Abban, St., comes to School of Beg-Erin, 157;
visits Rome with his uncle, St. Ibar, 157.

Abban, priest, baptizes St. Finnian, 195.

Abbot, jurisdiction of, in an Irish monastery, 98, 99.

Achadh Duirbchon, church of, founded by St. Finbarr, 477.

Achaia, life of Sedulius (poet) at, 32-33.

Adamnan, ninth abbot of Iona, little known of his early youth, 336;
descent of, 337;
curious story told of, 337, 338;
goes to Iona, 338;
made abbot of Iona, 339;
pays a visit to Ireland, 339, 340;
a second visit, 341, 342;
returns to Iona, and writes Life of Columbkille, 342;
pays a third visit to Ireland and promulgates the “Lex Innocentiae,” 342, 537;
the works of, 343;
death of, 345;
his relics brought to Ireland, 345.

Aedh Guaire, murders high steward of King Diarmaid Mac Cerbhaill, 218;
the king seeks revenge and is cursed, 218.

Aedh Finn, and his daughter Gelges, 227.

Aedh, son of Brendan, prince, grants a site for School of Durrow, 301.

Aedhan, bishop of Mayo, 539.

Ængus, king of Munster, grants Aran Islands to St. Enda, 169.

Ængus, the Culdee, descent and early life of, 405;
lives a solitary and penitential life at Dysert-Enos, 406;
goes to monastery of Tallagh, 407;
his identity discovered, 408;
writings of, 408-412;
Dr. Stokes on his writings, 412;
death of, 413.

Agha (Achad-Finglass), monastery of, St. Fintan of Clonenagh at, 403.

Aghold (Achadh Abhail), Saint Finnian builds a church at, 199.

Agilbert, bishop of Paris, a student in Ireland, 595.

Agilulph, king of Lombardy, St. Columbanus at the Court of, 377.

Aidan, Saint, bishop of Ferns, 427.

—— sent to preach in Northumbria, 527;
appointed bishop of Lindisfarne, 527.

Ailbe of Emly, St., ordained by St. Patrick, 150;
Life of, as given in the Salamanca MS., 151;
preaches the Gospel in Connaught, 152;
the Life of St. Declan regarding, 153;
evidence against the authenticity of Lives of St. Ailbe and St. Declan, 155.

Ailbhe, daughter of Cormac Mac Art, poem attributed to, 28.

Aileran (the Wise), St., writings attributed to, 206, 207.

Ailill, abbot of Mungret, death of, 510.

Ainmire, king, grants site for School of Derry, to St. Columba, 299.

Alcuin, distinguished scholar, a student at Clonmacnoise, 272, 273.

Aldfrid, king of Northumbria, releases the Irish captives at intercession of Adamnan, 340;
spends his youth in Ireland, 468, 469.

Alexander III., Pope, convokes a general Council to Rome, 442;
safeguards the independence of the Church in Ireland, 443;
conceives a strong regard for St. Laurence O’Toole, 443.

Alexandria, Christian school at, 188.

Alithir, abbot of Clonmacnoise, 270.

Alphabet Ogham, history of, 13;
invention of, 14;
letters of, 15;
inscribed on rods or tablets of wood, 15.

Alphabets, or catechisms of Christian doctrine, St. Patrick writes, 63, 64.

Amergin, poet judge, 6.

Annaghdown, monastery of, founded by St. Brendan, 219.

Annals of Four Masters, quoted, 18, 26, 58, et seq.

—— Ulster, quoted, 148.

—— Clonmacnoise, quoted, 218.

—— Innisfallen, copies of, 503, 504.

Annegray, monastery of, St. Columbanus established at, 373.

Apostles, Twelve, of Erin, visit St. Finnian at Clonard, 201.

Aran, Isles of, geographical description of, 169-172;
inhabitants of, 172;
Pagan remains in, 172-177;
the stronghold of a warrior race, 176, 177;
St. Enda founds a monastery on, 177;
visited by numbers of saints, 177, 178;
ancient churches in, 181-187.

Art, Celtic, at Clonmacnoise, 550-565.

Art the Solitary, slain at battle of Magh Mucruimhe, 17.

Artificers of St. Patrick, 66.

Asicus, St., an artificer in metal work, 66, 161;
placed over church of Elphin, 161;
goes into Donegal, 161;
death of, 162.

Asterius, Turcius Ruffus, Consul, 34.

Athens, School of, under a pagan professor, Saints at, 189.

Auxilius, bishop, accompanies St. Patrick to Ireland, 59, 80;
founds a church, 60;
present at first Irish Synod, 60.


Baithen, abbot of Iona, remarkable for his spirit of prayer, 331;
sent to govern the monastery of Heth, 332;
death of, 332;
character of, 333.

Ballaghmoon, battle of, 611.

Bangor, description of, 367, 368.

Bards, application of the term, 6;
functions of, 7;
fined for extortion, 7;
qualifications required to become chief-poet, 7, 8;
chief duty of Historic Poet, 8, 601;
course of studies required by law, to become Chief Poet, 8;
some distinguished Poets, 8-10;
St. Patrick’s alliance with, 56, 57;
St. Columba protects the, 320-323.

Barinthus, monk, tale told to St. Brendan by, 215.

Barry, Gerald, cited, 197.

Bede, Chronicles of Picts and Scots, quoted, 166, 167, 296, et seq.

Beg-Erin, island, St. Ibar builds an oratory on, 156;
no longer an island, 158, 159;
the Danes plunder, 158.

Belisarius, scholastic or general? poem attributed to, 38.

Benignus, Saint, Member of Commission of Nine, 54;
meeting with St. Patrick, 54;
writings attributed to, 55, 116, 117;
elected as choirmaster by St. Patrick, 58;
death of, 59, 96, 116;
brief story of his life, 114, 115;
descent of, 159;
monastery of Kilbannon established by, 159, 542.

Beoit, father of St. Ciaran, 259.

Berach, Saint, favourite disciple of St. Kevin, 421.

Bernard, Saint, Vita Malachiae, quoted, 393, 394, 395;
at Clairvaux, St. Malachy meets, 396.

Bishops, pre-Patrician, in Ireland; the existence of discussed, 150-155.

Bishops and Abbots, lay, 395, 396.

Bite, bishop, placed over Church of Elphin, 161.

Blaithmac, Saint, dies a martyr, 347.

Bobbio, monks of, copy poems of Sedulius, 35;
St. Columbanus founds monastery of, 378.

Bodkin, Christopher, archbishop of Tuam, 540.

Books, pre-Patrician, now lost, 29.

—— Caroline, published 386;
refuted by Pope, 387.

Book of Armagh, quoted, 58, 59, 60, et seq.;
history and contents of, 122-124;
now in Trinity College, 121.

—— Aicill, introduction to, quoted, 24;
motive for which it was written, 25.

—— Ballymote, quoted, 22, 23.

—— Durrow, contents of, 304;
now in Trinity College, Dublin, 305.

—— Kells, history of, 309, 310;
now in Trinity College, Dublin, 310.

—— Leinster, quoted, 3, 21, 27, et seq.;
described, 140.

—— Lismore, history and description of, 473, 474.

—— Rights (Leabhar Nag-Ceart), authorship of, attributed to St. Benignus, 97;
quoted, 54, 259;
history and contents of, 116, 117.

—— Hymns, reference to Saint Brigid in, 135.

Borumha, or cow tribute, remitted, 341, 428.

Bothchonais, church of, situation of, 353.

Brandon Hill, St. Brendan builds an oratory on, 214;
description of, 214.

Brecan, Saint, tomb of, discovered in Aran, 183;
descent of, 183;
and St. Enda, 184;
church of, 184.

Bregentz, St. Columbanus and his monks at, 376, 377.

Brehons, the, during pre-Christian period, 11;
in the reign of Conor MacNessa, 11;
Senchus Mor, compiled from legal maxims of, 12.

Brehon Laws, reformed by St. Patrick, 52-66;
sources to which they owed their existence, 52;
motives that prompted the revision of, 53.

Brendan, of Clonfert, Saint, birth and descent of, 210;
baptized, 210;
fosterage of, 211;
progress in learning, 211;
visits school of St. Jarlath, near Tuam, 212, 543, 544;
an angel appears to, 213;
performs a miracle, 213;
receives the order of priesthood, 213;
builds an oratory on Brandon Hill, 214;
his wanderings through the Atlantic, 215;
returns home, 216;
founds a monastery on Inis-da-druim (Coney Island), 215;
visits Wales and Iona, 217;
other places visited then, 217, 218;
and St. Ruadhan curse Tara, 218;
founds a church in Leinster, 218;
founds monasteries of Annaghdown and Inchiquin, 219;
founds a monastery on Inishgloria, 219, 220;
founds monastery of Clonfert, 220, 221;
death of, 221;
poems attributed to, 222;
baptizes St. Fursey, 227;
at school of Ross, 491.

Brendan, of Birr, Saint, founds his monastery at Riverstown (Biorra), 522.

Brian Boru, place of his burial, 113;
and Maelsuthain O’Cearbhaill, 501;
repairs church of Iniscaltra, 621;
achievements of, 622.

Bricin, Saint, Life of, 602, 603.

Brigid, Saint, “the mother of all the Saints of Erin,” 125;
parentage of, 127-129;
memorials of, at Faughart, 128, 129;
birth of, 129;
receives the religious veil, 129, 130;
founds school of Kildare, 130, 131;
character of, 131;
tradition regarding, 132;
death of, 132;
first of six Lives of, 133-135;
second Life of, 135-137;
remaining four Lives of, 137.

Brogan Claen, Saint, Life of St. Brigid, attributed to, 137.

Bronach, mother of St. Mochae, 123.

Buildings, connected with an Irish monastery, 94-97.

Buite, monastery of, Flann of, 625, 627;
founded, 628.

Buite, Saint, founds a monastery, 628.

Burke, MacWilliam, plunders monastery of Mayo, 540.


Caelestius, monk, not of Irish origin, 39;
no evidence to show he was either a Briton or Scot, 41;
his early life, 41.

Caemhin, of Annatrim, Saint, under care of St. Columba of Terryglass, 400.

Cæsar: De Bello Gallico, quoted, 2-4.

Caimin, Saint, descent of, 517;
writings attributed to, 517, 518;
his influence over public events, 518;
characteristic story told of, 518.

Cairell, bishop, placed over convent of Tawnagh, 126.

Cairnech, Saint, member of Commission of Nine, 54;
and monastery of Rosnat, 167.

Caius Julius Solinus, Polyhister, 253.

Calphurnius, father of St. Patrick, 44;
descent of, 70.

Cannech, Saint, at Glasnevin, 297.

Canons, most celebrated of, attributed to Synod of Patrick, Auxilius and Iserninus, 60, 61.

Caplait, Druid, converted to the faith of Christ, 51.

Carmen Paschale, work, description of, 36.

Carthach the Elder, Saint, trains St. Carthach the Younger at his monastery of Slieve Mis, 448.

Carthach the Younger, Saint, birth and descent of, 447;
receives his early training at monastery of Slieve Mis, 448;
founds a monastery at Kiltulach, 448;
visits monasteries of Bangor, Landelo (now Lynally), and Clonfert-Molua (now Kyle), 448;
founds a monastery at Rahan, 449;
expelled from Rahan, 450;
his journey to the south, 451, 452;
founds monastery of Lismore, 453;
retires from community life before death, 454;
one of his striking miracles, 454, 455;
rule of, 455-457.

Cassian, John, monk, founds school of St. Victor, 190;
sketch of his life and writings, 181;
the most celebrated disciple of, 191.

Cassiodorus, senator, statesman, and monk, eulogises Sedulius (poet), 35.

Cathaldus of Tarentum, Saint, the Life of, 457;
place of his birth, 458, 459;
descent of, 459;
difference of opinion about date of his birth, 459, 460;
in school of Lismore, 460;
made bishop, 461;
his Irish See not determined, 462;
goes on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, 462;
reforms the licentious people of Taranto, and becomes their bishop, 463, 464;
death of, 464;
relics of, 464;
writings and prophecy attributed to, 465.

Cathedral of Armagh, 113.

Cathedral of Tuam, old, described, 557, 558.

Cathmael, Saint, early life of, 197.

Ceallachan, king of Cashel, plunders monastery of Clonfert, 243.

Ceddi, bishop of Iona, death of, 345.

Ceile De, or Culdee, the appellation, 405.

Celestine, Pope, commissions St. Patrick to undertake his mission to Ireland, 48.

Cellach, son of Cormac Mac Art, abducts the daughter of Sorar, 24.

Celsus, Saint, driven by usurpers from the See of Armagh, 395;
death and burial at Lismore, 471.

Celtic Scotland, quoted, 163.

Cennfaeladh, at the battle of Magh Rath, 603;
at school of Tuaim Drecain, 603;
treatises composed by, 603, 604.

Chad, Saint, educated in Ireland, 593;
appointed to the See of Lichfield, 594;
death of, 594.

Chalice of Ardagh, description and history of, 562-564.

Charlemagne, king, Dungal’s letter to on the two solar eclipses said to have taken place in A.D. 810, 382-384;
convenes Synod of Frankfort, 336.

Charles the Bald, patronises John Scotus Erigena, 578, 579;
the Pope’s letter to regarding Scotus, 584.

Christianity, knowledge of, in Ireland, in third century, 26.

Chronicler (Historic poet), duty of, 8.

Chronicon Scotorum, work, history of, 278-280.

Church, Irish, St. Patrick’s provisions for training a native ministry in, 58.

Church, Nuns’, at Clonmacnoise, description of, 552, 553;
founded by Dervorgilla, wife of Tiernan O’Rorke, 553.

Churches, ancient, in Aran, 181-187;
ruined, at Clonmacnoise, 266-269.

Cian, son of Oilioll Olum, branches of family of, 160.

Ciaran of Clonmacnoise, Saint, descent of, 259;
is baptized and receives his early training at hands of deacon Justus at Fuerty, 259;
at Clonard, 259;
at Aran, 179;
founds two churches, 261;
founds school of Clonmacnoise, 262;
death of, 263;
his festival day still celebrated, 264;
leads an extremely ascetic life, 265.

Cill Cluana, church of, founded by St. Finbarr, 477.

Cin Droma Snechta, book, 29.

Cir, poet, 9.

Claudius, bishop of Turin, an extreme Iconoclast, 389;
his reply to the letter of the pious Abbot Theodemir, 390;
Dungal’s treatise against the doctrine of, 390, 391.

Clonard, relics at, 205.

Clonmacnoise, ruined churches at, 266-270;
Celtic Art at, 550-565.

Cluaninis, monastery of, St. Columbanus at, 372.

Cluain Imaine (Clonamery), St. Brendan founds a church at, 218.

Cobthac, professor of Kildare, death of, 138.

Coelan (Chilien), monk, a Life of St. Brigid attributed to, 137.

Coemell, mother of St. Kevin, descent of, 414;
family of, 415.

Coemhain, Gilla, poet, 628.

Coemlug, father of St. Kevin, descent of 414;
family of, 415.

Cogitosus, monk and writer, cited, 127;
his Life of St. Brigid, 135-137.

Coirpri Lifechair, assumes sovereignty of Erin, 24.

Colga, king of Munster, causes St. Cathaldus to be made Bishop, 461.

Colgan, professor of Clonmacnoise, 272;
story which proves he was a diligent student of St. Paul’s Epistles, 272;
his position in Clonmacnoise, 273;
writings of, 273, 274.

Colleges, discipline of lay, 628-631.

Colman of Cell Riada, Chamberlain of St. Patrick, 65.

Colman of Dromore, Saint, placed under training of St. Mochae, 143;
goes to St. Ailbe of Emly, 143;
again visits Noendrum, 144;
the first teacher of St. Finnian of Moville, 246.

Colman, abbot of Moville, Saint, regarded as the author of a Latin hymn, 255;
English translation of this hymn, by Denis Florence M‘Carthy, 255, 256.

Colman, king of North Leinster, and St. Fintan of Clonenagh, 402, 403.

Colman of Mayo, Saint, receives his education in Iona, 526;
appointed Bishop of Lindisfarne, 527;