INDEX. 



473 



Cromlech, situated in a churchyard, near the 



Sugar-loaf Hill, in the barony of Gualtier, 



and County of Waterford, 73. 

 Cromlechs, 102; Christian tombs, bearing a 



resemblance to, 449. 

 Cronan, St., his church at Termoucronan, 



County of Clare, window of, 1 83. 



comarb of, 377. 



Cros na Screaptra, the name of a stone cross at 



Clonmacnoise, 270 See Clonmacnoise. 

 Cross, stone, at Cashel, 303. See Cashel. 



at Tuam See Tuam. 



anciently at Rathain, 243. 



sculptured on lintel of doorway of Fore 



church, 173, 174; of church on High Island, 



421 ; of Antrim Tower, 400. 

 form of, not used in the plan of ancient 



Irish churches, 162. 

 sepulchral, at Glendalough, described, 



262, 263. 

 Crosses, stone, purpose of erection of, 269,270, 



271, 272, 323, 395. 



on High Island, 423. 



erected to mark the limits of the neimh- 



edh or sanctuary, 60. 



made by St. Columbkille, 336. 



made by St. Dageus, 201. 



erroneously attributed to the Danes, 



227. 



examples of, placed on the soffit of the 



lintel in doorways of churches, 170. 



. varieties of, found as typical ornaments 



in ancient MSS., as well as on ancient Irish 



sepulchral monuments, 227. 

 ornamental, innumerable examples of, 



found in the most ancient Irish manuscripts, 



and on sepulchral monuments, 260, 261. 



forms of, used as ornaments, 322, 323. 



on coins, 223, 224, 226. 



Crowns of gold and silver over monuments or 



shrines of saints, 196, 197. 



suspended over shrines at Kildare, 203. 



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Crowns, commonly suspended in various parts 



of the early churches, 203, 204. 

 Crozier, of St. Ere, 49. 

 given by St. Patrick to Fiac, first 



bishop of Sletty, 335. 

 archiepiscopal of Tuam, 311 See 



304. 



Tuam. 



preserved in the Museum of Cluny, 



supposed to be that of Cormac Mac 



Carthy See Cormac Mac Carthy. 



of St. Damhnad Ochene, the patroness 



ofOirghiall, 320, 321. 



Croziers, ancient, 191. 



ancient Irish, 249, 320, 321, 330, 332. 



made by St. Columbkille, 336. 



made by St. Dageus, 201. 



Cruachan, a pagan cemetery, 98, 100. 



the burial place of the Connacians, 100, 



101. 



the kings of Connaught buried at, 105, 



called Cathair Cruachna, 105. 



Oenach of, 104, 105 See Aenach. 



the cemetery of the ever-fair Cruachan, 



1 04. See Eathcroghan. 



Cruach Mic Dara, island called, off the coast of 

 Connamara ; St. Mac Dara's church on, win- 

 dow in, 183. 



description of masonry, &c., of church 



of, 1 89 ; curious notice of the island, church, 

 &c., 189, 190; description of the circular 

 stone house of St. Mac Dara on, 1 89- 



stone oratory of St. Mac Dara on, 



106. 



348. See Mac Dara. 

 Cruagh-ar-ne-may, an island in the Western 



Ocean, called by Sir James Ware Insula 



Cuniculorum, 423. 

 Crucifix, no example of the representation of our 



Saviour crucified on stone crosses, anterior 



to the ninth century, known to Author, 405. 

 figure of our Saviour crucified, sculp- 



