Adam and Eve, 83.
Adze, 136.
Aenach, a fair, chap. xxi.
Aghaboe, in Queen’s County, 49.
Agriculture, 35, chap. xvii.
Agricultural implements, 130.
Aidan, St., 52, 53.
Ailech, palace in Donegal, 7.
Ailell Inbanna, king of Connaught, 166.
Aillenn, palace of, 8.
Ainnle, son of Usna, 77.
Airmeda, daughter of Dianket, 98, 99.
Alban, Scotland, 11, 165.
Albinus, and Clement, 58, 59, 60.
Ale, 115.
Alloys, 132.
Alum, 140.
American Universities, 44, 45.
Anglo-Normans, 10, 15, 64.
Anglo-Saxons, 52.
Angus Mac-an-oge, 28.
Animals belonging to farm, 130.
Annals, the Irish, chap. ix.
Annals of the Four Masters, 73.
Antrim, 12.
Anvil, the smith’s, 134.
Apprenticeship, 138.
Architects, 131.
Ardagh Chalice, 97.
Ardan, son of Usna, 77.
Ardbraccan in Meath, 168.
Ard-ri, the over-king of Ireland, 1.
Aristocracy, marks of, 121.
Armagh, 42.
Army doctors, 99, 100.
Art, chap. xii.
Art the Solitary, king of Ireland, 23.
Artificers: see Handicrafts and Art.
Assemblies, Sports, and Pastimes, chap. xxi.
Assyrian beards, 123.
Augustine, St., 52.
Augurs, 26.
Bagpipes, 86.
Baking, 117.
Bangor, Co. Down, 42, 43, 49.
Banqueting Hall at Tara, 106, 111, 112, 150.
Barbers, 123.
Barm, 117.
Baths and bathing, 122, 124.
Beard, 123.
Beauty of Nature and Art admired, 161 to 164.
Bede, the Venerable, 11, 50, 69, 72.
Bees, 117.
Beeswax, 118.
Beetagh, a public hosteller, 119.
Bell of the Will, the, 39.
Bellows, described, 134.
Bells, 38, 39, 88.
Ben-Edar, now the Hill of Howth, near Dublin, 165.
Bir, a spit, 115.
Birds and Bird-net Laws, 155.
Bird-singing, 162, 163.
Black in dyeing, 140.
Blacksmith, 39, 113, 132, 133, 134.
Blanid, Queen, 163.
Blower, a sort of bellows, 134.
Blue, in dyeing, 141.
Boats, 110, 145, 146, 147.
Bobbio in Italy, 49.
Book of Kells, 93, 94, 95, 122, 140.
Book of Lecan, 66.
Book of Lecan, Yellow, 65.
Book of Leinster, 65.
Book of Mac Durnan, 140.
Book of the Dun Cow, 65, 74.
Books and Literature, chap. viii.
Borrowing, 159.
Boundaries of territories, 129.
Bracelets, 128.
Brasiers and their work, 97, 98, 128, 132, 133.
Brass, 132.
Brathlang, a covering for a deer-trap, 155.
Bread, 117.
Brehon, a judge, 17.
Brehon Laws, the, chap. iii., 148.
Brendan the Navigator, St., 43.
Brewing, 117.
Brewy, a public hospitaller, 116, 119.
Bridges, 144.
Bridles, 145.

Brigit, St., 36.
Brigit, the goddesses so named, 28.
Britain, 50, 52.
Britannia, 14.
Britons, 141, 145.
Bronze, 116, 132, 133, 141.
Brooch, 126, 128.
Brugh, now Newgrange on the Boyne, 28.
Bruree, palace of, 8.
Builders, 131, 132.
Bunne-do-at, a kind of gold ornament, 128.
Butter, 117.
Buttons, 126, 128.
Caher in Tipperary, 8.
Caird, a brasier or silversmith, 132, 133.
Caldron, 116.
Candles, 118.
Canon Law, old Irish, 167.
Cape for shoulders, 125, 141.
Car in common use, 144.
Carding wool, 139.
Carlingford peninsula, 78.
Carntierna near Fermoy, 28.
Carpenters, 132.
Carrigcleena near Mallow, 28.
Carthage, 56.
Carving and carvers, 135.
Cashel, Rock of, 8.
Castletown Fort, near Dundalk, 77.
Celts (people), 114.
Champion, a king’s, 4.
Charcoal, 118.
Chariot, 144.
Charioteer, 113, 144, 145.
Charlemagne, 58, 59, 60.
Cheese, 117.
Chess and chess-playing, 156.
Christian Ireland, chap. v.
Churches, 36, 37, 136, 137.
Churn, 117.
Cleena the fairy queen, 28.
Clement and Albinus, 58, 59, 60.
Cloak, 125, 126.
Clonard in Meath, 35, 42, 43.
Clonfert in Galway, 43 (twice).
Clonmacnoise in King’s County, 42.
Clontarf, Battle of, 69 to 72.
Clothes and clothing industries, chap. xix.
Clowns, 153, 156.
Coats, 125, 126.
Cogwheels, 134.
CÓir Anmann, the, 73.
Colman, abbot of Lindisfarne, 53.
Colours of dress, 124, 125, 126, 152: see Dyeing.
Columba, St.: see Columkille.
Columbanus, St., 49.
Columkille, St., 29, 52.
Combs and combing, 122, 124.
Comgall, St., 43.
Commerce, 147.
Commons (land), 131.
Compasses (for circles), 136.
Conall Kernagh, 77, 122.
Conari, king of Ireland, 156, 157.
Concobar or Conor mac Nessa, 7, 76, 78, 158.
Congal, Prince, 125.
Conn the Hundred Fighter, king of Ireland, 30.
Connla of the Golden Hair, Prince, 30, 31, 32.
Convents, 36.
Cooks and cooking, 115, 116, 154.
Cooley or Queln?, 78.
Coopers, 136.
Copper, 130, 131, 132.
Copyists, 63.
Cormac Mac Art, king of Ireland, 23, 24, 77, 111.
Cormac’s Glossary, written by archbishop Cormac Mac Cullenan, king of Munster, died A.D. 807, 16.
Corn, 130.
Coursing and coursing hounds, 155.
Courts of justice, 17, 18.
Cows, 130.
Cow’s teat as feeding-bottle, 168.
Craebh-ciuil, 88.
Craglea near Killaloe, 28.
Crannoge, a lake-dwelling, 110.
Creeveroe at Emain, 77.
Crescents for the neck, 96, 128.
Criffan the Great, king of Ireland, 14.
Crimson in dyeing, 140, 141.
Crochet-work, 139.
Croghan, palace of, 8, 78, 137, 149, 150.
Crops, 130.
Cross of Cong, the, 97.
Crossans, gleemen, 157.
Cuculainn, 77, 78.
CÚil-Conari in Connaught, 166.
Curath-mir, the hero’s morsel, 113.
Curds, 117.
Curragh, a wicker-boat, a coracle, 10, 143, 145, 146, 147.
Curragh of Kildare, 153.
Cycles of Irish Tales, 76, 77, 78.

Danes, the, 37, 57, 64, 69, 72.
Dark Ages, 51.
Decies in Waterford, 15.
Dedannans, the colony preceding the Milesians. The Irish gods and fairies were mostly Dedannans; 76: see chap. iv.
Deece baronies near Tara, 15.
Deirdre, 121.
Dermot O’Dyna, 79.
Derry, 43, 165.
Desii, the tribe of, 15.
Dianket, the Irish god of medicine, 98, 145.
Goaling or hurling, 155.
Gobha, a smith, 132, 133, 134.
Gods, the pagan Irish, 27 to 30.
Goibniu, the Irish smith-god, 134.
Gold-plate ornament, 128.
Goldsmiths and their work, 97, 98, 128, 132.
Goll-tree, sorrow music, 88.
Gorgets, 96, 128.
Gospels, 93, 94.
Great Britain, 50, 52, 57.
Greece, 51, 151.
Greek language, 48.
Greeks, the, 81, 113, 114, 122, 139, 144, 152.
Greenan, a summer-house, the women’s apartment, 108.
Greenan Ely, 7.
Greyhounds, 155.
Griffith ap Conan, king of Wales, 84.
Grindstone, 136.
Guests, 4.
Hair, 122, 123, 127.
Handbag for ladies, 127, 142.
Handicrafts, chap. xviii.
Harp, the, and harpers, 83, 85, 86.
Hat, 127.
Haughton, the Rev. Dr., 70, 71.
Head covering, 127.
Heads of pigs and oxen, for smiths, 113.
Heaven, the pagan Irish, 30, 31, 32.
Heptarchy, the, 52.
Hermits, 36.
Hero’s morsel, 113.
Historical and Romantic Tales, 41, chap. x.
Holyhead, 16.
Holy wells, 38.
Honey, 116, 117, 118.
Hood, 125, 127.
Horns (blowing), 87.
Horses, and horsemanship, 130, 145, 153.
Horse-rod, 145.
Hospitality, 119, 120.
Hospitals, 104, 105.
Hostels, free, 119, 120.
House, the, chap. xiv.
Household of king, 3, 4, 5.
House-steward, 3.
Hunting, 154.
Hurling or goaling, 155.
I-Brassil, the pagan Irish heaven, 30.
Iceland, 55.
Idols, the Irish, 27, 29.
Inauguration of kings, 2.
Insanity, 25.
Interest on loans, 159.
Intoxicating drink, 115.
Iona, 52.
Irishmen’s cottages in Wales, 16.
Iron, 130, 131.
Island of Saints and Scholars, the, chap. vi., 51.
Isle of Man, 12, 13.
Isthmian games of Greece, 151.
Italy, 50, 57, 60.
Jesters, 156.
John Macananty, the fairy king, 28.
John Scotus Erigena, 49.
Joints for special persons, 113.
Joseph’s coat of many colours, 125.
Josina, king of Scotland, 99.
Jugglers, 153, 156, 157.
Julius CÆsar, 9, 146.
Keats the poet, 161.
Keens or laments, 89.
Kehern, 100.
Keltar of the Battles, 77.
Kent, 52.
Kildare, 36, 42, 95.
Kilmallock Abbey, 47, note.
Kilt, 126.
Kincora, palace of, 8.
Kings, chap. i.
Kiss on cheek as salutation, 158.
Kitchen garden, 110.
Kitchen, a relish or condiment, 117.
Kitchen utensils, 116.
Knives and forks, 114.
Knockaulin fort, 8.
Knockfierna in Limerick, 28.
Laeghaire, king of Ireland, 19, 26.
Laery the Victorious, 77.
Lambrat, a napkin, 114.
Lathes, 136.
Latin, 48.
Law books, 19, 20.
Law to be obeyed by kings, 6.
Lay schools, 40, 41, 42, 43.

Lead, 131.
Learning, chap. vi.
Leather and leather-work, 142, 143.
Leaven, 117.
Leggings, 126.
Letters of English alphabet, 62.
Lichen for dyeing, 141.
Liffey, the river, 72.
Light, 118.
Linen, 124, 139.
Lis or Liss, a circular fort, 16, 109.
Lismore in Waterford, 42.
Locomotion, chap. xx.
Louth, Co. of, 78.
Luncheon, 111.
Mac Con, king of Ireland, 22, 23.
Madness, 25.
Maive, queen of Connaught, 78.
Man, Isle of, 12, 13.
Mannanan Mac Lir, the Irish sea-god, 27, 28.
Mantle, 125.
Manure, 130.
Manuscripts, 63.
Manx language, 13.
Markets in fairs, 153.
Marriages and Marriage Hollow at Tailltenn, 151.
Marshal, the, 112.
Masons, 132.
Mead or metheglin, 115, 118.
Meals, 111.
Medical books, 101, 102.
Medicinal herbs, 98, 99, 100, 104.
Medicine and medical doctors, chap. xiii.
Metal-work and metal-workers, 95, 132, 134. See Brasiers, and Goldsmiths.
Meyer, Dr. Kuno, 80.
Midac, son of Dianket, 98.
Migrations of Irish to Scotland, 11, 12, 72.
Migrations of Irish to Wales, 13.
Milesian colony, 76.
Milk, 115, 117.
Milking, 131.
Milking-songs, 89.
Mills, 117, 130.
Mine on a farm, 130.
Mines and mining, 131.
Mirth-music, 88.
Missionaries, chap. vii., 120, 121.
Monasterboice near Drogheda, 43.
Monasteries, 34, 35, 36, 120.
Monastic schools, 40 to 51.
Monks, 34.
Montalembert, 55.
Moore, Thomas, 90.
Mortar, 136.
Moulds for metal-casting, 133.
Moy Mell, the pagan Irish heaven, 30.
Munster, 11, 140.
Music, chap. xi., 115, 152.
Musical Branch, 88.
Mythological period of Irish Tales, 76.
Naas in Kildare, 8.
Nails (of fingers), 121.
Naisi, son of Usna, 77.
Names of Places, 165, 166.
Napkins, 114.
Nature closely observed, 162.
Necklaces, 128.
Necklets, 96.
Needle and needlework, 26.
Sorrow-music, 88.
Spear-heads, 133.
Speckled Book, 65.
Spinning, spindles, and wheel, 139, 140.
Spinning-wheel songs, 89.
Spit for cooking, 115, 116.
Spunk, tinder, 118.
Spurs, none used, 145.
Squire or shield-bearer, 112.
Steel, 141.
Stilicho, 14.
Stirabout, 117.
Stokes, Miss Margaret, 93.
Stokes, Dr. Whitley, 80.
Stone-building, 107, 132, 136.
Stuarts, the, 12.
Styles of Irish music, 88.
Suantree, sleep-music, 89.
Swimming, 144.
Tables, 114.
Tailltenn, fair of, 150.
TÁin bo Quelne, story of the, 78, 79.
Tales, the Irish Historical and Romantic, 41, chap. x.
Tanning, 142, 143.
Tara, 1, 7, 26, 111, 143, 146, 149.
Tara, Plan of, Frontispiece.
Tara Brooch, 97.
Teernanoge or Tirnanoge, the pagan Irish heaven, 30.
Teltown in Meath: see Tailltenn.
Theodosius, 13.
Theology, 48.
Things of beauty, 161, 162.
Three Orders of Irish Saints, 34 to 36.
Tierna, the fairy king, 28.
Tillage and pasturage, chap. xvii.
Timpan and timpanists, 85, 86.
Tin, 131, 132.
Tinder, 118.
Tinne-crassa, fire from flint and steel, 118.
Tirconnell, now Donegal, 52.
Tlachtga, fair of, 150, 151.
Todd, the Rev. Dr., 70, 71.
Tools of various handicraftsmen, 136.
Torques for the neck, 128.
Towns, 106.
Trades, how learned, 138.
Tradesmen of the various crafts, 135: see Handicrafts.
Traps for wild animals, 154, 155.
Travelling, 143.
Trousers, 126.
Trumpets and trumpeters, 87, 112, 133.
Turf for firing, 118.
Tyrian purple, 141.
Ulster, 76, 78, 139.
Ultan, St., 167, 168.
Universities, the Irish, 48.
Ushnagh, fair of, 150, 151.
Usna, sons of, 77.
Van Helmont, the physician, 103.
Various customs, chap. xxii.
Veil, 127.
Verse, 81, 82.
Vessels, makers of, 136.
Vulcan, 133.
Wales, 10, 15, 16.
War of the Irish with the Danes, 69, 70.
Warfare, chap. ii.
War-marches (music), 90.
Water, digging for, 130.
Watermills, 117.
Wax candles, 118.
Weaving, 139.
Weirs for fishing, 155.
Wells, 29, 37, 38.
Welsh, 84, 141.
Westwood, Professor, 94.
Whistles, 86.
Wickerwork building, 107, 144.
Wine, 115.
Wolfdog, 154.
Wolves, 154.
Wood, a, on a farm, 130.
Wood cleared off the land, 129.
Wood for working, 131.
Wood-building, 107, 132.
Wood-workers, 135: see Carpenters.
Wool and woollens, 124, 126, 138, 139, 141.
Writing, art of, 60, 61.
Yeast, 117.
Yellow Book of Lecan, 65.
Yellow Plague, the, 167.
Yew-tree and wood, 135.

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Footnotes:

[1] Many of the provisions of the Brehon Laws, such as those relating to Land, to Offences, Compensations, and Punishments; to Professions, Trades, and Industries; to the mutual duties of the various classes of people, from the king down to the slave; to the modes of summoning wrong-doers before the brehons’ courts, with a description of the manner in which trials were conducted; and various other details, will be found in my two Social Histories of Ancient Iceland.

[2] Freely translated (in “Old Celtic Romances”) by Dr. Joyce, from the old poem in the original Irish version.

[3] I saw the same custom in full swing in some of the lay schools before 1847. Many a time I prepared my lesson—with some companions—sitting on the grass beside the old abbey in Kilmallock, or perched on the top of the ivy-mantled wall.

[4] The Irishmen who went to the Continent in those times always took Latin names, which were generally translations of their Irish names.

[5] Translated in my “Reading Book in Irish History.”

[6] Translated in my “Old Celtic Romances.”

[7] For the originals of all the above names, and for numerous others of a like kind, see Irish Names of Places, vol. II., chap. IV., on “Poetical and Fancy Names.”