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out by tradition in many parts of Ireland, 



424. 



Streets at Armagh, noticed, 151. 

 Stuart, Dr., his History of Armagh quoted, 



158. 



Stylite columns See Anchorite Towers. 

 Suibhne Mac Maelehumai, 324, 325 ; inscribed 



tombstone of, at Clonmacnoise, ib. 

 Suidhe Coeil, [eccl. vel mon.], 137. 

 Sun-worship, connexion of, with the science of 



astronomy, 69- 

 Swords, lower and upper doorways of the Round 



Tower of described, 399, 400. 



origin of the church of, 400. 



Sylloge. See Ussher. 



T. 



Tadgan, or Tadhgan, inscribed tombstone of, 



at Clonmacnoise, 326. 

 chief of Teffia, at the close of the ninth 



century, 326 ; progenitor of the Foxes, ib. ; 



period at which he flourished, 327. 

 Tailtenn, or Taillteann, pagan cemetery of, 



98, 99, 100, 101, 104, 105, 106. 



annual marriage custom of, 40. 



battle of, 42. 



sports of, 50, 105, 106. 



Tallaght, Martyrology of. See Martyrology. 

 Tamlaghtard, tomb of St. Catanus at, 450, 452. 

 Tamlaghtfinlagan, County of Londonderry, 



Round Tower of, age of, 392. 

 Tamnach, ancient church of, founded by St. 



Patrick, 179. 

 Tara, battle of, in 974 ; 273. 



court held by Cormac at, 98, 100. 



History and Antiquities of, by the Au- 

 thor, referred to, to disprove the existence 



of a Tower at Tara, 40, 41. 

 kings of, used to bury anciently at Oenach 



Cruachan, 99, 100, 101. 



departure of Lughaidh Lamhf hada from, 



383, 384. 



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Tara, or Teamhair, palace of, noticed by Co- 

 merford, 40. 



St. Patrick at, 334. 



unlawful that a king with a personal 



blemish should reside at, 98, 100. 



Tassach, one of St. Patrick's artificers, 201. 



Teach screptra, at Armagh, 147, 149; domus 

 Scripturarum sanctarum, a mistranslation of 

 the name, by O'Conor, 148; translated Bib- 

 liotfieca, by Colgan, 149; translated the Li- 

 brary by Mageoghgan, 150. 



Teamhair, or Tarah, palace of, noticed by Co- 

 merfbrd, 40. 



Teampull Beag Mhic Duach, on the greater 

 Island of Aran, dimensions and age of, 348. 



Teampull Chormaic, 287, 288, 309. See Cor- 

 mac's Chapel. 



Teampull Finghin, or Fineen's church, at 

 Clonmacnoise, historical notice of, 266. 



the cemetery of the Mac Carthy 



family, 267, 268. 



the great oak of, at Clonmacnoise, 



prostrated, 267- 

 remains of, treated of, 264-268 ; 



chancel archway of, described, 264, 265 ; 

 measurements of archway of, 265 ; age of 

 church of, 265-268. 

 Round Tower attached to, 187, 264, 



268, 390 ; detailed description of, 413, 414. 



Teampull Mac Diarmada at Clonmacnoise, 271. 



Teampull Mor Mhic Duach, church, erected 

 by St. Colman Mac Duach, on the Great Is- 

 land of Aran, 176 ; doorway of, 175, 176. 



Teampull na Sourney, dimensions of, 348. 



Teffia, chief of, 326 ; chiefs of, 327, 328. 



Teige, the brother of Cormac Mac Carthy, 309. 



Telach Ard, near Trim, Hound Tower of, burn- 

 ed, 373. 



Telach n-ionmainne in Ossory, supposed to 

 be the present Tullamaine, near Callan, in 

 the County of Kilkenny, cloictheach or bel- 

 fry of, split by lightning in 1121, according 

 to Four Masters, 67. 



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