INDEX. 



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magh, quoted or referred to, 125, 141, 160, 

 165, 178, 179, 192, 218, 335 See Book of 

 Armagh. 



Tirerrill, Barony, County of Sligo, ancient name 

 of, 179. 



Tir Oililla, now anglicised Tirerrill, County of 

 Sligo, 179. 



Tlachtgha, fair of, celebrated with fires, 30, 

 40. 



Tobar Maine, at Aghannagh, County of Sligo, 

 whence called, 179 See Manius. 



Tobar na druadh, County of Kilkenny, 450. 



Toi, church of, at Armagh, 146. 



Toirdhelbhach, King ofConnaught, 143, 144. 



Toirdhelbhach, or Turlough O'Conor, monarch 

 of Ireland. See O'Conor. 



Toirinis, " which was called Tor Conuing," 

 Vallancey's explanation of, 16; author's opi- 

 nion as to the origin of the name, ib. 



Tomb, ancient, at the church of Boveva, in the 

 County of Londonderry, 45 1 . 



Tombs of the ancient Irish ecclesiastics, 



architecture of, 450. 



on the Islands of Aran, like pagan 



monuments, 450. 

 Tombstones, ancient Irish, ornaments common 



on, 256, 322-328, 339- 

 Tomgraney, County of Clare, Round Tower of, 



repaired, 386, 387. 

 erection of the great church and 



Bound Tower of, 377. 

 Tor See Tur. 



Torach, a name for Tory Island, 16. 

 Toracha Insula, a Latinising of Torach, ib. 

 Tor-Breoghain, 44. 

 Tor-Conuing, a name for Toirinis, Vallancey's 



explanation of, 16, 44; Author's opinion as 



to the origin of the name, ib. 

 Torna Eiges, the poet, 105, 106. 

 Ciarraigi, given as a reward to a 



poet, 105, 106. 

 Torus, or bead moulding, used in doorways of 



ancient Irish churches, 177. 



Tory Island, off the north coast of the County 

 of Donegal, derivation of name of, 403. 



monastery of, foundation of, ib. 



Round Tower of, 16; doorway of, 



403. 



Tower of the patriarch Jacob, near Bethle- 

 hem, 19. 



Tower of St. Bridget, at Kildare, Vallancey's 

 observations concerning the name of, 27, 28. 



Towers, Anglo-Saxon, detached, 376. 



character of the ancient military, in the 



British isles, 364. 



Towns, birth usually given to, by monasteries, 

 not to monasteries by towns, 36. 



Traigh Tuirbi, now Turvy, County of Dublin, 

 origin of the name, 382, 383. 



Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 

 quoted, 38. 



of the Iberno-Celtic Society, 38. 



Treana, i. e. Trians, or Thirds, of Armagh, 147, 

 149, 150; Dr. O'Conor's translation of, 148; 



Treasure-houses, monastic See Keeps. 



Trees, a usual ornament in the immediate vici- 

 nity of the ancient Irish churches, 65. 



Tresc, the mound of. See Dumha Tresc. 



Trevet, Treoit, anciently Dumha Dergluachra, 

 the burial-place of king Art, the son of Conn, 

 99, 101. 



duirtheach of, two hundred and sixty 



persons burned in, 349. 



.Triangular-headed windows, examples of, 182, 

 183. 



Trian mor, at Armagh, burned, 151, 442. 



Trian Saxon, at Armagh, burned, 151, 442. 



Trim, Irish name of, 372, 373. 



church of, burned, 372, 373. 



cloichtheach of, burned, 372, 373. 



Trinity, church of the, at Glendalough, win- 

 dow in, described, 181 ; chancel arch of, 185. 

 See Glendalough. 



Tripartite Life of St. Patrick, quoted or re- 

 ferred to, 29, 164, 178, 192, 220, 334, 347, 

 380, 381, 425, 441 See Evin's. 



