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INDEX. 



of the Round Towers, 7, 8 ; his assertion as 



to the non-existence of stone buildings in 



Ireland before A. D. 838 ; 8. 

 Ward, his Life of St. Romuald, referred to, 



136. 

 Ware, Sir James, his statement that the Irish 



did not begin to build with stone and mortar 



until the twelfth century, 122; refutation 



of this statement, 1 26, et seq. 

 assertion of, 307; opinions of, 198, 222, 



266, 331; quoted in English, 275, 278; 



referred to, 325. 

 his Antiquities of Ireland referred to, or 



quoted, 9, 31 1, 423. 

 Irish MS. translated into English for, 



265, 266, 442. 



his Bishops referred to, 202. 

 Harris's edition of his Bishops quoted, 



171, 272. 



Ware, Dr. Hibbert, of York, opinion of, com- 

 municated to Author, 376. 



Warner, the historian, 67. 



Watch-Towers and Beacons, theory of the use 

 of the Round Towers exclusively as, re- 

 jected, 120; in conjunction with other uses, 

 advocated, ib See Beacons. 



Waterford, called Vedrafiord, or Vedra's Ford, 

 by the Danes, 259. 



engagement of the Danes and Irish 



at, 259. 



Wattles, churches built of, 123, 141. 



churches built with, and oak timber, 



124. 



houses built with, and oak timber, 



124. 

 Weapons, found in the monumental remains in 



Ireland, 102. 

 Well, holy, called Tobar Maine, at Aghannagh, 



County of Sligo, 179- 

 Wells, blessed by St. Columbkille, 336. 

 Well-worship, Dr. O'Conor's remarks on, 



quoted, 117. 

 Werner, bishop of Strasburgh, 210. 



Wilkin, Mr., his description of Melbourne 

 Church, in Derbyshire, referred to, 438. 



William the Conqueror, 209, 225. 



Winchester, marble font in cathedral of, 291. 



new tower at, used as a beacon, 376. 



old church and tower of, 376. 



Windele, Mr., of Cork, his arguments in sup- 

 port of the hypothesis, that the Round 

 Towers were used as fire-temples, and occa- 

 sionally, in part, as places of pagan sepulture, 

 with Author's refutation thereof, 71-108. 



fragment of Ogham inscription, stated 



to have been discovered by, in the nave of the 

 ruined church of Ardmore, County of Wa- 

 terford, 80. 



Windows, of ancient Irish churches, number 

 and description of, 161. 



characteristic forms of, with exam- 

 ples, 180-184. 



many in the ancient church of Kil- 



dare, 197, 198, 199. 



remarkable circular one, richly or- 

 namented, in the ancient church of Rathain, 

 King's County, 241 ; in Cormac's Chapel, at 

 Cashel, 301. 



Withern. See Candida Casa. 



Wood, the custom of building both houses and 

 churches with oak timber and wattles, a pe- 

 culiar characteristic of the Scotic race, 124. 



church at Lindisfarne, built by Bishop 



Finian, of sawn wood, covered with reeds, 

 "more Scotorum," 125. 



St. Bernard's remarks on a chapel made 

 of timber, built at Bangor, by St. Malachy, 

 as given by Ware (Harris's ed.), 122. 



Dr. Lanigan's assertion, that the an- 



cient Irish churches were usually built of, 

 126. 

 chapels, or oratories of oak, 342 ; 



oratories, or duirtheachs of, 342-347- 

 churches built of, 124-126.- 



-See 



Wattles. 

 houses built of, 1 26. 



