lvi 



iii 



of the north of Ireland, 311; underlying 



tabular basalt, 313 ; curved at White 



Head, 300; onion, 302. 

 Basques, the, an Iberian race, 100. 

 Basses Pyrenees, the megalithic remains at, 



472. 



Bathe, William, monument of, at Duleek, 

 97, 98 ; Bathe and Dowdall families, 

 wayside cross of, 98. 



Bathybius, a formation in deep sea mud, 

 543. 



Battle-axe, Scandinavian, 20. 



Bearbha, or Barrow, the river, 445. 



Bearnan Cuileawn, a bell, grant for pur- 

 chase of copperplates of, Append., p. 

 xxxiv. 



Behanagh, the river, 4, 5. 



Bell, copperplates of an ancient, grant for 

 purchase of, p. xxxiv. 



Bell family, arms of, 402, 405. 



Bellew family, arms of, 402, 405. 



Bellewe, Sir John, of Bellewstown, 97. 



Belle wstown, drawings of antiquities at, 

 97. 



Benavides, Don Antonio, elected an Hon. 



Member, 1869, Append., p. xlix. 

 Ben Croaghan, Co. of Antrim, 284. 

 Be-Neid, i.e. Neman, wife ofNeid, 423, 



424. 



Bengore Head, Co. of Antrim, 297 ; geo- 

 logical description of, 304, 306; drawing 

 of, Plate xxiv. 



Bennett, Edward H., elected a Member, 

 Append., p. xv. 



Berger, Dr., his description of whin dykes, 

 near Bally castle, 318. 



Berwick, Judge, a Member, death of, 

 Append., p. xlvi. 



Bicircular Quartics, John Casey on, 44, 

 Append., p. xliii. 



Bifurcation of rivers, 336. 



Bird of valour, 437, 438. 



Birds, two, places frequently named from, 

 169, 170. 



Blackburne, Rt. Hon. Francis, a Member, 



death of, Append., p. xxx. 

 Blackey family, arms of, 402, 405. 

 Black Head, basaltic pillars at, 311. 

 Black mail, or Black rent, exacted, 487. 

 Blackwater, various rivers of the name, 2, 



9, 10. 



Blair family, arms of, 179, 181. 

 Blennerhasset, Sir Rowland, Bart., M. P., 



elected a Member, Append., pp. v, 



xv. 



Bligh family, arms of, 402, 405. 

 Blomius, a quo Slievebloom, 2, 7. 

 Bodb, or Badb, the goddess of war, 424 ; 

 Bodb Derg, who, 436. 



Boeckh, August, an Hon. Member, death 



of, Append., p. xxx. 

 Boinn, the Boyne, 446. 

 Bole, or Ochre. See Ochre. 

 Bolton, William E., a Member, death of, 



Append., p. xxx. 

 Boneyclassagh, basaltic pillars at, 311; 



whin dyke in brecciated trap at, 312. 

 Bopp, Franz, an Hon. Member, death of, 



415, App., p. xxx. 

 Borings near Ballycastle, journal of, 251. 

 Bowerbank, Dr., on sponges, 221, 222. 

 Boyce, James, Governor of Maynooth 



Castle, 485. 

 Boyd family, arms of, 179, 182, 402, 405. 

 Boyne, the river, 1, 446. 

 Brackbawn river, 4, 5. 

 Brady family, arms of, 402, 405. 

 Brague, the termination, signifying pseudo, 



6. 



Brannion family, arms of, 179, 182. 

 Brash, Richard Rolt, account of a souter- 



rain at Curraghely, 72, App., p. xviii ; 



account of an Ogham chamber at 



Drumloghan, App., p. xxiii; on an 



Ogham stone in Glen Fais, 384. 

 Brea, who, 429. 

 Bregoge, the river, 2, 5. 

 Brenan family, arms of, 179, 182. 

 Brewster, Sir David, an Hon. Member, 



death of, App., p. xxx. 

 Brewsterite, found in Co. of Antrim, 324. 

 Brice family, arms of, 402, 405. 

 Broadwater, or the Blackwater, 10, 11. 

 Brogan, Michael, on ancient sepulchral 



monuments in Co. of Galway, 440, 



Append., p. xl. 

 Bronze antiquities found in Indian cairns, 



61. 



Brooch, mammillary, Scandinavian, draw- 

 ing of, 21 ; Tara Brooch, purchase of, 

 App., xxvii ; ancient brooches found at 

 Ardagh, Co. of Limerick, 458. 



Brosnach, the river, 446. 



Brough, Mr., his borings in Co. Antrim, 

 249. 



Brown, Very Rev. Eugene, ancient cro- 

 zier deposited in Museum by, App., iii. 



Brown Devonian grit, in Co. of Antrim, 

 239. 



Browne family, arms of, 179, 182, 402, 

 405. 



Bryan family, arms of, 179, 182. 



Brynnan family, arms of, 179, 182. 



Buas, the river Bush, 447. 



Buchanan family, arms of, 179, 182. 

 i Buckingham and Chandos, Duke of, letter 



of, Append., p. xi. 

 i Buckle, Scandinavian, drawing of, 22. 



