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INDEX. 



Aran, the great island of, dimensions of stone 



oratories on, 348. 



fortress of Muirbhech Mil on, 446. 



monastic buildings of St. Colman 



Mac Duach, at Kilmurvey, on, 421. 

 middle island of, church of Kilcananagh 



on, 187, 188 ; window of, 183. 



. stone oratory of St. Ceanannach on, 



348. See Ceanannach. 

 Arch, art of constructing, unknown to the Irish 



anterior to the introduction of Christianity, 



356. 

 principle of the, not found in ancient 



houses of abbots and monks, 127; nor in the 



ancient oratories in Corcaguiny, 131. 

 the lintel arch declared to be Pelasgic by 



Windele, 73. 

 semicircular, known at an early period 



in China; found in the ancient baths and 

 palaces of Mexico, &c., Windele, 73. 



. used in the doorways of ancient Irish 



churches, 176, et seq. 

 peculiar, used in windows in an- 



cient Irish churches, 181-183. 

 - chancel archway, ornamented at Glenda- 



lough, treated of, 254-258, 262, 263. 



chancel, ornamented, 240, 241. 



triumphal, connected the nave with the 



chancel, or sanctuary, of the ancient Irish 



churches, 161. 

 Arches, triumphal or chancel, in the larger 



churches, standing in the division between 



the nave and the chancel, description of, 1 84, 



185. 

 Archdall, erroneous statements of, 215, 236, 



242, 335, 336. 

 his Monasticon Hibernicum quoted or 



referred to, 253, 259, 422. 

 Architecture Author's Essay on the Ancient 



Military Architecture of Ireland, referred to, 



79, 126. 

 Architecture or masonry of the Bound Towers 



and that of the ancient churches erected be- 

 fore the twelfth century, the same, 36. 



Architecture, Eomanesque, 230, 237. 



ancient Irish, previously to the 



Danish irruptions, 317. 



of wells, tombs, and mills, 449-452. 



Architrave, flat, or band, sometimes decorates 

 doorways of ancient Irish churches, 161. 



flat projecting, presented in many 



instances by the doorways of ancient [i. e., 

 primitive] Irish churches, 167-170; instance 

 of intention of adding an architrave, which 

 was never completed, 172, 173. 



windows of ancient Irish churches 



generally decorated with, when similar orna- 

 ment is found in the doorways, 184. 



Archway, chancel, ornamented, 264, 265. 



Ardfert, anchorite habitations stated by Win- 

 dele to exist at, 73. 



Ardmagilligan, 201. 



Ardmore, anciently called Ard na g-caerach, 

 i. e., Altitudo ovium, in the Latin life of St. 

 Declan, 83. 



Tower of, 81, 82 Corbel stones of, 



396; bands or belts of, 397, 398. 



examination of Mr. Windele' s opi- 



nions concerning, 82-84. 

 cell of St. Declan at, called Monachan, 



Windele, 73. 



Declan's dormitory at, 353. 



Ard na g-caerach, ancient name of Ardmore, 83. 



Ard-Oilean, or High Island, off the coast of 

 Connamara, character of monastic establish- 

 ment on, 1 27. 



description of one of the ancient 



houses at, 130, 131 See High Island. 



Areida, the family of, 214, 215. 



Argenteus, or denarius, Roman, 219- 



Argetbor, in Bregia, church of, 141. 



Argyrotheca, at Armagh, 156, 381. 



Armagh, in old Irish sometimes written Ardd 

 mache, as in the Book of Armagh, 157- 



