Workmanship of Irish gold, bronze, etc., [125] ff.

Wren, legend of the, [398]

Writing materials of the early Irish, [116]; art of writing, when introduced into Ireland, [105] ff.; druids forbidden to write their verses, [289]

Wurzburg glosses, [97], [267]

Z

Zeuss, [147]; on the Celtic invention of rhyme, [480]

Zimmer, [40], [97], [106], [111], [112], [152], [217]; on the pagan character of Irish literature, [252]; on the Táin Bo Chuailgne, [263], [269]; on old Middle Irish MSS., [268]; on the Irish scholars upon the continent, [449], [450-1]; on Fiacc's Life of St. Patrick [483]; on the scansion of the classical Irish metres, [532]