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INDEX. 



Cogitosus's Life of St. Bridget, 199, 203; his 

 opinion concerning the material of the 

 church of Kildare, 199- 



Lanigan, Dr., error of, 242. 



arguments of, concerning the episco- 

 pacy of Cormac Mac Carthy, stated and re- 

 futed, 306, 307. 



his Ecclesiastical History of Ireland 



quoted or referred to, 126, 249, 319, 321. 



Launceston, in Cornwall, castle of, 364. 



Laura, monastic establishment so called, origin 

 of name, 418, 419, 422. 



Leabhar Breac, quoted or referred to, 136, 166, 

 219, 243, 334, 336, 337, 346, 369, 378, 425, 

 437,439,440, 441. 



Leabhar Gabhala of the O'Clerys, referred to, 

 230. 



Leabhar na-h-Uidhre, quoted, with transla- 

 tions, 98-101, 104-108. 



Leac Sinach, the altar stone of St. Sinach, 1 90. 



Lead, great stone church of Armagh covered 

 with, 148, 149. 



roofs of ancient Irish churches perhaps 



sometimes covered with, 162. 



Leath Moye, or Leath Mogha, 288. 



Lecc Benn, the stone ofBenn, atBrugh na 

 Boinne, 103. 



Lecht Cellaigh, mic Mailcobha, the monu- 

 ment of Cellach, son of Maelcobha, at 

 Brugh na Boinne, 103. 



Lecht gabra Cinaoda, mic Irgalaig, the mo- 

 nument of the steed ofCinaedh, son oflrga- 

 lach, at Brugh na Boinne, 103. 



Lecht in Dagda, the monument of the Dagda, 

 a monument at Brugh na Boinne, 102, 103. 



Lecht in Matae, the monument of the monster 

 Mata, a monument at Brugh na Boinne, 

 102, 103. 



Ledwich, Dr., his assertion concerning the 

 age of Cogitosus's Life of St. Bridget ex- 

 amined and refuted, 198-205. 



his opinion concerning the origin of 



the Round Towers, stated in his own words, 



11, 12, 13. 



Ledwich,'Dr., his observations on coins, 228. 

 his refutation of Vallancey's theory 



concerning the Bulgarian Eound Tower, 15. 

 his remarks relative to the Persian 



Towers mentioned by Han way, 31, 32. 



erroneous opinions of, 238, 321. 



his Antiquities, quoted or referred 



to, 223, 224, 248, 251, 255, 256, 257, 259, 



260, 262, 263, 264, 271, 286. 

 Legate, Apostolic, 154, 155. 

 Leinster, the kings of the province of, buried 



at Oenach Ailbi, 105, 106. 

 Lemdruim, now Lorum, County of Carlow, 337- 

 Lepadh Feichin, church of, 391. 

 Lethglais-moir, 137. 

 Lethmor, S. Manchanus de, 137. 

 Lettir erca [ecclesia vel mon. de], 1 37. 

 Lhwyd, Humphrey, his Remarks on the Book 



of Armagh, quoted, 331. 

 Liag Buidi mic Muiredha, the pillar-stone of 



Buidi, the son of Muiredh, at Brugh na 



Boinne, 103. 

 Liath-Macha, the prison of, a monument. See 



Carcar Leith Machae. 

 Libra, Roman, 216. 



Library, 147-150. See Teach Screptra, 

 Libur Budi, an ancient Irish MS., 106. 

 Libur Gerr, an ancient MS. of the Monastery, 



i. e. Monasterboice, account of, 106. 

 Lice na sinnach, 337. 



Liemania, the sister of St. Patrick, 166, 167. 

 , sons of, 166, 167; place of sepulture 



of, 166. 

 Lime cement, use of, wholly unknown to the 



Irish previously to the introduction of Chris- 

 tianity, 36, 128, 356. 



Lime-kiln, erected at Armagh, in 1145, 153. 

 Limerick, the Danes the founders of, 222. 

 Lindisfarne, church built at, by Bishop Finian, 



of sawn wood, covered with reeds, 125. 



