INDEX RAISONNE. 



Introduction. — Advantages of inquiring into the History and Antiquities of Ireland and plan of the present 

 Essay, pp. 3 to 10. — On the early colonization of Ireland from Asia, and the subsequent intercourse 

 with the Phoenicians, pp. 10 to 37. 



SUBJECTS. 



Names given to and Notices of Ireland, 

 History, Social and Political, . . - . 



Government and Constitution, ... 

 Legislation,. ------- 



rPoly theism, . - . - - 

 Sun and Fire worship, and incidentally of 

 Druidism, - - i - 

 Religion. < Idolatry, -.-,-- 

 Christianity, wherein of discipline, doc- 

 trine, foreign missions, &o. 

 I^Wodenism, or Religion of the Danes, 

 Karly use of letters, and philology generally, 

 Schools and Education, . . . - - 



( History and Annals- 

 writing, - - - - - 



Poetry, ..---- 



Sciences. < Music, 



Navigation, - - - - . 



Astronomy, . - - - - 



t Medicine, - - - - - 



Learned Men, ------- 



'Architecture, civil, military, and ecclesi- 

 astical, wherein of round towers, raths, 

 funeral mounts, casiols, caves, &c. 

 Agriculture, - - - - - 



Mining, ------ 



Arts. -i Works in gold, silver, and other 



metals, - - - - - 



Painting, statuary, and sculpture, 



Art of war, - - - _ _ 



Chariots, use of - - - - 



l^Naval Architecture, . - - - 

 Commerce, ------- 



Coinage, money, &c. - - j» - 



Dress, -------- 



Amusements, ------- 



Marriages, ------- 



Manners generally, ------ 



Death-bed rites, funeral ceremonies, &c. 



PERIODS INTO WHICH THE ESSAY IS DIVIDED. 



A.D. 1 (0 431. 



PAGES. 



38 to 41 and 70 



41 to 70 



71 to 77 



75 to 78 



79 



80 to 89 & 139 to 149 

 83, 84 and 148. 



89 to 95 



96 to 110 



110 to 111 



111 to 114 

 114 



114 



115 to 116 

 116 



116 to 117 



117 to 149 

 149 to 150 

 151, 159 and 160 



151 



152 to 155 

 155 to 157 



157 to 158 



158 to 160 



160 to 161 

 161 



161 to 163 

 163 



165 to 170 

 163 to 165 



A. D. 431 to 795. 



PACES. 



171 to 173 

 173 to 177 

 177 

 177 to 180 



213 to 214 



180 to 217 



218 to 220 

 220 to 223 



223 



223 to 224 



224 to 226 



226 to 227 



227 to 229 

 229 



229 to 232 



233 to 239 

 239 to 241 



241 to 242 



242 to 243 

 245 to 246 



244 



246 to 247 



248 to 249 



249 



249 



250 



202 to 203 



250 to 251 



A. D. 795 to 1014. 



PAGES. 



252 to 253 



253 to 269 



269 to 270 



270 to 271 



271 to 276 

 276 to 279 



271 and 279 to 280 



280 



280 



280 to 282 



282 



282 



282 to 283 



283 to 284 



285 to 289 

 289 to 290 



290 to 291 

 291 



291 to 292 

 292 



292 to 294 

 294 to 295 

 295 



295 to 296 



.4. D. 1014 to 1172. 



PACES. 



297 to 300 

 300 to 311 

 311 to 316 

 316 to 317 



342 



343 to 348 

 348 to 350 

 350 



350 to 361 



351 to 352 



352 to 354 



354 



355 to 358 



358 



360 to 361 



360 



318, 325-6, 362-3 



359,361-2 



363 to 365 



Conclusion.— Internal Evidences of Irish History. — Spoliation of the Annals, &c. — Review of the Irish 

 Writers, published by Doctor O'Conor. — Remarks on the Irish Language. — Summing up, &c. 

 p. 366 to p. 379. 



