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INDEX. 



the style of building of, and that of Cloyne 

 Tower Mr. Black, 96. 



Brechin, Round Tower of, age of, 408. 



representation of the crucifixion over 



the doorway of, 407, 408. 



Bregia [6pe S a], 99, 101. 



Bregia, lord of, 213. 



Bregia, plain of, churches erected by St. Pa- 

 trick in, 141. 



Ailell Bregmach, i. e. of Bregia, 104. 



Bregoig, 266. [Name of a place.] 



Brehon Laws, quoted or referred to, 61, 62, 

 212, 213, 215, 216, 217, 343, 344, 379, 380 

 (bis). 



commentaries on, referred to, 337. 



fragment of, in Lib. T. C. D., re- 

 ferred to, 348, 361, 362. 



glossary of the, quoted, 338. 



fragment of, in commentary on MS. 



T. C. D., quoted, 361, 362. 

 Breifny, chief of, 444. 

 Brendan, St., monastic establishment of, on 



Inishglory, character of, 126, 127. 

 Bres. See Fidhnemhna. 

 Brethan, Ochter n-Achid purchased by, 218. 

 Brewer's, Mr., opinion of the age of Cormac's 



chapel, 287. 

 Brian Borumha, Mac Liag's life of. See Mac 



Liag. 



character and actions of, 387, 388. 



churches erected or re-erected by, 



239, 274, 278, 280, 281. 

 1 daimliacs, cloictheachs, and duir- 



theachs, built by, 387. 



his well on High Island, 423. 



Round Tower of Tomgraney re- 



paired by, 386. 

 Brick, river, Co. Kerry, 397. 

 Bricksworth, in Northamptonshire, church of, 



237. 



Brick-work, examples of, in ancient Irish eccle- ' 

 siastical buildings, 1 87. 



Bridam, in Bregia, church of, 141. 

 Bridget, St., church dedicated to, 339. 

 church dedicated to, at Rosenallis, 



43. 

 slipper of, 338, 339 ; inscriptions on, 



339; where formerly preserved, 339. 



Life of, by Cogitosus, quoted, 196, 



197 See Cogitosus. 



Life of, in the Leabhar Breac, 441. 



shrine of, at Kildare, 196, 197, 198, 



200, 202. 



Tower of, at Kildare, Vallancey's ob- 



servations concerning, 27, 28. 



Kitchen of, at Kildare, 441. 



suburbs of Kildare marked out by, 



51. 



covered well of, at Faughard, 450. 



Bridget, St., of Oughterard, Co. Kildare, dif- 

 ferent from the great St. Bridget, church 

 founded by, 403. 



Brigantium, or Brigents, monastery at, founded 

 by St. Gall, 420. 



Brighit, meaning of the name, 28. 



Brighit, the poetess, the daughter of the Dag- 

 da, 28. 



Britain, earliest inhabitants of, 69- 



Britannia, SS. quinquaginta Monachos de, 

 137. 



British ecclesiastics in Ireland, 136, 137. 



Britons, ancient churches of, 126. 



(i. e. religious) in Ireland, 191. 



(probable) size of the earliest churches 



erected by, 194. 



Britway, Co. Cork, ancient parish church of, 

 doorway of, described, 179, 180; apparent 

 age of church, 180; to whom dedicated, 180. 



Brogan, scribe to St. Patrick, 165. 



Bronus, Bishop, church of, see Killaspugbrone, 

 178. 



Browne, Rev. Mr., of Kildare, ancient coins 

 found by, within the Round Tower of Kil- 

 dare, 209. 



