Inventions, the causes which accelerate the progress of society in modern times, i. 126
Ireland, why handed over by the Pope to England, ii. [217]
Irenæus, his belief that all Christians had the power of working miracles, i. 378
Irish, characteristics of the, i. 138.
Their early marriages and national improvidences, 146.
Absence of moral scandals among the priesthood, 146.
Their legend of the islands of life and death, 203.
Their missionary labours, ii. [246].
Their perpendicular burials, [253]
Isidore, St., legend of, ii. [205]