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INDEX. 



tured in relievo over the doorway of the 



Round Tower of Donaghmore, County of 



Meath, 406, 407. 



Cruithnech, one of St. Patrick's masons, 141. 

 Crumaigh, the town of, 266. 

 Crumtheris, virgo, placed by St. Patrick in a 



stone oratory near Armagh, 347- 

 Cucin, or kitchen, at Armagh, 146. 

 Cuil-ceach, Vallancey's explanation of, 18. 

 Cuil-ceach, or Cul-kak, Dr. O'Brien misquoted 



by Vallancey for meaning of, 21. 

 Cuil-Irra, a peninsula situated to the south- 

 west of the town of Sligo, 178. 

 Cuil-muige, where, 192. 

 Cuil-ochtair [eccl. vel mon.], 137. 

 Cuirel, wife of the Dagda, monument of, at 



Brugh na Boinne, 103. 

 Cul-kak See Cuil-ceach. 

 Culmana, an error for Liemania, the name of 



the sister of St. Patrick, 166. 

 Culmine, in the plain of Bregia, church of, 



141. 



Cul Eathain Mochuddas See Eathain. 

 Cumal, explanation of the word, 337. 

 Cumhdach, meaning of the word, as shown from 



ancient authorities, 288, 289. 

 or case of the MS. Irish ritual at 



Stowe, inscription on, 327. 

 Cumhdachs, or ancient metallic cases for books, 



332, 335. 

 Cumian, the abbot, Life of St. Columba by, 



referred to, 386, 420. 



Cummin, Ochter n-Achid purchased by, 218. 

 Cumot Cairpri Lifeachair, the commensurate 



grave of Cairbre Lifeachair, a monument at 



Brugh na Boinne, 102, 103. 

 Curach-building, payment for, 343, 344. 

 Curraun Lough, or Lough Lee, 129. 

 Cursecha filia Brochani [qure iacet], in Acadh- 



Dalrach, 137. 



Cuthbert, St., Life of, quoted, 127, 128. 

 monastic establishment constructed 



on the Island of Fame by, character of, 1 27, 



443. 



Cuthbert, St., reputed country of, 127. 

 Cu Ulad, son of Conchobar, king of Ulad, 305 

 Cyclopean forts, 44. 



Cyclopean style of building, 126, 168, 188. 

 buildings, resemblance of windows 



and doorways of ancient Irish churches to 



those of, 161. 



. style, remarkable example of, in the 



doorway of the church of Fore, 173. 



D. 



Dabilla, a small hound, which gave name to 



Cnoc Dabilla, 103. 

 Dabonna, one of the seven sons of the Lombard, 



and nephew of St. Patrick, 166. 

 Dachonna, St., shrine of, 201. 

 Dagda, the, with his three sons, buried at 



Brugh na Boinne, 99, 101, 105, 106. 



the bed of the. See Imdae in Dagda. 



the grave of his Brehon, Esclam, 103 



See Fert Esclaim. 



monument of the See Lecht in Dagda. 



the, wives of, 103. 



Dageus, St., Life of, as given by Colgan, quoted, 

 201 ; celebrated as an artificer, ib. 



Dagobs, Ceylonese, applied to sepulchral pur- 

 poses, 79, 80. 



Daimhliag, application of the word by Irish 

 writers, treated of, 141-152. 



became the Scotic or Gaelic name for 



a cathedral or abbey church, 142; always 

 rendered by the Irish ecclesiastical writers 

 in Latin by the word ecclesia or basilica, 

 though, on noticing the same buildings when 

 writing in the Irish language, they apply 

 the terms daimhliag, eclais, and tempull, in- 

 differently, 142-152. 



Daimhliag translated Basilica by 



Colgan, 56. 



