INDEX. 



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Brugh, an ancient pagan cemetery of the kings 

 of Tara, 98, 99, 100, 101, 104, 105, 106. 



the burial place of the nobles of the 



Tuatha De Danann, 99, 101. 



the first king interred at, 99, 100. 



Brugh mic Inoic, the pagan cemetery Brugh so 

 called in an ancient MS. 98, note e . 



Brugh na Boinno, on the bank of the Boyne, 

 monuments at the royal cemetery of, de- 

 scribed from the Book of Bally mote, 102, 

 103. 



Brugh, Aenach in Broga, mounds at, 105, 

 106. 



Brunless, in Brecknockshire, castle of, 364 ; 

 comparison of, with the Round Towers of 

 Ireland, 364, 365 ; Mr. King's opinion as to 

 the erectors and origin of, 364, 365. 



ancient round castle of, compared 



with the Hound Tower of Ireland, 395. 



Buailcc Bee, the cave of, a monument. See 



Derc m-Buailce m-Bic. 

 Buddhism, Windele, 71. 

 Buddhist saints, reliques of, (Betham quoted), 



414. 



temples, theory that the Eound 



Towers were Phallic emblems, or Buddhist 

 temples, adverted to, 108. 



Buidi, the son of Muiredh, the pillar-stone of, 

 where his head is interred. See Liag Buidi, 

 mic Muiredha. 



Builder, chief. See Ollamh Saer. 



Bulbous, or tun-shaped bases, treated of, 237. 



Bulgari, Round Tower at, called Misger, no- 

 ticed by Vallancey from Pallas, 31. 



Bulgarian Tower, somewhat similar in size and 

 form to the Irish Towers, asserted by Vallancey 

 from a conjectural etymology of its name, 

 Misgir or Midsgir, to have been a fire-tem- 

 ple, 15; refuted by Dr. Ledwich, 15. 



Buonarotti, Osservazioni sopra alcuni Fram- 

 menti di Vetro, referred to, 200. 



Burning or Cremation, human bones discovered 



in the Tower of Timahoe, stated by Win- 

 dele to have undergone the pagan process of 

 cremation, 72 ; author's disbelief of the 

 statement, 79 ; further examination of, 82. 



Butler, Mr., Horse Biblicec of, 26. 



Byzantine character, 133. See Grseco-Roman. 



C. 



Cadan, St., Tomb of, at Tamlaghtard, 451. 

 Caeman, one of St. Patrick's masons, 141. 

 Caiceach, Vallancey's explanation of name, 1 8. 

 Caillin, St., monastery of Fenagh, in the County 



of Leitrirn, erected by, 444, 445. 

 Cailte, the foster-son of Finn Mac Cumhaill, 



107, 108. 

 Caitnin, St., original church of, on Inishcaltra, 



278, 281. 

 Cainchell, meaning of the word, 204. 



an urlair, at Derry, 446. 



Caisel Aengusa, mic Crundmaeil, at Brugh na 



Boinne, 103. 

 Caisel- Irra, situated in the district of Cuil-Irra, 



County of Sligo, bishop of, 178. 

 Calendar of Cashel, extract from, as translated 



by Colgan, quoted, 166, 352. 

 Calendars, Irish, referred to, 243. 

 Calphurnius, the father of St. Patrick, 166. 

 Cambrensis, Giraldus, referred to, or quoted, 



7, 8, 12, 13, 44, 49, 205, 206, 207. 

 notice of the ecclesiastical towers by, 



misinterpretation of, by Mr. D' Alton, 44- 



47. 



Cambrensis Eversus. See Lynch. 

 Camden, Gibson's edition of, referred to, 223, 



224. 

 Candida Casa, now Withern, in Scotland, church 



of, 140. 

 Canisius, 3S5. 

 Canoin Phatraic, the ancient Irish name of the 



Book of Armagh, 330, 338. See Book of 



Armagh. 



