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INDEX. 



Danes, use of minted money in Ireland sup- 

 posed to have originated with, 211; this opi- 

 nion examined, 211-230. 



Danish irruptions, coined money in use in Ire- 

 land previously to, 230. 



civilization of the Irish previously 



to, 237. 



Danish coins See Coins. 



Danish mythology, 259, 260. 



Darerca, sister of St. Patrick, 167. 



Colgan's explanation of the name, 167. 



Darioc, one of the seven sons of the Lombard, 

 and nephew of St. Patrick, 166. 



Darius, king of Oirthir [Orior], 156. 



Darius Dearg, Finchadij films, 157, a quo 

 ortus, 157. 



Dathi, monarch of Ireland, killed by lightning, 

 104. 



place of the burial of, at Rathcroghan, 



104, 105, 106, 319. 



sepulchral monument of, described, 106, 



107. 



David, St., archbishop of Menevia, 194. 

 Dawson, Dean of St. Patrick's, coins formerly 



in the Collection of, 226, 249. 

 Dearthach. See Duirtheach. 

 Decies, chief of, called Dux Nandesi, 443. 

 Declan, St., Latin Life of, referred to, 83. 

 his dormitory at Ardmore, Co. Wa- 



terford, 353. 

 Deirbhile, St., church of, within the Mullet, in 



Erris, treated of, 317-319; doorway of, 318. 



tomb of, 319. 



festivals of, 319- 



Delbhna (the Delvins), pursue and slaughter 



the plunderers of Clonmacnoise, 270, 27 1 . 

 Delbhna Ethra in Media, regio de, 352. 

 Delbhna, or Delmna, Tiri da Locha, 105, 



106. 



Denarii, minores, quasi oboli, 228. 

 Derbhfraich, St., of Druim Dubhain, Co. Ty- 

 rone, duirtheach of, 345. 



Derc m-Buailcc m-Bic, the cave of Buailcc 



Bee, a monument at Brugh na Boinne, 103. 

 Dergthene, the burial-place of, 100, 101. 

 Derivla, St., church of. See Deirbhile. 

 Derry, abbot of, presents to, 213. 



Caiseal an urlair at, erected, 446. 



Derrynane Abbey, Irish name of, and origin 



of same, 129. 

 Derthachof Aedan, 342. 

 Desmond, kings of, 267, 287, 288, 308, 309. 

 Devcnish Island, in Lough Erne, in the County 



of Fermanagh, Molaisi's house on, 353, 434. 



Eound Tower on, 357. 



richly-sculptured 



band or cornice of, 397, 398. 

 Diamars of Bregia, 382, 383. 

 Diarmaid of Tir Cronin, curious story related 



of, 337. 



Dichuill, one of the three sons of Nessan, 177. 

 Dimma, St., copy of the Gospels written by, 321. 

 Dinnra, a weight, varieties of, described, 217. 

 Dinnsenchus, quoted, 102, 103, 382, 383, 384. 

 Disert, a general prefix to names of churches, 



36. 

 Disert Cavghin, church so called, erected for 



St. Kevin by his monks at Glendalough, 171. 



explanation of the name, ib. 



Disert Vlidh [eccl. vel num.], 137. 



Doche, brother of Ailell Mac Mada, 99, 100. 



Dodwell, Mr. Edward, his observation on the 



doorway of the church of Fore, Co. West- 



meath, 173. 



Doederlin, referred to, 210. 

 Dolbaddern, in Carnarvonshire, castle of, 364. 

 Domhnach-Fiec, church of, 192, 335. 

 Domhnach mor Muighe Echnach. See Do- 



naghmore. 



Domhnach-Sechnaill, S. Secundinus de, 166. 

 Domhnach mor, near Tailtcann, in Meath, now 



Donaghpatrick, length of the church of, as 



prescribed by St. Patrick, 160, 192, 194; 



ecclesia Patricii magna, 160 ; built within 



