D

Dáirine, [162]

Dál Araidhe, [185]

Dál gCais, "Dalcassians," rising power of, [266], [268]

Dál Riada, [185], [194]-[200], [203]

Danes arrive in Ireland, [253]

Danish kings of the Hebrides, [212]

Dathi=Nath-Í, [157]

De Burgh family, their alleged change in policy, [340]

Déclán (Diaglán), Saint, [161]

Derbfine (Deirḃḟine), significance of, [230], [290]

Dési, Déisi, migration of, [109], [128]

Druim Ceata, assembly of, [197]

Dublin first fortified, [251];
becomes seat of Norse kingdom, [252];
battle of, [264]

Dumbarton, "stronghold of the Britons," [198], [204];
captured by Dublin Norsemen, [255]

Dynastic polity, [177]

E

Eblana, Eblani, [137]

Ecclesiastical reform, [281]-[288]

Éire, Ériu, origin of the name, [67]

Emain (an Eaṁain, "the Navan"), [115]

England before the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland, [305];
racial type now prevalent in, [39]

English invade Ireland, A.D. 684, [201]

English power recovered through firearms and artillery, [347]

Eochu Feidlech (Eoċaiḋ Feiḋleac), [118]

Eochu MacLuchtai (Eoċaiḋ mac Luċta), king of Munster, [103], [104]

Eterscél (Eidirsgéal), king of Ireland, [109]

Eoghanachta, origin of, [127];
states of, [186];
maximum power and decline of, [260]-[262]

Érainn, Érna, "Erneans," [65]-[68], [104](—Iverni)

"erenagh"=airchinnech

Etruscan alphabet in Cisalpine Gaul, [167]

Eusebius, Irish writers influenced by, [89]

F

Feidhlimidh, king of Munster, [259]

Feidhlimidh, king of Connacht, career of, [328]

Fer Diad (Fear Diaḋ), [79]

Fergus (Fearġus) defends the Galians, [81]

Fergus mac Eire, [116], [194]

Fiachu Sroibtine (Fiaċa Sraiftine), [124]

Fiana, [150]

Find Fili (Fionn File), king of South Leinster, [104], [106], [110]

Fionn Bheara a Celtic god, [87]

Fir Bolg, [77], [79]

Fir Domhnann, [79]

Fir Iboth (iḃoṫ), [74] (=Ebudeans)

FitzGerald, Maurice, career of, [328]

Five-fold division of Ireland in ancient tradition, [102]

Flemish settlers in Ireland, [303]

Fochairt, battle of, [338]

Fochla, kingdom of the, [185]

Fomori (Foṁoraiġ), [85], [87]

G

Gabhair in Leinster between the two ancient provinces, [107]

Gaelic settlements in Britain, origin of, [46]

Gaels, legendary origin of, [90]

Galians ( Gaileoin), [80], [104]

Gall-Ghaedhil or Norse-Irish, [211], [252]

Gallógláich, "galloglasses," [326];
commanders of, [334];
first record of, [336];
spread of, [341]

Gaulish settlers in Ireland, [128]

Genealogies help to explain the annals, [179], [183], [194]

Geography in ancient Irish schools, [92]

Germans and Celts, early relations between, [15]-[25]

Glacial period in Ireland, [69]

Gold in ancient Ireland, [71]

Gormlaith, career of, [262]

Government of an Irish state, character of, [352]

Grants of land, [297]; to Gallóglach commanders, [335]

Grants of lordship, [177]

Greek alphabet used in Gaul, [167]

Greek in ancient Irish schools, [243]

H

Hakon, king of Norway, loses control of Hebrides, [216];
Irish sovereignty offered to, [332]

Heathen lore, ancient Irish, [176]

Hebrides, [74]

Hebridean forces, [325];
first appearance in Ireland, [329]

Heptarchy in Ireland, [113]

"herenagh"—airchinnech

Hiberni, Hibernia, origin of the names, [67]

History of Ireland, how constructed by ancient writers, [89], [98];
earliest documents of, [114], [175];
distorted views of, [347]