An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800

by Mary Francis Cusack

• Quipus used as a register by the Indians, [150].

R.

• Raith Beóthaigh (Rath Beagh), an ancient burial-place, [78].
• Raleigh, Sir Walter, [439].
• Rath at Leighlin, [200]
• • of the Synods, [165].
• Reformation, attempts to introduce the, [415].
• Reformed clergy, preaching of, [405].
• Religious houses and their founders, [316].
• Remonstrance to the Holy See, [341].
• Reports on the state of Ireland, [648]
• Richard I., accession of, [294].
• Richard II., visits Ireland, [365].
• Rinuccini, [489]n
• • lands at Kenmare, [490]
  • reception in Kilkenny, [491]
  • returns to Italy, [497].
• Rock of Cashel, [193].
• Rodanus, St., [162].
• Romantic Tales, [91].
• Rose Tavern, [544].
• Rotundo built, [638].
• Round Tower controversy, [153].
• Rowan, A. Hamilton, [615]
• Rufus, William, boast of, [257].

S.

• Sacramental test, [579].
• Saltair of Temair, [41].
• • na-Rann, [41].
  • of Cashel, [44].
  • of Cormac, [41].
• San José, arrival of, [443].
• Saviour's, St., Dublin, [318].
• Schomberg's camp, disease in, [560].
• Scots, [69].
• Scraball, [164].
• Scythian colonists, [68]
• • Irish claim descent from, [65].
• Seanchaidhé, poet, [83]n.
• Seanchus Mor, language of, [145]
• • translator of, [145].
• Sedulus, St., [178].
• Segetius, priest, [115].
• Senchan Torpéist, [40].
• Severe winters and pestilences in Ireland, [223].
• Sheehy, Father Nicholas, judicial murder of, [589].
• Sheridan, his life, [608].
• Shrines of the three saints, [133].
• Sidney's official account of Ireland, [423]
• • his interview with Granuaile, [434].
• Silken Thomas, his rebellion, [391]
• • his execution, [392].
• Silver shields, [89].
• Simnel crowned in Dublin, [380].
• Simon, Rabbi, [68].
• Sitric arrival of, [195]
• • treachery of, [201].
• Smith, Adam, on Ireland, [603].
• Smithfield, origin of the name, [241]n.
• South Sea Bubble, [581].
• Spenser's Castle, [423]
• • grandson, [513]
  • description of Irish misery, [439].
• Sreng, warrior, [62].
• Statements in our annals confirmed by a Jewish writer, [68].
• Statute of Kilkenny and its effects, [359].
• Stierman, [48].
• Sterne, Dr., [544].
• Strafford, Earl of, [77].
• Strongbow, Earl of Clare, arrives in Ireland, [263]
• • genealogy, [263]
  • marriage of, and Eva, [264]
  • proclaims himself king of Leinster, [266]
  • returns to England. [268]
  • death of, [282]
  • his seal, [284].
• Succession, law of, [146].
• Superstitions, Irish, [142].
• Swan, Major, [624].
• Swift, Dean, [581]
• • his writings, [581]
  • his life, [607].
• Swords and chariots of ancient Ireland, [167].

T.

• Tacitus, [95].
• Táin bó Chuailgné, the expedition of, [92]
• • the story of, [93].
• Talbot, Archbishop, [525].
• Tanaiste, [147].
• Tandy, Napper, [612].
• Tara, account of ancient, [163]
• • site of, [41]
  • cursing of, [162].
• Taverns and coffee-houses, [544].
• Theatre, the first, in Dublin, [547].
• Thomas, St., of Canterbury, [266].
• Thompson, Charles, Secretary of Congress, [601].
• Threnodia Hiberno-Catholica, [511].
• Tighernach's Annals, [49]
• • uses the dominical letter, [49]
  • mentions the lunar cycle, [49]
  • quotes historical writers, [49]
  • his home, [48].
• Tighearnmas, [88].
• Timoleague, Monastery of, [321].
• Tithes introduced into Ireland, [232].
• Tom the Devil, [622].
• Tone, Theobald Wolfe, [614].
• Tradition, its use in history, [40].
• Trias Thaumaturgas, [52].
• Trinity College, foundation of, [462].
• Tuatha Dé Dananns, fifth taking of Ireland by, [61]
• • their skill as artificers, [61]
  • battles of, [62], [75]
  • dynasty passed away, [76].
• Tuathal, reign of, [98].
• Tuite, Richard (the great baron), [333].
• Turgesius the Dane, [189].
• Tussach, St, [126].

U.

• Ugainé Mor, reign of, [90].
• Ultan, St., [171].
• Union, the, [632].
• United Irishmen, the, [618].
• Usher, Archbishop, [534]
• • his indifference about orders, [536]
  • on St. Patrick's Canons, [117]
  • as an historian, [534].
• Usher's Island, [318]n.

V.