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INDEX. 



Pinkerton, John, his Inquiry into the History 



of Scotland quoted, 375. 

 observations of, concerning reference 



to MSS., 417. 



opinions of, 375. 



his Vitce Antiquce Sanctorum quoted, 



337, 384, 385, 386. 

 Piscina, curiously ornamented, in Teampull 



Finghin, 268. 



Pisire, explanation and derivation of, 219. 

 Plunket, Oliverus, regni hujus [Hibernise] 



Archiprffisul (furca plexus est), 331. 

 Poets of Connaught enumerated, 105, 106. 

 Pointed head formed by the meeting of two right 



lines, of very frequent occurrence in the 



windows of ancient Irish churches, 181 ; 



examples of, 182, 183. 

 Polaire, meaning of the word investigated, 333- 



336 ; mistranslated by Colgan, 335 See 



Cases (ancient leather). 

 Pollygars, Indian, Windele, 72. 

 Porch, not found in Irish churches, 439, 440. 

 Porticus, conjecture as to the application of 



the word in the middle ages, 437-440. 

 Priapeia Templa, theory of the Round Towers 



having been, adverted to, 108. 

 Priest's House, at Glendalough See Glenda- 



lough. 



Prison, i. e., anchorite See Ergastulum. 



Proinnteachs See Refectories. 



Prospect of Ireland, 7. See Walsh. 



Psalter of Cashel, erroneously referred to by 



Miss Beaufort, as authority for her hypothe- 

 sis, 38 ; opinion as to the existence at present 



of this record, ib. ; supposed compiler of, 



39. 

 Psalter of Tara, erroneously referred to by Miss 



Beaufort, as authority for her hypothesis, 38 ; 



opinion as to the existence at present of this 



record, ib. 



Puincne, synonymous with screpall, 217. 

 Pyratheia, Persian, 31, 32; Pyrathea of the an- 



cient Persians, 32 ; Pyratheias, or vestal 



towers, 33. 



Pyreia introduced by Zoroaster, 68. 

 or fire- tern pies of the Guebres, 69, 71. 



See Fire-temples. 

 Pyrolatry, or fire-worship, 68. 



Q. 



Quadrangular form of building, introduction 

 of, into Ireland, 128, 131. 



form used in ancient Irish churches, 



161, 162; the most usual and, as it would 

 appear, the most ancient form of doorway in 

 Irish churches, 162; quadrangular doorways 

 treated of, 162-176. 



doorway, the most usual mode of 



construction in the sixth and seventh cen- 

 turies, 167. 

 doorways having a semicircular arch 



placed immediately above the lintel, 179, 

 180. 



R. 



Rachraninn, burned by plunderers, and its 

 shrines opened and stripped, 201. 



Raderus, the Tyrolese Jesuit, quoted by Harris, 

 110. 



Rahen, Rahin, or Rathain, near Tullamore, in 

 the King's County, ornament on the door- 

 way of the smaller church at, 321. 



Saxon pennies found near, 353. See 



Rathain. 



Ramsey, church and Towers of, 376. 



Ram Island in the County of Antrim, human 

 bones stated to have been found interred 

 within the Tower at, 72; observations on, 

 79, 82. 



Rath-Ardamacha, 442, 443. 



Rathain, or Rahin, near Tullamore, in the 

 King's County, ancient ornamented church 



