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INDEX. 



Arts (Les), au Moyen Age, referred to, 248, 



304. 



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

 Athelstan, king of the Saxons, 224. 

 Athfara [name of a place], 266. 

 Auisle [a Danish king], 103, 104. 

 Auxilius, one of the seven sons of the Lombard, 



and nephew of St. Patrick, 166. 



B. 



Baal. See Bel. 

 Baal-theine. See Bel-theine. 

 Babylonia, remains of the tower of, Windele, 72. 

 Bachall, application of the word in Irish au- 

 thorities, 304. 

 Baculum Jesu, i. e. the crozier of St. Patrick, 



156, 330. 

 Bagdad, fire temple near, said to resemble the 



Round Towers, 69- 



pillar observed by Major Keppel, be- 

 tween Coot and Bagdad, Windele, 72. 

 Baislecc, church of, given by St. Patrick to one 



of his disciples, 164. 

 Baldhuninega, 214. 

 Balla, County of Mayo, Church and Tower, 



erected by St. Mochua, at 449. 



etymology of its name, ib. 



Bally Mac Moyre, in the Co. of Armagh, origin 



of the name, 330, 331. 

 Ballynakill, barony of Ballynahinch, County of 



Gal way, patron saint of parish church, 188. 

 Ballynasliebh, in the County of Kilkenny, 



Druidic temple stated to be at, 32. 

 Ballysadare, religious persons who assembled at, 



to meet St. Columbkille, referred to, 319- 

 Banagher, County of Londonderry, church of, 



450. 



Tomb at, ib. 



Bandon, cave in a rath west of, 80. 



Bangor, or Benchor, oratory at, built by St. 



Malachy, 346. 



Bangor, St. Bernard's account of St. Malachy's 

 laying the foundation of a chapel of stone 

 at, as given by Ware (Harris's ed.) 122. 



St. Bernard's remarks on a chapel 



made of timber, built at Bangor by St. 

 Malachy, as given by Ware (Harris's ed.) 

 122. 



St. Bernard's account of the laying of 



the foundation of a church at, by St. Malachy, 

 193, 194. 



remains of abbey church of, extant in 



the last century, age of, 194. 



devastated, 202 ; shrine of St. Corn- 

 gall at, ib. 



Bare Crimthaind Nianair, the Bare of Crim- 

 than Nianar, a sepulchral monument at 

 Brugh na Boinne, 102, 103. 



Bard, seven sons of the, 165 See Restitutus 

 Lombard. 



Bards, contention of the, alluded to, 414. 



Barque-building, payment for, 343, 344. 



Basilica, origin of the name (Hope quoted), 191. 



. . application of, with Irish writers, 142, 



143, 144, '145, 149, 151, 152, 153, 154, 157. 



Roman, resemblance of ancient Irish 



churches to, 161. 



Baslic, origin and application of the word, 1 42. 



Basnage, the editor of Canisius, quoted, 198. 



Battle-fields in Ireland, localities of, stated in 

 ancient MSS., 102. 



Baumgarten, Dr., 26. 



Beacons, theory of the use of the Round Towers 

 exclusively as watch-towers and beacons re- 

 jected, 120 ; in conjunction with other uses 

 advocated, ib. ; arguments in favour of the 

 theory of the probable use of the Round 

 Towers as beacons and watch-towers, 375- 

 377. 



Bead-moulding, windows of ancient Irish 

 churches generally decorated with, where 

 similar ornament is found in the doorways, 

 184. 



