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INDEX. 



Kieran, St., of Clonmacnoise, comharb of, 338, 

 377. 



erdam of, at Clonmacnoise, 435. 



church of, at Glendalough See 



Glendalough. 

 instructor of, 267. 



miraculous interposition of, 270, 27 1 



original foundation of Clonmacnoise 



by, referred to, 270. 



sculptures on stone cross at Clon- 

 macnoise relating to, 270, 271. 

 death of, 433. 



Kilbannon, near Tuam, church of, erected 

 within the fort called Dun Lughaidh, 444. 



Kilcananagh, on the Middle Island of Aran, 

 window of the church of, 183. 



Kilcullen, bracteate pennies found near, 228. 



Kildare, existence at, of a belfry separate from 

 the church in or before the seventh century, 

 indicated, 378. 



ancient city and suburbs of, an invio- 

 lable asylum, 203. 



. church of, description of, by Cogitosus, 



with English translation, 196-198; orna- 

 mented doorway in church, in the time of 

 Cogitosus, 196-198, 206; observations on 

 Cogitosus's description, 198-206. 



bracteate pinginns, or pennings, con- 



jectured to have been ecclesiastical coins 



minted there, 229. 



curragh or plain of, 206. 



kitchen of St. Bridget at, notice of, 



441. 



manuscript of the Four Evangelists 



preserved at ; Cambrensis' description of, 

 205. 



plundered by the Danes, 229. 



seniors and ecclesiastics of, made cap- 



tives by the Danes, 229 ; redeemed, ib. 



great house of St. Bridget at, 229. 



derthach of, 229. 



Tower of, characterized by features of 



Christian architecture, that will leave no 

 doubt of its real era, 45. 



Kildare, Round Tower of, apertures of, in a cor- 

 responding style with the doorway, 207- 



Cambrensis's story of the hawk which 



frequented it, 206, 207 ; ancient coins found 

 in the interior area of, described, 209 ; age 



of these coins examined, 209-230 See 



Coins. 



. ornamented doorway of the, age of, 



examined, 206-231 ; description of doorway 



of, 207, 230, 231. 

 Kilkenny MS., quoted, 171. 

 Kill-achuidh, church of the two Sinchells of, 1 37. 

 Killadreena, Co. Wicklow, doorway of church 



of, 180, 187. 

 Killala, the erection of the Round Tower of, 



ascribed to the Goban Saer, 382. 

 Killaloe, the family of, 143. 

 cathedral of, treated of, 274, 275 ; erec- 

 tion of, 274; age of, 274, 275, 440. 

 ancient Irish name of, 274 ; churches at, 



treated of, 274-278; church erected at, by 



Brian Borumha, 274. 



church on the island near, 440. 



small stone-roofed church at, treated 



of, 274-278; age of, 275-278; architectural 

 features of, treated of, 276-278. 

 St. Flannan's house at, 433. 



Killaspugbrone, Co. Sligo, doorway of the very 

 ancient church of, described, 178; meaning 

 of name, ib. ; probable age of church of, ib. ; 

 church of, by whom and for whom originally 

 founded, ib. 



Killatleibhe, chapel of, 266. 



Killcluain, chapel of, ib. 



Killcluayn, ib. 



Killcorpain, chapel of, ib. 



Killcyugh, ib. 



Kill Dacire, ib. 



Killdareis, S. SineUus de, 380 ; Sinell of Cill 

 Airis, 381. 



