INDEX. 



461 



91 ; observations on the above statements, 

 89-92. 



Bones, stated to have been found interred 

 within the Tower at Ram-Island in Antrim, 

 and also in that of Timahoe, 72; observa- 

 tions on the statement, 79, 82. 



observations of the statement of human, 



having been found in the Tower of Aber- 

 nethy, 92, 93. 



great varieties of, and a few human, 



stated to have been found within the Round 

 Tower of Brechin, in Scotland, 93-96. 



more or less calcined, found in the mo- 

 numental remains in Ireland, 102. 



unburned, found within the mounds at 



Rathcroghan, 106. 



Book of Armagh, quoted or referred to, 1 25, 

 141, 160, 165, 178, 179, 192, 218, 335, 380. 



history of, 330-332. 



. ancient Irish name of, 330, 338 ; here- 

 ditary stewardship of, 330, 331; contents of, 

 331 ; real age of the MS., 332. 



leather case of, treated of, 329-332. 



legend connected with, 334. 



- reverence paid to, 338 See Tirechan. 



Book of Ballymote, quoted or referred to, 63, 



102, 103, 165, 216, 289, 343, 381, 382, 383, 



384. 

 Book of Fenagh referred to and quoted, 444, 



445. 



where preserved, ib. 



Book of Kells, now in Libr. T. C. D., beauty 



and splendour of, 205. 



notice of ornament used in, 230. 



stolen, 55, 436. 



Book of Lecan, quoted or referred to, 27, 107, 



141, 165, 283, 284, 379, 381, 382, 383, 



384. 

 Book of Leinster, quoted or referred to, 30, 



136, 337, 392, 393. 

 Book of Lismore, quoted, 369- 

 Book of Rathain Ua Suanaigh, 350. 



Borumha Laighean, a tax, abolition of, 392, 

 393. 



Bovevagh, County of Londonderry, tomb at the 

 church of, 451. 



Boyne, [6oano,] river, 98, 100, 166, 213. 



sepulchral mounds on the, 1 03. 



monastery on the bank of the, 391- 



Brabazon, captain, Four Masters, A. D. 1583 ; 6 1 . 



BRACTKATE coins, antiquity of, on the Conti- 

 nent and in Ireland, 209-230. 



found within the Round Tower of 



Kildare, description of, 209 ; age of, examined, 

 209-230. 



the earliest struck in Denmark, 



225. 



or pinginns, probably of greater an- 

 tiquity in Ireland than the screpalls, 228. 



ecclesiastical, 228, 229. 



Irish, of a peculiar type, 218. 



pieces of seven grains, the real pen- 



nies of Ireland, 225 ; have every claim to an 

 Irish origin, ib. 

 formerly in the collection of the 



Dean of St. Patrick's, 226. 

 Irish bracteate penny, in the collec- 



tion of Dr. Aquilla Smith, 321. 

 application of the term, 209. 



Braminical language, 26. 



Brass, artificer in, 201. 



Brecan, St., church of, on the great Island of 



Aran, 138. 

 grave-stone of, on the great Island of 



Aran, with Latin inscription, 138, 139- 

 founder of Ardbraccan, Co. Meath, 



1 38 ; whence descended, ib. 

 another small stone in same place 



inscribed with his name, 139- 

 Brechin in Scotland, Round Tower at, 374. 

 Mr. Black's account of excavations re- 

 cently made under his direction within the 

 Round Tower of, 94-96. 

 Round Tower of, resemblance between 



