We are now nearing the end of the seventh cycle. It has brought us a different experience. I must not speculate upon the outcome. If only I have succeeded in convincing you that Irish history must contain life, movement, colour, coherence, and human interest, beyond anything depicted of it in many books that have been written about it, with that and the recollection of your kind support I make a well contented conclusion.
INDEX
A
Aed Bennán (Aoḋ Beannán), power of, [237]
Agricola conquers the Britons, [36];
intends the conquest of Ireland, [136]Ailbhe, Saint, date of, [161]
Ailech (Oileaċ), kingdom of, [184];
growth in power, [277]
airchinnech (oirċinneaċ, "erenagh," "herenagh"), office of, [351]
airecht (oireaċt), court of assembly, [320]Airgialla (Oirġialla, "Oriel"), [126];
varying extent of, [185], [278]Aithech-thuatha, [148]
Amorgen (Aṁairġean, Aiṁirgean), legend of, [97]
Anglo-Norman aggression, false pretext of, [286]
Anglo-Norman conquest, failure of, [323];
supposed causes of failure, [324];
extent of, [327];
rally begins against, [328];
details of rally, [335]Anglo-Norman invasion, destructive effects of, [308]-[311]
Anglo-Normans, Irish assimilation of, [341]
Annals, restricted scope of the, [178]
Aristocracy, intense pride of, [354]
Armagh founded, [160];
school of, a national university, [284]
B
Bede describes Ireland, [195];
relates Irish migration to Scotland, [195], [196]Belach Mugna (Bealaċ Muġna "Ballaghmoon"), battle of, [260]
Belgae, origin of, [18];
"Brythons," a supposed branch of, [42]Belgic migrations, [52];
extended to Ireland, [57]Bernard, Saint, of Clairvaux, his interest in Ireland, [281]
Black Pig's Dyke, [131]
"Book of Invasions," a national epic, [96]
"Book of Rights," contents of, [274]
Bóramha tribute, [238]
Brega (Breaġa, "Bregia"), kingdom of, [235]
Bregon (Breoġan), legend of, [93]
Brian Bóramha, birth of, [266];
his allies, [268];
his policy, [269]-[272]Britain, Irish invasion of, [141];
Irish settlements in, [155]British ethnography exemplified, [32]
Britons, effect of Roman conquest on, [34]-[37];
displaced from Scotland, [202];
in Irish wars, [203]Brittani, Brittania, origin of the names, [58]
Bronze Age in Ireland, date of, [43];
not Celtic, [44]-[46], [70];
tillage in Ireland during, [72]Brown Earl of Ulster, [339]
Bruce, Edward, chosen king of Ireland, [334];
comes to Ireland, [337]Bruce, Robert, sovereignty of Ireland offered to, [333], [337]
C
Cæsar, Julius on Ireland, [134]
Caledones, [143]
Cathal, king of Munster, [237]
Cashel (Caiseal Muṁan) "discovered," [127];
synod of, [286]Cellachán (Ceallaċán), king of Munster, [266]
Celtae of Gallia Celtica, supposed identity of Gaels with, [42]
Celtic antiquity, growth of learned and popular interest in, [6]-[9]
Celtic migrations to Britain and Ireland, current British theory of, [32];
approximate earliest date of, [48];
traditions concerning, [49], [50];
archaeological evidence of, [51], [52]Celtic origin of Gaels and Britons forgotten by themselves, brought to light by Buchanan, [4]-[5]
Celtic religion, [30]
Celtic resistance to Norsemen, [254]
Celtic studies:
initiated by Buchanan, [5];
developed by Llwyd, [6];
stimulated by Gray, [7];
and still more by Macpherson, [8]Celtic words in the Germanic languages, [17], [18]
Celto-Germanic population, [18]-[25]
Celts:
the name indicative of linguistic not racial descent, [1]-[3];
earliest accounts of, early relations with Germans, [15]-[25];
ancient civilisation of, [25]Cerdraige (Ceardraiġe), [76]
Christian era in Irish chronology, [223]
Christians in Ireland before St. Patrick, [161]-[167]
Chronology of pre-Christian Ireland, [49]
Church, effect of the Anglo-Norman invasion on the, [288], [308]
Church lands, [351]
Ciarán of Saighir, Saint, [161]
"Cities" in Ireland, mentioned by Ptolemy, [137], [138]
"Clan system," notions of, [289], [349], [353]
Clann Cholmáin dynasty, [236]
Clontarf, character of the battle of, [272];
effect on Norsemen, [273]Cóiced (cúigeaḋ), significance of, [101]
Coirpre Nia Fer (Cairbre Nia Fear), king of North Leinster, [104], [106]
Collas, the Three, [124]
Columban monasteries, reorganisation of, [284]
Commios and his sons, [167]-[170]
Communal land tenure, true and false notions of, [295], [351]
Connacht (Connaċta), ancient extent of, [112], [186]
Constantine, Donation of, [17]
Copper mines in Ireland, their remote antiquity, [71]
Copper Period in Ireland, [43], [70]
Copper rivets, ancient industry in, [75]
Corcu Loegdae (Corca Laoiġḋe), [162]
Cormac, king of Munster, [260]
Cormac, king of Tara, [120];
his reign an epoch, [124]Craftsmen enfranchised, [229]
Crinna, battle of, [120]
Cruithin, the Irish name of the Picts, [59], [63]
Cu Chulainn, [79]
Cu Rói (Cú Raoi), [102]