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INDEX. 



Sletty, Fiac, bishop of, 335. 

 Sliabh Fuaid, 406. 



Slinntiuch, translated legulce by Colgan, 151, 

 152; Daimhliac of Armagh, covered with, ib. 

 Smerwick Harbour, ancient oratories in the 

 neighbourhood of, described, 131, 132; their 

 antiquity, 132-135 ; other ancient remains 

 near, noticed, 131. 



Smith, Dr., author of some of the Irish County 

 Histories, theory of the use of the Eound 

 Towers as penitential prisons, first promul- 

 gated by, 116; examination and refutation 

 of his evidences in support of his theory, 

 116-120. 



his Ancient and present State of the 



County of Kerry, quoted, 1 68. 

 Somner, Mr., his opinion on the material of 



the Saxon churches, 126. 

 Sorcerers' Towers, Round Towers stated by 



Vallancey to have been, 17. 

 Soter, the name inscribed by St. Patrick on a 



pillar-stone, 134, 135. 



South Munster Society of Antiquaries, pro- 

 ceedings of, headed "Round Towers," quoted, 

 88, 89- 



- report of proceedings of, entitled 

 " Researches amongst the Round Towers," 

 as drawn up by Mr. Windele, quoted, 80, 

 81 ; examination of their proceedings and 

 theory, 82-108. 

 Spelman, Sir Henry, his Concilia, quoted, 194, 



195. 



Sperlingius, " De Nummorum Bracteatorum et 

 Cavorum Origine et Progressu," referred to, 

 209- 



Star- worship, or Saboeism, 71. 

 Stations. See Pilgrimages. 

 Steel-yard See Ouncel. 

 Steeple, of Armagh, 55. 



" y e steeple with y e bells," at Armagh, 

 149; "the steeple," at Armagh, 150. 

 Stele, of theGreeks, upright monumental stones 

 in Ireland compared to, 102. 



Stephen, coins of, 226. 



Stephens, Mr., drawings made by, referred to, 

 245. 



Stone, custom of building with, seems to have 

 prevailed more in the west and south, than 

 in the east and north of Ireland, 420. 



St. Bernard's account of St. Mala- 



chy's laying the foundation of a chapel of 

 stone at Bangor, as given by Ware (Harris's 

 ed.), 122. 



Stone and lime cement, statement of Sir James 

 Ware, that the Irish did not begin to build 

 with, until the twelfth century, 121, 122; 

 Ware's opinion universally adopted by Eng- 

 lish and Scotch antiquaries, 123; the same 

 opinion adopted by Dr. Lanigan, 125, 126; 

 refutation of this opinion, 126, et seq. 



art of building with, known to the 



Saxons at a very early period, 140. 



first church built of, with lime cement, 



in Scotland, 140. 

 Stone buildings, statement of Peter Walsh, 



author of the Prospect of Ireland, as to the 



absence of, in Ireland in ancient times, 8; 



when introduced, according to Dr. Moly- 



neux, 9- 



Stone buildings, ecclesiastical, in Ireland, con- 

 clusion as to the recent date of, erroneous. 



126. 

 Stone churches, the first builders of in Ireland, 



141. See Daimhliag. 

 Stone-housing, statement of Sir William Petty, 



that "when the Irish were first invaded," 



they had not any stone-housing, any foreign 



trade," &c., 122. 



Stone roofs in ancient churches, 185, 188, 189- 

 Stones, upright, indicating the monumental 



character of the earns and mounds, 102. 

 Strabo, Wallafrid, Life of St. Gall by, quoted, 



420. 

 Straw, roofs of ancient Irish churches covered 



with, 162, 186. 

 Streets, ancient monastic, situation of, pointed 



