INDEX. 



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Ferta Tire Feic, for Loch Mesctha, Ferta 



of Tir Feio, on Lough Mask, Lugnai de, 



166. 

 Fert m-Boinne mna Nechtain, the grave of 



Boinn, the wife of Nechtan, a monument 



at Brugh na Boinne, 103. 

 Fert Conaire, i. e., Magh Feci in Bregia, burial 



place of Conaire Mor, 99, 101 ; other kings 



asserted by some to have been interred there, 



ib. 

 Fert Esclaim, the grave of Esclam, at Brugh 



na Boinne, 103. 

 Fert Fedelmid Eechtmair, the grave of Fedel- 



midh, the Lawgiver, a monument at Brugh 



na Boinne, 102, 103. 



Fert Medhbha, the body of Medhbh first in- 

 terred at, 105, 106. 

 Fert Patric, a monument at Brugh na Boinne, 



ancient name of, 103. 

 Fiac, bishop of Sletty, ecclesiastical presents 



given to, when consecrated bishop by St. 



Patrick, 335 ; first church of, ib See Fiech. 



Fiach, a man's name, meaning of, 260. 



Fiach Sraiphtine, Fulacht of, a sepulchral 



monument at Brugh na Boinne, 102, 103. 

 Fiachus, filius Nielli, 158. 

 Fidhairle Ua Suanaigh, St., 242, 243. See Ua 



Suanaigh. 

 Fidh-nemheadh, interpreted indicia calestia by 



Dr. O'Conor, and applied by him to the 



Eound Towers, 49. 

 Fidh-nemheadh, interpreted turris by Dr. 



O'Conor, his etymology of the term, 54. 

 no evidence that it was applied to a 



Tower, 55 



not a building of any kind, 56. 



true explanation of, 58; explaine 



index coelorum, indicia coelestia, turres coe- 

 lestfs, and turre, by Dr. O'Conor, 58. See 

 Neimhed and Fiodh. 

 true meaning of, as shown from an- 



cient authorities, 61-64. 

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Fidh-nemheadh of Jupiter at Troy, 63. 

 incorrectly written Fiadh-neimhe, 



and translated indicia c&lestia, by Dr. 



O'Conor, and applied by him to the Round 



Towers, 66. 

 Fidh n-Emhna, the three, i. e., Bres, Nar, and 



Lothor, 99, 100. 

 Fiech, St., of Sletty, historical and legendary 



notice of, 192. See Fiac. 

 Finan Cam, St., house of, on Church Island in 



Lough Lee, described, 129, 130. 

 Fineen. See Finghin. 

 Finghin, St., from whom Teampull Finghin, at 



Clonmacnoise, was named, 267; holy well 



bearing his name, ib. ; grave of, ib. 

 Finghin, or Fineen, antiquity of the use of the 



name, among the Mac Carthys, 267, 268. 

 Finian, bishop of Lindisfarne, builds at Lindis- 



farne a church of sawn wood, covered with 



reeds, 124, 125. 

 Finian, St., of Clonard, 267. 

 Finnachta Fleadhach, monarch of Ireland, the 



Borumha Laighean remitted by, 392. 

 Finnauair-abha, ad ripam-Boandi, Liemania 



de, 166. 

 Finnfaidhech, or Innfaidhech Patraig, a bell, 



by whom made, 220; the full of the, of 



silver, ib. 

 Finn Mac Cumhaill, another name of, 107, 



108. 



Finola, the daughter of O'Conor, 284. 

 Fiodh, or Fidh, meaning of, in the compound 



Fidh-neimhed, as explained in ancient glossa- 

 ries, &c., 60, 61. 

 Firbolg, and Tuatha De Danann tribes, original 



country of, 126; character of the buildings 



of, 126, 128. 

 Firbolgs, great numbers of, buried at Brugh, 



105, 106. 



chief of the, 446. 



Fire, called the Tinne Eigin in the Highlands. 



See Tinne Eigin. 



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