INDEX. 



513 



Seclmasach, priest of Durrow, 340. 

 Secundinus, S., S. Patricii discipulus, male- 



dicit lapidibus mentis Usneach, 159. 

 one of the seven sons of the Lombard, 



and nephew of St. Patrick, 166. 

 original name, family, and church 



of, 166. 



Seincheall, i. e. vetus cella, in the County of 

 Roseommon, dimensions of, prescribed by St. 

 Patrick, 192. 



Semplan, priest of Tir da glas, 337. 



Senellus, S. de Killdareis, 380, 381. 



Sepulchres of the Firbolg and Tuatha De Da- 

 nann tribes, 126. 



ancient Greek and Irish, 127- 



Sepulture, examination and refutation of the 

 arguments adduced by Mr. Windele in sup- 

 port of the hypothesis that the Round Tow- 

 ers were used as fire temples, and occasion- 

 ally, in part, as places of pagan sepulture, 

 71-108. 



theory of the use of the Round 



Towers as places of, refuted, 414-417. 



pagan modes of, in Ireland, as shown 



from ancient MSS., 97-108. 

 Sexes, separated in ancient churches, 197, 198, 



199. 



Shaw's Gaelic Dictionary, quoted, 217. 

 Sheepstown, in the parish and barony of Knock - 



topher, and County of Kilkenny, doorway of 



the ancient church in, described, 177. 

 Shekel, supposed by Colgan, Harris, and Arch- 



dall to be the same as the Irish coin siclus 



or sigal, 215. 

 Shingles, oak, roofs of ancient churches and 



oratories covered with, 162, 186, 361, 362. 

 Ship-building, payment for, 343, 344. 

 Shrines, ancient, skill of the Irish in making, 



191. 

 . of bishop Conlaeth and St. Bridget at 



Kildare, described, 196, 197; remarks on, 



198, 200; monument of St. Bridget, 198. 



of saints, treated of, 200-203. 



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Siabhras, a name for the Tuatha De Dananus, 

 98. 



Siclus, or Sigal See Sigal and Screpall. 



Sigal, or siclus, a term synonymous with sere- 

 pall, 215, 216 See Screpall. 



Sil-Cathasaigh, chief of, 213. 



Silures See Damnonii. 



Simon, St., the stylite, 109, HO, 112, 116. 



Sinach, the proper name of St. Mac Dara, 190. 

 See Mac Dara. 



Sinchells, the two, death of, 433. 



church of, at Gleudalough See 

 Glendalough. 



Sinchellus, SS. duodecim Peregrines, socios S. 

 Sinchelli, 137. 



Sinchellus, vterque Sinchellus [qui iacet] in 

 Kill-achuidh, 137. 



Singland See Saingel. 



Siofog, the name of a locality at Kells, 426. 



Sion, Mount, religious establishment on, 419. 



Sith-druim, the ancient name of Cashel, 18. 



Sitric I., 223, 224. 



Sitric III., 223 ; coins of, ib. 



Siva, or Mahadeva, 70. 



Skeattas, 222. 



Skeleton, human, and bones, said to have been 

 discovered within the base of the Round 

 Tower of Ardmore, in the County of Water- 

 ford, 80. 



human, stated to have been discovered 



within the base of the Round Tower of 

 Cloyne, 81 ; observations on this statement, 



85-89. 



Skeletons, unburned, found in the pagan mo- 

 numental remains in Ireland, 102. 



Skye, Isle of, 39. 



Slane, cloictheach or Round Tower of, burned 

 by the Danes, 49, 57, 370, 371- 



Slea, Conchobhar Mac Nessa, buried at a place 

 between, and the sea, 99, 101. 



Slepte, meaning of, 192 See Sletty. 



Sletty, County of Carlow, account of the foun- 

 dation of the church of, 192. 



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