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INDEX. 



Beuen, St., or Benignus, disciple of St. Patrick, 

 his escape from the machinations of the Magi, 

 at Tara, 334.- 



the virgin Crumther is intrusted to 



his care, 347- 



oratory of, dimensions of, 348. 



church of Gill Benen, erected by, 



444. 



Benn, the stone of. See Lecc Benn. 



Bentham, Rev. J., his Eemarks on the Saxon 

 Churches referred to, 437, 438. 



Beranger, Monsieur, drawings made by, referred 

 to, 245, et alibi. 



Beresford's, Rev. Mr., authority respecting the 

 Tower of Drumlahan, 114. 



Bernard's, St., Life of St. Malachy, quoted or 

 referred to, 122, 193, 194, 306, 307, 330, 

 336, 346. 



Bernicius, disciple of St. Patrick, 164, 165. 



Betham, Sir William, a supporter of the Bud- 

 dhist theory, 108. 



_ an advocate for the belief that the 



Round Towers were occasionally in part ap- 

 plied to sepulchral purposes, 79, 80. 



his statement of bones having been 



found within the Towers of Ram Island and 

 Timahoe, examined, 82. 

 observations of, concerning the hu- 



man bones stated to have been found in the 

 Round Tower of Timahoe, examined, 414- 



416. 



Notice of another statement of, as to 



the Round Towers, 417. 

 Antiquarian Researches referred to, 



335. 



Etruria-Celtica quoted, 414, 415. 



remarks on the word pallium, 336. 



Bhaugulpore, in Hindostan, two Towers found 



near, stated to bear an exact resemblance to 



those of Ireland, 31,68, 69. 

 Towers at, not proved to have been 



fire-temples, or of any .remote antiquity, 74. 



Bigari, Signor, drawings made by, referred to, 

 245. 



Bile Dathen, in Tir Maine, origin of name, 105, 

 106 ; more modern name of, 105, 106. 



Bili Scathen, in Tir Maine, ancient name of, 

 105, 106. 



Bingham's Origiues Ecclesiastic referred to, 

 199. 



Monasteries in the East described 



by, 419. 



Biorno, king of Sweden, 211. 



Bishops, irregular succession of, in Ireland, 

 noticed by St. Bernard, 306. 



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



Blacar IL, king of Dublin, 223. 



Black, Mr., his History of Brechin, quoted, 92, 

 93. 



account of excavations recently made; 



under his direction, within the Round Tower 

 of Brechin, 94-96. 



Blaimac, abbot of Clonmacnoise, inscribed tomb- 

 stone of, 323. 



Blaitiniu, in Bregia, church of, 141. 



Blathmac, the son of Aedh Slaine, 242. 



Boadan, cave of the. sepulchre of, 103, 104. 



Boann, from whom the River Boyne, who, 

 213. 



Bobbio, church of St. Columbanus at, belfry 

 upon, 393. 



Boethius Episcopus, SS. 510, qui ex partibus 

 transmariuis venerunt cum S. Boethio Epis- 

 copo, 137. 



Boiun, the wife of Nechtan, the grave of. See 

 Fert na Boinne. 



Bollandists, Acta Sanctorum of, quoted, or re- 

 ferred to, 109, 170, 171, 419, 420, 443. 



Bones, human, stated to have been found in 

 the Towers of Drumbo, Maghera, Timahoe, 

 and Abernethy (Scotland), 89. 



account of those stated to have been 



found in the Tower of Drumbo, communi- 

 cated by Mr. Edward Getty, of Belfast, 90, 



