INDEX. 



487 



Horse Biblicse of Mr. Butler, referred to, 26. 



Horn, probably used in the windows of ancient 

 Irish churches, 183. 



Horses, exacted for ransom, 213. 



House, ancient Pagan, on the great island of 

 Aran, in the Bay of Gal way, described, 128, 

 129. 



House of St. Cuthbert, on the island of Fame, 

 127, 128. 



of the Scriptures, or Manuscripts, at Ar- 

 magh, 147-149 See Teach Screaptra. 

 circular stone, of St. Mac Dara, on Inis 



Mhic Dara, described, 189. 

 Houses of the Firbolg and Tuatha De Danann 



tribes, character of, 126, 128. 

 ancient Irish Christian, 129, 130, 131, 



420, 421, 426, 434. 



monastic, use of wood in, 140. 



or cells, of the abbot and monks in the 



ancient monastic establishments, how con- 

 structed, 127. 

 ecclesiastical, classified with other ec- 



clesiastical buildings, 159. 

 treated of as a class of Irish ecclesias- 



tical buildings, 418-434. 



of wood, 1 26. 



built with oak timber and wattles, 124. 



Hubba, a Danish chief, standard of, 260. 

 Hy. For names beginning with this prefix see 



Ui. 



Hy, or Hyona See lona. 

 Hyde, Dr., his description of the fire temples of 



the Parsi or Guebri, 14. 

 de Eelig. vet. Pers. quoted, 32. 



larlath, successor of, 311, 312, 313. 

 Ibroracht, meaning of, uncertain, 343, 344. 

 Idols, adoration of, 69. 

 Ifars See Ivar. 

 Hand, the great, 266. 



Illuminators of books, celebrity of the early ec- 

 clesiastics in Ireland as, 191. 



Imar, a Danish king, 103, 104. 



Imay island, 423 ; latinised Immagia, 424. 



Imdae in Dagda, the bed of the Dagda, a mo- 

 nument at Brugh na Boinne, 103. 



Imleach-mor [eccles. vel mon.], 137. 



Immagia. See Imay. 



Implements necessary for the church, celebrity 

 of the early ecclesiastics in Ireland as makers 

 of, 191. 



Imposts, square, arches of doorways springing 

 from, 176, 177. 



Imraimh Curaich Mailduin, the Wandering 

 of the Curach of Maelduin, an ancient Irish 

 tract, where preserved, 378 ; quoted, ib. 



Inbher Colptha, origin of name, 102, 103. 



Inbhear DeaiB, Gentiles of, 202. 



Inchaguile, 163, 165, 167. See Templepatrick. 



Inclined sides of arched doorways in ancient 

 Irish churches noticed, 176. 



a characteristic of the windows 



of ancient Irish churches, 180, 181. 



jambs of triumphal or chancel arches, 



generally have an inclination, corresponding 

 with those of the doorways and windows, 

 185. 



Inclusoria, a name erroneously said to be ap- 

 plied to the Bound Towers, 112, 116; this 

 statement refuted, 113. 



Dunchad O'Braoin, said to have be- 

 taken himself into a hermitage so termed, 

 116. 



Inclusorii, anchorites, 73- 



India, 71, 72. 



Indian temples, stated to be similar to the 

 Round Towers, 68. 



Indo-Scy thians, origin of the Round Towers at- 

 tributed to, 13. See Phoenician. 



Ingots of gold and silver used for money by 

 the ancient Irish, 212, 213. 



Inis an Ghoill Chrabhthaigh, now Inchaguile, 



