INDEX. 



497 



Minister, or travelling relic, 333, 334, 335, 337 ; 

 meaning and derivation of the word, 333, 

 335; reverence paid to, 337; use of, 338, 

 339 ; meaning of, mistaken by Colgan, 335. 



Mionna, or enshrined relics, treated of, 338; 

 rendered oathes by the old translators of the 

 Irish annals, 338. 



Misgir, or Midsgir, a Tower in Bulgaria, some- 

 what similar, in size and form, to the Irish 

 Towers ; asserted by Vallancey, from a con- 

 jectural etymology of its name, to be a fire 

 temple, 15 ; opinion refuted by Dr. Led- 



wich, ib. 



Misgir, Round Tower at Bulgaria, so called, 31. 



Misquir, Bound Tower, so called, in the midst 

 of the ruins of Kasimof, 31. 



Mitre, use of the, in Ireland, discussed, 335. 



Mochaoi, of Aendruim, 401. 



Mochua, St., founder of Timahoe, 236. 



time when he flourished, 236. 



Mochua, S., filius Luscan, 137. 



Mochua, St., an architect, erector of the church 

 and Round Tower of Balla, in the county of 

 Mayo, 450. 



erector of the mill of St Feichin, at 



Fore, 450. 



death of, 451. 



Mochuda, S., driven from Rathain in the year 



630, 353. 



of Rathain, lands belonging to, 35 1 . 



of Rathain, successor of, 353 See 



Carthach. 

 Rule of, quoted, 425. 



Mochumma, St., Abbot of Drumbo, 399- 



Mogh-Nuadhat, meaning of name, 27. 



Mogornan, one of the seven sons of the Lom- 

 bard, and nephew of St. Patrick, 166. 



Molaisi's house on Devenish island, in Ferma- 

 nagh, 353. See Devenish. 



monastic establishment of, on Inish- 



murry, character of, 126 See Inishmurry. 



Moling, St., Irish Life of, quoted, 345, 392. 



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Moling, St., Life of, in the Book of Leinster, 



quoted, 393. 

 prophecy of, concerning the abolition 



of the tax called Borumha Laighean, 392, 



393. 

 duirtheach of wood built for, 345. 



Molua, St., church at Killaloe ascribed to, 276 ; 



original church of, 278. 

 Molyneux, Dr., his opinions concerning the 



origin and uses of the Round Towers, stated 



in his own words, 8, 9; refuted, 9-11. 

 Monachan, cell of St. Declan, at Ardmore, so 



called, 73. 

 St., of Temple Geal, in the County of 



Kerry, pillar-stone, with ogham inscription, 



marking the grave of, 135- 

 Monasterboice, in the County of Louth, in 



Irish Mainister Buiti, abbots of, 406. 

 the Books of, called of the Monastery 



106. 

 churches at, ages of, 404, 405 ; style 



of masonry, &c., of the oldest of them, 187, 



405. 

 cloictheach, or Round Tower of, 66 ; 



still known by the name of the " cloictheach" 

 ib. ; burning of, 372; age of, 404-406; door- 

 way of, 404, 405. 



the Libur Gerr, which was at, 106. 



Flann of. See Flann. 



richly sculptured stone crosses at; 



ages of, 404, 405 ; inscription carved on one 



of them, 406. 

 Monasteries, ancient Irish, consisted of small 



cells, 385. 

 origin usually given by, to towns, 



not by towns to monasteries, 36. 

 founded by Malachy O'Morgair, 154, 



155. 



founded by the ancient Irish ecclesias- 

 tics on the Continent, 419, 420. 



of the early Christians in the East, 



418, 419. 



