An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800

by Mary Francis Cusack

• Bachall Isu, St. Patrick's, [114]
• • its wanton destruction, [115].
• Ballitore, sufferings in, [630].
• Balor of the Evil Eye, [64].
• Banbha, the Lady, [43].
• Banqueting hall at Tara, [160].
• Baptism, ceremonies at, [229].
• Baraid, a Scandinavian chief, [195].
• Barbadoes, the Irish seat as slaves to, [515].
• Bards of Erinn, or filés, [40].
• Barretts, feud between Cusacks and, [332].
• Barrington, Sir Jonah, on the last night of Irish Parliament, [639].
• Barry, an Irishman, [601].
• Barrys and Roches, [445].
• Battle of Magh Tuireadh, [61].
• • of Sliabh Mis, [75].
  • at Taillten, [75].
  • between the Firbolgs and Tuatha Dé Dananns, [62].
  • Connor, [343].
  • of Géisill, [78]n.
  • of Bealagh Mughna (Ballaghmoon), Kildare, [193].
  • of Dundalk, [201].
  • of Sulcoit, near Tipperary, [205].
  • of Belach-Lechta, near Macroom, co. Cork, [207].
  • of Glen-Mama (Glen of the Gap), near Dunlavin, [208].
  • of Clontarf, [214].
  • of Downpatrick, [325].
  • of Benburb, [493].
  • of the Boyne, [563].
  • of Aughrim, [570].
  • of the Ford of Comar, Westmeath, [160].
  • of Magh-Rath, [171].
  • of Almhain (near Kildare), [186].
  • of Desertcreaght, [332].
  • of St. Callixtus' day, [352].
  • of Ford of the Biscuits, [451].
• Beare, O'Sullivan, his History, [534].
• Beasts, the three, to be hunted, [517].
• Bede's account of Ireland, [79]
• • on Irish saints, [173].
• Belgium, MSS. preserved in, [46].
• Beltinne, or fire of Baal, [119]
• • origin of, [164].
• Benignus, St., St. Patrick's successor in the See of Armagh. [116].
• Berchau, St., [162].
• Beresford faction, [616].
• Bill, curious, of a play, [547]n.
• Bishops, Protestant, indifferent about regular ordination, [536].
• Black Death. [86].
• Blefed or pestilence, [162].
• Bog butter and cheese, [246].
• Bohun, Humphrey de, [270].
• Bonnell, his statistics, [540].
• Book, a, given for a ransom, [377].
• Books preserved, list of, [39], [44]
• • list of lost, [39], [40].
• Book of Chronicum Scotorum, [39].
• • of Laws, [40].
  • of Ballymote, [37].
  • of Leinster, [40].
  • of Lecain, [37]
  • • when written, [50]n.
  • Annals of Ulster, [39].
  • • of Innisfallen, [39].
    • of Boyle, [39].
    • of Four Masters, [51].
    • of Tighernach, [39].
    • of Inis MacNerinn, [39].
    • of Clonmacnois, [60]n.
  • Speckled, [37].
  • Cuilmenn, [40].
  • Saltair of Tara, [39]
  • • when written [40].
  • of Uachongbhail, [39].
  • Cin Droma Snechta, [39]
  • • when compiled, [43].
  • Saltair of Cashel, [39]
  • • when compiled, [44].
  • Saltair of Cormac, [41].
  • of St. Mochta, [44].
  • of Cuana, [44].
  • of Dubhdaleithe, [44].
  • Saltair of Temair, [43].
  • Saltair-na-Rann, [41].
  • of Leabhar buidhe Sláine, [44].
  • of Leabhar na h-Uidhre, [44].
  • of Eochaidh O'Flannagain, [44].
  • of Inis an Duin, [44].
  • Short, of St. Buithe's Monastery, [44].
  • of Flann of St. Buithe's Monastery, [44].
  • of Flann of Dungeimhin (Dungiven, co. Derry), [44].
  • of Dun da Leth Ghlas (Downpatrick), [44].
  • of Doiré (Derry), [44].
  • of Sabhall Phatraic (co. Down), [44].
  • of Uachongbhail (Navan), [44].
  • Leabhar dubh Molaga, [44].
  • Leabhar buidhe Moling, [44].
  • Leabhar buidhe Mhic Murchadha, [44].
  • Leabhar Arda Macha. [44].
  • Leabhar ruadh Mhic Aedhagain, [44].
  • Leabhar breac Mhic Aedhagain, [44].
  • of O'Scoba of Cluain Mhic Nois (or Clonmacnois), [44].
  • of Leabhar fada Leithghlinne, [44].
• Book of Invasions, [54].
• • of Duil Droma Ceata, [44]
  • of Clonsost, (Queen's county), [44].
  • of Trias Thaumaturgas, [52].
  • of Hispania Illustrata, [70],
  • of Acaill, [104].
  • of Armagh, [109].
  • of Rights, [253]n.
• Boromean Tribute, the origin of, [98]
• • remitted, [185].
• Boulter, Dr., [581].
• Bran Dubh, bravery and stratagem of, [168].
• Bravery of the Dalcassians, [218].
• Breas, the warrior, [62].
• Brehon laws, [147]
• • by whom compiled, [144].
• Brendan, St. and his voyages, [169].
• Brian Boroimhé, [205]
• • avenges the death of Mahoun, [207]
  • deposes Malachy, [209]
  • his wife, [211]
  • his death, [217]
  • romantic ballad of the lady, [209]
  • originator of surnames, [210]n.
• Brigid, St., her birthplace, [131].
• Briton, origin of name, [60].
• Brodir, the apostate Dane, [212]
• • kills Brian Boroimhé, [217].
• Browne, Dr., [395].
• Bruce, invasion of, [350].
• Bruce's, Edward, campaign, [342]
• • his death, [345].
• Brunehalt, Queen, [173].
• Burke, MacWilliam, [299]
• • head of the Burke family in Ireland, [299].
• Burke, MacWilliam, [326]
• • wars of, with the FitzGeralds, [326]
  • defeat of, by O'Connor, [328].
• Burke, celebrated statesman of [18]th century, [593]
• • his school days, [594]
  • his hatred of oppression, [595]
  • his marriage, [596]
  • becomes secretary, [597]
  • his maiden speech, [598]
  • on Indian policy, [604].
• Burkes and Geraldines, [333].
• Burgat, Dr., his Brevis Relatio, [518]n.
• Burgo, Richard de, [309].
• Burnt Njal, quotations from, [217].
• Butlers, the, their history, [354].

C.

• Cæsar, his accounts of the Druids, [138].
• Cairbré, Satire of, [63].
• Cairbré, Cinn-Cait, [97].
• Cairbrés, the three, [102].
• Caligraphy, Irish skilled in, [185].
• Callaghan of Cashel, [196].
• Cambridge, treatise on origin of, [71].
• Camden on Ogygia, [72].
• Cannibalism, charge of, refuted, [74].
• Cannon-balls first used, [381]n.
• Canons, St. Patrick's, [117].
• Carew's, Sir P., claim, [428].
• Carhampton, Lord, cruelties of, [617]n.
• Carmelite monasteries, [323].
• Cashel, the Saltair of, [44].
• • the Synod of, [275].
  • massacre at, [496].
• Castlehaven Memoirs, [482]n.
• Casts for celts, [246].
• Cataldus, St., [178].
• Catalogue of lost books, [44].
• Cathair Crofinn, a circular fort, [165].
• Cathal Carragh, [296].
• Cathal Crovderg, [296].
• Catholic Emancipation, [647].
• • worship publicly restored, [411],
  • Association, [583].
  • priests, their peculiar position and difficulties, [586].
  • question, a ministerial difficulty, [639].
  • delegates met in Dublin, [615].
• Catholics, Orangemen bribed to persecute, [616]n
• • penal laws against, [576].
• Cauldrons as tribute, [241].
• Cavalry, [309]n.
• Ceann Cruach, great ancient idol of the Irish, [121].
• Ceasair, taking of Erinn by, [54]
• • landing in Ireland of, [57].
• Celedabhaill, his quatrains, [198].
• Celestine, Pope, sends St. Patrick to Ireland, [115].
• Celsus, St., [227]
• • when buried, [227].
• Celtic language, antiquity of, [147]
• • remains of, [46].
• Celtic literature, [37].
• Celtic and Roman history, [81].
• Celts, description of, [160].
• Chariots used in Ireland, [167].
• Charlemont, Earl of, his life, [607].
• Charles I., reign of, [473]
• • his "faith," [475].
• Charles II., reign of, [520]
• • his treatment of the loyalists, [521].
• Chesterfield and Adam Smith on Ireland, [603].
• Chichester, Sir John, [580].
• Chichester's Parliament, [471].
• Chieftains, Irish, [303].
• Child, interment of a, [157]n.
• Christ, the age of, [94].
• Christian missions, [108].
• Christianity, introduction of, [112].
• Chronicle of Cormac MacCullinan, [41].
• • of Aengus Ceilé Dé, [41].
  • of Richard of Cirencester, [139].
• Chronicum Scotorum, [58]
• • compiled by, [50]
  • account in, [57]
  • on Partholan's landing in Ireland, [58].
• Chronology, difficulties of, [44]
• • Irish, [80].
• Cin Droma Snechta, [39]
• • quotations from, [43]
  • on Irish immigration, [58].
• Circular forts, [165].
• Cistercians, Order of, [316].
• Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria, [155].
• Clanrickarde, Earl of, [356].
• Clare, Lord, on Irish cultivation, [638].
• Clare election, the, [649].
• Clarence, Duke of, [371].
• Clergy, state of the Catholic, in the reign of Elizabeth, [426].
• Clonmacnois, the Annals of, [60]n.
• Clubs in the seventeenth century, [545]
• Clynn, the annalist, [319].
• Cobhthach Cael, [90].
• Codex, containing Venerable Bede's works, [47].
• Coigley, Father, arrested and hanged, [624].
• Colgan, his labours, [52]
• • mention of, [534].
• College of Physicians, establishment of, in Dublin, [543].
• Colleges, continental, established for Irish students, [535].
• Colonists--Scythians, Greeks, [68].
• Colonization, proofs of our early, [55]
• • the last, [75].
• Columba, St., and the Bards, [168].
• Columbanus, St., his rule, [173]
• • on papal supremacy, [176].
• Commercial status of Irish towns, [540].
• Comyn, John, Archbishop of Dublin, [291]
• • his imprisonment, [295].
• Conchessa, [112].
• Confessions, St. Patrick's, [113].
• Conairé II., [103]
• • collects laws, [104].
• Conn of the Hundred Battles, [101].
• Conn's half of Ireland, [102].
• Connaught, ancient, [64]
• • massacre in, [297]
  • three claimants for, [307]
  • rising of the men, [323]
  • plantation of, [475].
• Conor Mac Nessa, legend of, [127]
• • death of, [128].
• Controversy, theological, of the "Three Chapters," [175].
• Cooke, Mr., publishes a pamphlet, [631].
• Coote's cruelties, [482].
• Cork Militia, cruelties of the, [626].
• Cormac, author of Saltair of Tara, [104].
• Council at Tara, [172].
• Courcy, John de, in Ulster, [286]
• • his valour, [286]
  • his defeat in Antrim, [288]
  • his death. [298].
• Craftiné, the poet, [91].
• Crannoges, [159].
• Cranmer, Archbishop, [410].
• Cremation not usual in Erinn, [155].
• Crom Chonaill, the, [162].
• Cromlechs, [155]
• • in the Phoenix Park, [161].
• Cromwell arrives in Ireland, [500]
• • marches to Drogheda, [500]
  • massacre at Drogheda. [501]
  • letters, [502]
  • his cruelties, [503]
  • brutality of his soldiers, [503]
  • his massacre at Wexford, [503].
• Cromwellian settlement in Ireland, [512]n.
• Crovderg, Hugh, [307]
• • his death, [308].
• Cruelties of English officers, [417].
• Crystède, his account of Ireland, [363].
• Cuilmenn, the, [40].
• Culdees, the, [182]
• • question on the [179]n.
• Curia Regis, held at Lismore, [273].
• Curragh of Kildare, [255].
• Curran, his life, [606].
• Cusack, Sir Thomas. [409]
• • favours O'Neill, [421].
• Custom-house built, [638].

D.

• Dá Derga, destruction of the court of, [91].
• Dagges, [413]n.
• Dalriada, the Irish, [131].
• Danes, Malachy's exploits against the, [207]
• • in Ireland, [204]
  • cruelties of the, [190]
  • divided into Black and White Gentiles, [191]
  • found sea-port towns, [200]
  • supposed conversion of, [204]
  • pipes, [241]
  • the Dalcassians fight the, [205].
• Danish fortress in Dublin, [278]n
• • the first invasion, [188]
  • attempted second invasion, [224]
  • pirates, first raid of the, [188]
  • valour, battle of Clontarf, [215].
• Dante, [385].
• D'Alton on the Round Towers, [163]
• • on History, Religion, &c., of Ancient Ireland, [68]n.
• Dathi, [107].
• Defective Titles, Commission of, [475].
• Derry, siege of, [558].
• Dervorgil, the Lady, [234].
• Desmond, Earls of, their ancestors and descendants, [282]n.
• • Castle, [221].
  • Earl of, his witty reply, [384].
• Destruction of the idols, [121].
• Details of the atrocities of the military, [621].
• Diarmaid, Princess, pursuit of, [106].
• Diarmaid's reign, misfortunes of, [167].
• Dicho, St. Patrick's first convert, [116].
• Dinnseanchus, a topographical work, [164].
• Dog, story of a faithful, [571].
• Domhnach, Gaedhilic term for Sunday, [121].
• Domhnach Airgid, [134]n.
• Dominican Order in Ireland, [318].
• Donatus, St., [178].
• Doneraile Conspiracy, [643].
• Dowdall, Dr., opposition of, [410].
• Downpatrick, battle of, [325].
• Drapier's Letters, the, [581].
• Dress of the poorer classes in Ireland in seventeenth century, [552].
• Drink of the ancient Irish, [243].
• Drinking vessels of different kinds, [243].
• Druids and their teaching, [137].
• Drumceat, first convention held at, [167].
• Drury, his cruelties, [443]
• • his death, [443]
• Dubhdaleithe, Book of, [44].
• Dublin in the seventeenth century, [544].
• Dublin, fashionable and prosperous, [638].
• Dubtach salutes St. Patrick at Tara, [121].
• Duke of Clarence, Viceroy, [371].
• Duke of York, viceroyalty of, [375].
• Dunboy, siege of, [460].
• Duncheadh, St., [221].
• Dundalk, battle of, [201].

E.

• Early missionaries. [108].
• Eber, [84].
• Ecclesiastics, cruelties practised on, [452].
• Ecclesiastical property, confiscation of, [403].
• Edward I., reign of, [329].
• Elizabeth, Queen, accession of, [412]
• • martyrs in the reign of, [416].
• Emania, Palace of, [89].
• Embargo laws, [578].
• Emmet's career, [640].
• Enda, St., [169].
• English, invasion of the, [257].
• • come to Ireland for instruction, [178].
  • quarrels of, barons, [300].
  • law refused to Ireland, [362].
  • writers, mistakes of, [361].
  • schism, real cause of, [394].
  • Irish emigrants defeat the, [584].
• Enniskilleners, cruelties of the, [559].
• Eras, three, in Irish history, [387].
• Eremon, reign of, [77]
• • his death, [78]
  • families descended from, [84].
• Eric, or compensation for murder, [146].
• Erinn, St. Patrick's mission to, [112].
• • ancient chronicles of, [48]n.
  • pre-Noahacian colonization of, [55].
  • takings of, [57].
  • early geographical accounts of, [72].
  • social accounts of, [73].
  • ancient laws of, [144].
  • religion of, [137].
  • customs of, [139].
  • language of, [147].
  • antiquities of, [153].
  • five great roads of ancient, [101].
• Essex, Earl of, tries to colonize Ulster, [432]
• • his interview with O'Neill, [456]
  • his death, [433].
• Ethnea, Princess, [123].
• Eva, her marriage with Strongbow, [264].
• Exchequer of the King of England in Dublin, fourteenth century, [339].
• Exiled Irishmen, [478].

F.

• Fairs, Irish, seventeenth century, [538].
• Falkland, Lord, suspected of favouring the Catholics, [473].
• Fauna, description of, [253].
• Fené-men, the, [42]n.
• Fenian poems and tales, [87]
• • ascribed to, [105].
• Fes, or triennial assembly, [163].
• Fethlimia, Princess, [122].
• Fiacc's Hymn, Scholiast on, [111].
• Fidh Aengussa, the Synod of, [227].
• Fifth taking of Ireland, [62],
• Fiacre, St., [177].
• Finnachta Fleadhach, the Hospitable, [171].
• Finnen, St., [162],
• Fintan, son of Bochra, the Irish historian, [40].
• Firbolg chiefs, division of Ireland by, [60]
• • battles of, [62].
• Fish in Ireland, [80]n
• • anecdote on, [72]n.
• FitzAldelm, his viceroyalty, [285]
• • his death, [299].
• FitzGerald, war between De Burgo and, [326].
• FitzGerald, war between De Vesci and, [333].
• FitzGerald, Lord Edward, joins the United Irishmen, [618]
• • arrest of, [624]
  • his death, [624].
• Fithil, the poet, [40].
• FitzMaurice obtains foreign aid, [441]
• • his death, [443].
• FitzStephen, [260].
• FitzWilliam, Earl, viceroyalty, of [616].
• Flahertach, Abbot, and King of Munster, [194]
• Flann, his Synchronisms, [49]
• • synchronizes the chiefs and monarchs with the kings of Erinn, [50].
• Flann, King, his reign, [192].
• Flint used to make weapons of defence, [160].
• Flood, his life, [607].
• Flora, description of, [253].
• Foillan, St., [177].
• Fomorians, the, [60]-[64].
• Food of the ancient Irish, [241]
• • of poorer classes in seventeenth century, [553].
• Ford of the Biscuits, battle of, [451].
• Fothadh of the Canons, [180].
• Franciscan Order in Ireland, [319]
• • their patriotism, [344]
  • their convents, [312]
  • remarkable spring, [319]
  • persecution of, [474].
• Friars Preachers, Order of, [318].
• Fridolin, St., [178].
• Froude's History of England,
• • quotations from his account of the English clergy, [440].
• Fursey, St., [177].

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