crowds of students come to, 518;
the ruined monuments still remaining at Iniscaltra, 519, 520;
sculptured stones at, 520, 521;
the Danes ravage, 521.
School of Innisfallen, by whom founded, 496-499;
Maelsuthain O’Cearbhail, a renowned professor of, 502;
Annals of, 503, 504;
poetry cultivated in, 504;
description of island of Innisfallen, 505.
School of Iona, the Port a Churraich, 314;
description of Iona, 315, 316;
founded by St. Columcille, 316;
no trace of the original buildings founded by Columcille at present, 317;
churches of a later date in Iona, 317;
scholars of, 331-334;
Adamnan, ninth abbot of, 334-347;
community of, get a free grant of Kells, 346;
pillaged and plundered, 346.
School of Kells, foundation of, 306, 307;
chief memorials of Columcille at Kells, 308, 309;
the Book of 309, 310;
ravaged by the Danes, 348;
head of the Columbian houses, 348, 349.
School of Kildare, St. Brigid and, 125-130;
St. Brigid founds, 130, 131;
Kildare becomes a great city and a great school, 132;
description of church of, 133;
preserves a double line of succession—abbot-bishops and abbesses, 137;
ruins of, 138;
the perpetual fire of, 139, 140;
the art of illumination in, 140, 141.
School of Lismore, founded by St. Carthach, 453;
St. Carthach of, 447-457;
St. Cathaldus, the great glory of, 457-465;
St. Cuanna, abbot of, 466, 467;
St. Colman O’Leathain, abbot and bishop of, 467, 468;
the Danes ravage, 469;
princes retire to, 470;
plundered and burned in the twelfth century, 471;
situation of, 471;
inscribed stones at, 472;
the crozier of, 472, 473;
the Book of, 473, 474.
School of Louth, founded by St. Mochta, 147;
St. Patrick visits, 147;
burned and pillaged by the Danes, 149.
School of Mayo, founded by St. Colman, 530-532;
St. Colman of, 526-533;
St. Gerald of, 534-537;
St. Adamnan visits, 343, 537;
subsequent history of, 538-541.
School of Moville, situation of, 245;
founded by St. Finnian, 249;
St. Columcille, the most famous pupil of, 249, 294;
St. Columcille furtively copies the Psaltery of St. Finnian at, 250;
St. Colman, abbot of, 255;
produces a distinguished historian—Marianus Scotus, the Chronicler, 256, 257.
School of Mungret, founded by St. Patrick, 507;
deacon Nessan of, 507, 508;
St. Munchin of, 508, 509;
no trace of the ancient buildings now, 509;
ravaged by the Danes, 510;
plundered by Murtough O’Brien, 511;
“the learning of the Mungret women,” 511, 512;
situation of, 512.
School of Noendrum, St. Mochae founds, 142;
St. Colman of Dromore at, 143, 144;
friendly relations existing between Rosnat (Candida Casa) in Galloway, and, 144.
School of Ross, founded by St. Fachtna, 491;
other abbots and bishops of, 492, 493;
ravaged by the Danes, 493.
School of Tuaim Drecain, situation of, 602;
St. Bricin, founder of, 602, 603;
three schools at Tuaim Drecain, 603.
School of Tuam, founded, 541, 542;
situation of, 543;
attracts crowds of scholars, 543;
St. Brendan visits, 543, 544;
St. Jarlath of, 541-545.
Scotus Marianus, the Chronicler, date of his birth, 256;
spends his youth in school of Moville, 256;
ordained priest, 256;
writings of, 257;
death of, 257.
Scotus Marianus, Scribe and Commentator, birth and early youth of, 349;
leaves Ireland, 349;
and his two companions live as recluses in a cell, 350;
remarkable for the holiness of his life, 351;
his most famous work, 351, 352;
death of, 352.
Seanach Garbh, abbot, mentioned in Ulster Annals, 225.
Seanross, church of, founded by St. Cronan, 523.
Sechnall (Secundinus), Saint, accompanies St. Patrick to Ireland, 59, 80;
descent of, 77;
composes a hymn in honour of St. Patrick, 77, 78;
little is known of, 79.
Sedulius, poet, evidence that he was of Irish birth, 29-31;
mention made of, in ancient MSS., 31, 32;
travels of, 38;
his dedication of, the Carmen Paschale, 32, 33;
place and time of his death, 33;
the Pope approves of his writings, 35;
eulogism of, by critics, 35;
author’s remarks on writings of, 36-38;
his claim to be venerated as a saint, 38;
at Achaia, 33;
reference in treatise of Dicuil the Geographer, which settles the question of his nationality, 289, 290.
Sedulius, bishop of Britain, subscribed the Acts of the Council of Rome, 30.
Sedulius, Commentator on Scripture, an Irishman, and a distinguished scholar, 574;
other Irish scholars of name of, 574, 575;
writings of, 574, 575.
Sen, ancient judge, passes first judgment respecting Distress, 11.
Sencha, learned judge, mentioned in Senchus Mor, 11.
Senchus Mor, quoted, 6, 7, 8, 11, 53, et seq.
Siadhal (Sedulius), bishop of Dublin, death of, 30.
Sigebert of Gembloux, cited, 38.
Sinell of Cell Dareis, bell ringer of St. Patrick, 65.
Sisters, the two—Fedelm and Ethne—receive the religious veil from St. Patrick, 125.
Slainge, king of Firbolgs, the reputed founder of Tara, 19.
Slane, hill of, a historic site, 589;
Dagobert, a pupil in college of, 590.
Slieve Bloom mountains, monasteries founded round base of, 398.
Stones, inscribed, discovered in Ireland, 13;
in Great Britain, 13;
summary of Mr. Brash’s conclusions on, 13, 14;
geographical distribution of, 14.
Strabo, Walafridus, abbot of Richenau, 335;
composes a poem in celebration of martyrdom of St. Blaithmac, 347.
Suibine, anchorite and scribe, 269;
learning and death of, 269, 274.
Suibhne, abbot of Iona, 334.
Synod, Nicene, intervenes regarding the celebration of the Pasch, 233.
Synod of Magh Lene, the Roman practice of celebrating the Pasch agreed to at, 236.
—— Whitby, the Easter usage discussed at, 527-529.
—— Bri Mac Taidgh, 356, 357, 361, 362.
—— Holmpatrick, object of, 360.
—— Kells—four archbishops legally constituted in Ireland for the first time, 361.
Synod of Mellifont, object of, 361.
Synod of Clane—professors required to graduate at school of Armagh, 362.
Synod of Athboy, main object for which convened, 362.
Tadhg, grandson of Ollioll Olum, rewarded for his military service by Cormac MacArt, 18.
Tallaght, monastery of St. Ængus, conceals his own identity and enters as a lay brother, 407, 408;
the Martyrology of, 408, 409.
Tara, ruins at, 22.
Taranto, ancient city of, 463.
Tawnagh, church and convent founded at, 107.
Teach Miodhchuarta—Parliament house—erected at Tara by Cormac MacArt, 20, 21;
present state of, 21.
Teach Moling, monastery, situation of, 426;
St. Moling’s life in, 427.
Teagusc na Riogh, treatise ascribed to Cormac Mac Art, 23.
Tempull-na-Skellig, oratory of St. Kevin, 419.
Terryglass, body St. Columba Mac Crimthann transferred from Iniscaltra to, 516.
Thierry, king of Austrasia, admonished by St. Columbanus for his sins, 375, 376;
expels Columbanus from his kingdom, 375, 376.
Theodoric, king, retires to monastery of Lismore, 407.
Tighernach, Boirceach, abbot of Moville, death of, 256.
Tighernach, annalist, personal history of Annals of, 277, 278.
Todd, writer, his St. Patrick quoted, 73.
Tomrar, plunders monastery of Clonfert and kills some of the monks, 242, 243.
Torbach, primate of Armagh, got Book of Armagh transcribed, 103.
Torna Eigas, poet, poems attributed to, 28.
Torpeist, Senchan, chief bard, 616.
Tuam, cross of, description of, 554;
remains of church at, 557.
Tuathal Teachtmar, king, makes a mensal demesne for High King of Tara, 19.
Tuathal Maelgarbh, king, slain by Maelmor, 262.
Turcius Ruffus Asterius, name of two consuls of fifth century, one of whom published Carmen Paschale, 34.
Turgesius, plunders and burns Clonfert, Clonmacnoise, &c., 242.
Ua Cobthaich, Muiredhach, bishop of Derry, death of recorded, 357.
Ua Liathain, Cormac, placed in charge of Durrow, 303;
leaves Durrow without Columcille’s permission, 303;
founds a monastery in Tyrawley, 304.
Uisneach, (Usney), meeting of SS. Kevin, Comgall, and Canice, 421.
Ultan, Saint, collects materials for Life of St. Brigid, 134.
Virgilius, Saint, archbishop of Salzburg, born and educated in Ireland, 566, 567;
travels to France, 567;
goes to Bavaria, 567;
on the re-baptism of a catechumen, 568;
charges brought against by St. Boniface, 569-571;
on the doctrine of the Antipodes, 570;
becomes bishop of Salzburg, 572;
the apostle of Carinthia, 572;
rebuilds the monastery of St. Peter, 572;
death of, 573;
his tomb discovered, 573;
epitaph on his tomb, 574.
Wilfrid, archbishop of York, defeats St. Colman of Mayo at the Synod of Whitby, on the Easter usage, 577-579.