INDEX. 



503 



Oratories, ancient, in the neighbourhood of 



Dingle, in the County of Kerry, windows of 



described, 183, 184. 

 of the first ecclesiastics, conservation 



of, 193. 

 three within the ancient church of 



Kildare, 196, 197. 



ancient Irish, treated of, 340-354 ; 



Irish name of, 340; explanations of Irish 

 name, 341; peculiar characteristics of, exa- 

 mined, 342 et seq. ; material of, 342-347; not 

 wholly without ornament or beauty, 346 ; of 

 stone, 347. 

 ancient Irish, general plan of, 349 ; 



consecration of, ib. 

 erected by Irish ecclesiastics abroad, 



349. 



ancient Irish, size of, treated of, 347 



-354; average dimensions of, 348; use of, 

 354, 355 ; regarded as inviolable sanctuaries, 

 354. See Duirtheach. 



Oratorium, application of the word, 143. 



O'Reilly's Irish Dictionary quoted, 28, 117, 

 119, 120, 217, 341, 379- 



O'Reilly, Mr., his observations on Dr. O'Conor's 

 mistaking of Truaghan for Turaghan, 51, 52. 



his observation on a supposed copy 



of the Psalter of Tara, 38. 



- mistranslation of Irish words by, 335. 



Mahon O'Riagain, lord of Bregia, A. D. 1029, 

 Amlaff, son of Sitric, captured by, 212, 213. 



Ornaments of silver and gold found in sepul- 

 chral monuments, 102. 



some of the ornaments now generally 



supposed to be characteristic features of An- 

 glo-Norman churches, used by the Irish an- 

 terior to the eleventh century, 196. 



characteristic, found on Irish monu- 



ments, in ecclesiastical buildings, on ancient 

 leather cases of books, &c., treated of, 320, 

 330, 332, 333, 339- 

 O'Rogan, Lord of Iveagh, 332. 



O'Rourke, Fergal, King of Connaught, the 

 erection of Round Tower of Clonmacnoise, 

 ascribed to, 388, 389. 



O'Rourke's Tower. See Clonmacnoise, 370. 



O'Rourkes, place of sepulture of, 390. 



O'Ruairc, Tighearnan, 373. 



Ossory, 67. 



Ostiarius. See Aistire. 



Ostmen. See Danes. 



O'Tadhgain, Flann, Erenach of Durrow, 328. 



Oughterard, in the County of Kildare, Round 

 Tower of, doorway of, 402, 403. 



ancient church of, foundation of, 403. 



Oughtmama, near the abbey of Corcumroe, in 

 the barony of Burren, and County of Clare, 

 doorway of the very ancient church at, de- 

 scribed, 178. 



age and founder of church, 178. 



notice of a second church at same 



place, and its doorway, 178. 



seven holy bishops of, ib. 



Ouncel, or steel-yard, ancient Irish name for, 

 219. 



P. 



Pagan, the three cemeteries of idolaters, in 



Ireland, enumerated, 104. 

 Pagodas, of the Polygarsof theCircars of India, 



described by Vallancey as of a cylindrical or 



" Round Tower shape," 30. 



Indian form of, from Pennant, 7 1 



Painted, partition in ancient church painted 



with figures, 196, 197. 



Painted figures on partition wall at Kildare, 203. 

 Painting, or painted figures at Kildare, 205. 

 Pallium, use of the, in Ireland, 346. 

 Panningi, origin of the name, 228, 229. 

 Parchment, used as a substitute for glass in the 



windows of ancient Irish churches, 1 82, 1 83. 

 Parsees, 68. 

 Parsi, or Guebri, fire temple of, 14. 



