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INDEX. 



Erdamh, notices of the word in the Annals, 435, 



436. 

 no distinct building to which the name, 



could be applied now remains in Ireland, 



436. 

 ' erroneously supposed by Dr. O'Conor 



to be a belfry, 54, 55, 434-436. 

 the word used to express the Latin 



word port icus, 436, 437, 439. 

 conjecture as to the application of the 



term, 440. 



most probably a sacristy, or other late- 



ral porch, entered from the interior of the 

 church, ib. 

 examples of, ib. 



Ergastulum, Arcti Inclusorii Ergastulum, Dun- 

 chad O'Braoin, Abbot of Clonmacnoise, 

 stated to have shut himself up in, 112, 116. 



supposed by Harris 



and Smith to be applied to the Eound Towers, 

 1 1 2, 1 1 6 ; refutation of this opinion, 1 1 3, 1 1 6. 



Erna, burial place of the race of, 100, 101. 

 See Clann Dedad. 



Ernicius, disciple of St. Patrick, 164; Herni- 

 cius, 165. 



Esclam, the Dagda's Brehon, grave of. See 

 Fert Esclaim. 



Etan, the poetess, of the race of the Tuatha de 

 Danann, 99, 101, 105, 106. 



Etchen, Bishop, cross of, at Clonmacnoise, 435. 



Ethelred II., the Saxon king, 211. 



coins of, 223, 227. 



Etruria-Celtica See Betham. 



Etruscan buildings, form of doorway in, 167. 



works, the principle of the arch 



stated to be found in, 73. 



Eugenius Sanctus episcopus, 141. 



Evagrius's Church History, 48, 109, 110. 



Evin's, St., Life of St. Patrick, quoted or re- 

 ferred to, 131, 135, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 

 161, 165, 347 See Tripartite. 



F. 



Failghe, rings so called, 213. 



Farannan, St., Life of, published by Colgan, re- 

 ferred to, 319. 



Fame, island of, in Northumberland, character 

 of monastic establishment on, 1 27, 443. 



Faughard, covered well of St. Bridget at, 449. 



Feargna, son of Fergus, chief of Breifne, 445. 



Fera Ceall, lords of, 243. 



Fechin, St., Fore erected by, 173, 174. 



death of, 173. 



historical and legendary notices of, 



174; his mill at Fore, 450 See Fore. 



monastic establishment of, on Ard- 



Oilean, or High Island, character of, 1 27, 423. 

 one of the houses erected by, at his 



monastic establishment, on Ard-Oilean, or 

 High Island, described, 130, 131. 



Life of, as given by Colgan, quoted, 



174. 



Fedelmidh Rechtmar, the lawgiver, the grave 

 of. See Fert Fedelmid Rechtmair. 



Feilire, or Festilogy of Aengus, quoted or 

 referred to, 166, 169, 345, 352. 



additions of the Scholiast to, quoted. 



175. 



Fenagh, in the County of Leitrim, original 

 name of, 444, 445; Book of quoted, 444. 



monastery of, built within a cathair, or 



circular stone fort, ib. 



Fergus, Dr., copy of the Annals of the Four 

 Masters made for, noticed, 53. 



Fer Mumhan, quoted by Cormac in his Glos- 

 sary, 20, 21. 



Fernmuighi, 54. 



Ferns, St.. Aidan, first bishop of, 203. 



Ferta, near Armagh, church of, 441, 443. 



Ferta, Co. Kilkenny, Round Tower of, 373. 



Ferta Aedha Luirgnig, the grave of Aedh 

 Luirgnech, at Brugh na Boinne, Ballymote, 

 103. 



