The Story of Ireland

by Emily Lawless

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]

B

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]

C

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]

D

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]

E

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]

F