burke of Galway, [154]
McWilliam Eighter, and McWilliam Oughter, the Nether and Further Burkes, [111]
McWilliam of Clanricarde, [142]
Meagher, [391]
Meath, plains of, [8]
Mila de Cogan, Norman governor of Dublin, [87]
Milcho chieftain, [3]
Milesians or Scoti, [9], [10]
Mitchell, John, [391]
Molyneux, Thomas, Dr., [311]
Molyneux, William, the "Ingenious Molyneux," [311]
Montalembert, M. de, [40]
Montmorency, Henry de, [85]
Mortimer, Roger, viceroy, [110]
Mountgarret, Lord, [249]
Mountjoy, Charles Blount, [211;]
his character, [211;]
establishes military stations, [213;]
defeats by starvation, [213;]
defeats Tyrone and the Spanish fleet, [216]
Moytura, pre-historic battle of the southern, [7]
Muckern, or Mulkearn noi, [187]
Mullingar, town of, [292]
Munroe, General, [255]
Murhertach, house of, [74]
Murphy, Father John, [362]
Murphy, Father Michael, [304]

Nation, The, newspaper, [390]
Neil Grey, [167]
Newtown Butler, battle of, [288]
Norris, General Sir Henry, [206]
Norris, Sir Thomas, [194]
Norsmen, or Northmen, or Danes, [7], [53-56]
Northern Star, newspaper, [358]
Nuad, King of the Tuatha-da-Danaans, [7-9]

"Oakboys," Society of the, [345]
O'Brian, Prince of Thomond, [90]
O'Brien, race of, [60]
O'Brien, Smith, [391]
O'Brien, the Fenian, [406]
O'Byrnes, [128]
O'Carrol of Argial, [91]
O'Connell, Daniel, makes his first speech, [379;]
his energy, [379;]
sets on foot the Irish Catholic Association, [379;]
carries Catholic rent, [380;]
contests the county of Clare, [381;]
his character, [382;]
his efforts to procure repeal, [385;]
his enmity to secret societies, [385;]
founds the Loyal National Repeal Association, [386;]
his prosecution, [387;]
found guilty and imprisoned, [387;]
his last appearance and death, [389]
O'Connell, John, [391]
O'Connor, Roderick, the Ard-Reagh, [75], [84-91]
O'Connors of Connaught, [74]
Octennial Bill, the, [325]
O'Curry, [53]
O'Dogherty, Sir John, [198]
O'Donnell, Calvagh, [167]
O'Donnell, of Tyrconnel, [167]
O'Donnell, Hugh, or Red Hugh, [200.]
O'Donnell, murder of Carey, [412]
O'Donnell, Rory, [221]
O'Donovans, [63]
O'Driscoll's piratical clan of West Cork, [27]
O'Dynor, Dermot, or Dermot of the Bright Face, [17]
O'Flaherty, Edmund, [403]
Oilen-an-Oir, or Gold Island, [185]
Ollamhs or Sennachies, head bards, [19]
O'Lochlin of House of O'Neill, [74]
O'Moore, Rory or Roger, [241]
O'Neill, Owen, [248]
O'Neill, Shane, called the Proud, [165;]
his character, [166;]
his eloquence, habits, and morals, [166;]
his encounter with Sussex, [167;]
his visit to the English Court, [168;]
receives title of Captain of Tyrone, [169;]
returns to Ireland, [169;]
Sussex attempt to poison him, [169;]
his descent on the Scots, [170,]
and on Connaught, [170;]
his last disaster and death, [172], [173]
O'Neill, Sir Phelim, [241]
O'Neills, or Hy-Nials, [60-74]
Orange Lodges, institution of, [345]
O'Reilly of Brefny, [167]
O'Rorke, chieftain of Connaught, [91]
O'Rorke of Brefny, chieftain of Leinster, [91]
Ormond, house of, [105-128]
Ossian, poet and bard, [11-35]
Ossory, clan of, [84]
Oswald, King of Northumbria, [44]
Oswin, King of Northumbria, [46]
O'Toole, Garrot, [191]
O'Toole, St. Lawrence, Archbishop of Dublin, [86]
Oulart, hill of, [362]
Owel, Lough, near Mullingar, [55]

Paladius, missionary, [33]
Parnell, Mr., [411]
Parnell, Sir John, [371]
Parsons, Sir William, [242]
Patrick (Saint), his birth, [33;]
lands in Ireland, [33;]
visits to Meath and to Connaught, Antrim, and Armagh, [34;]
legends of, by Mr. Aubrey de Vere, [35]
"Peep of Day Boys," Society of, [345]
Pelham, Sir William, Lord-deputy, [188]
Penal Code, the, [300]
Perkin Warbeck, 136, [137]
Perrot, Sir John, [176-179]
Peter's Pence, collection of, [79]
Petrie, George, LL.D., [7]
Petty, Sir William, his survey of Ireland, [271]
Philip II., King of Spain, [183]
Phoenix organization, [404]
Phoenix Park tragedy, [411]
Picts, [53]
Pierce, Captain, [173]
Plunkett, Dr., Archbishop of Dublin, [279]
Portland, Duke of, [350]
Poynings' Act, [138]
Poynings' Act repealed, [287]
Poynings, Sir Edward, [140]
Preston, Colonel, [249]
Protection of Life and Property Bill, [409]

Raleigh, Sir Walter, [190-191]
Rents, Black, [17], [123]
Rents, Fair Rent and Free Sale, [410]
Rents, Rack, [28]
Rents, Stipulated, [28]
Ribbon Association, [385]
Richard II. lands at Waterford, [119;]
his meeting with Art McMurrough, [119;]
entertains the chiefs, [120;]
receives their oaths of allegiance, [120;]
returns to Ireland, [122;]
encounters Art McMurrough, [122;]
leaves Ireland, [123]
Rupert, Prince, [259];
his arrival at Kinsale, [259]

Sadleirs, John and James, [403]
Sanim Celtic Festival (November 1st), [14]
Sarsfield, Patrick, [280]
Saunders, Pope's Legate, [184]
Schomberg, Duke of, [288]
Schwartz, Martin, Dutch General, [135]
Scoti, tribes of the, [9]
Scullabogue, barn of, [363]
Sebastian, King of Portugal, killed at the battle of Alcansar, [184]
Senchus Mor, ancient law-book, [25], [28]
Shannon, Lord, [322]
Shannon, river, [91]
Sheil, Richard Lalor, [379]
Sidney, Henry, Sir, [174;]
becomes Lord-deputy, [174;]
appoints presidents in the provinces, [176;]
his scheme for reducing expenses, [177;]
his visits to Munster and Connaught, [179]
Sigurd, Earl of Orkney, [66]
Silvermine hills of Tipperary, [291]
Simon, priest and tutor to Lambert Simnel, [135]
Sitric, a Viking, [67]
Skeffington, Sir William, [148]
Slemish mountains, [33]
Sligo, town of, [254]
Smerwick, town of, [185]
Somerset, Edward Earl of Glamorgan, [254]
South European Plants in Ireland, [5]
Southern Moytura, [7]
Spanish Armada, [197]
Spenser, Edmund, poet, [190]
Stanihurst, historian, the, [131]
Steel boys, Society of, [345]
St. John, Sir Oliver, deputy, [231]
St. Leger, Sir Wareham, "Undertaker," [194]
St. Ruth, General, [292]
Stephen, Head Fenian centre, [405]
Stokes, battle of, [135]
Stokes, Miss Margaret, [312]
Stone, Archbishop of Armagh, [320]
Strafford, Wentworth, in Ireland, [232;]
orders subsidy of £100,000, [234;]
he overawes the juries, [234;]
his character, [235;]
his suppression of the woollen trade, [235;]
founds the linen trade, [235;]
clears the sea of pirates, [235;]
sets a Court of High Commission to work, [237;]
his treatment of Archbishop Ussher, [237;]
his account of his dealings with Convocation, [237;]
his return to England, [239;]
tried for treason, condemned, and executed, [239;]
effect of his death in Ireland, [239]
Strangford Lough, [33]
Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke, [82;]
his marriage with Eva, [86;]
takes Waterford, [86;]
is besieged in Dublin, [87;]
flees to Waterford, [88;]
thence to England, [88;]
meets Henry, [88;]
and returns to Ireland, [89]
Stukeley, Thomas, Sir, 170, [184]
Sulcost, battle of, [61]
Surrey, Earl of, deputy, [145]
Swift, Jonathan, Dean of St. Patrick's, [315;]
his character, [315;]
his Drapier Papers, [317;]
his attack on Wood's patent, [315;]
his popularity, [319]
Swords in Meath, [247]

Talbot, Richard, Earl of Tyrconnel, [208]
Tanist laws of succession, [27]
Tara in Meath, [63;]
battle of, [63]
Tenant League Confederation, [403]
Tenure, Fixity of, [410]
Thomond, Lady, [303]
Thomond, Lord, [247]
Tower, the "Tower Earl" of Desmond, [192]
Townshend, Lord, [325]
Towton, battle of, [129]
Tuam, Archbishop of, [254]
Tuatha-da-Danaans, race of, [7]
Turgesius or Thorgist, [55]
Turlough, grandson of Brian, [82]
Tyrconnel, Lady, [289]
Tyrconnel, Richard, Earl of, [280]
Tyrconnel, Rory O'Donnell, Earl of, [221]
Tyrone, Hugh O'Neill, Earl of, [199;]
receives his title from Elizabeth, [199;]
contrasted with Shane, [199;]
his religious views, [200;]
arbitrary arrest of his brother-in-law, [200;]
marries Bagnall's sister, [201;]
prepares for rebellion, [202;]
assumes the title of the O'Neill, [202;]
is victorious over Bagnall, [205;]
meets Essex at Lagan, [209;]
struggle with Mountjoy, [214;]
he hurries south to meet the Spaniards, [215;]
encounters Mountjoy and is defeated, [216;]
reported plot against England, [220;]
flies the country, [221;]
dies in exile, [222]

Union, Pitt's plan of, [268]
Union, the, [367]
United Irishmen newspaper, [394]
United Irishmen, the Society of, [386]
Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh, [163;]
treatment of by Strafford, [237]

Vere, Aubrey de, Mr., Legends of St. Patrick, [35]
Vinegar Hill, [363]
Volunteers, Irish, the, [334-340]

Ware Papers, [163]
Waterford, town of, [262;]
defence of, [86;]
Danes of, [85;]
Richard II. lands at, [122]
Wexford, town of, [83;]
castle of, [87;]
siege by Cromwell, [262]
Whitby, Synod of, [46]
Whiteboys, outrages of, [342-344]
Wicklow, landing of St. Patrick in, [33]
William of Orange in Ireland, [288;]
he lands at Carrickfergus, [288;]
meets James's army, is victorious at the battle of the Boyne, [289;]
offers free pardon, [290;]
besieges Limerick, [291;]
his evidence about the treaty of Limerick, [296]
Willoughby, Sir Francis, Governor of Dublin, [246]
Winter, Admiral, [187]
Wolfe, Tone, [354;]
leader of United Irishmen, [354;]
meets Lord Edward Fitzgerald in Paris, [355;]
his scheme of descent, [355;]
descent fails, [357;]
a fresh attempt, [358;]
again fails, [361;]
is arrested on board the Hoche, [361;]
condemned and dies in prison, [366]
Wood, patentee of halfpence, [317]

Yellow Ford, battle of the, [203]
"Young Ireland," party of, [388], [390]