Salmon of knowledge, the,448
Saltair of Tara,72,264,555
Saltair of Cashel,265-6
Saltair na rann,414ff.
Samhan's Day,247
"Sancti Venite,"150
Satire on a prince, mode of,242; power of, to raise blisters,328; the first satire ever made in Ireland,285,409; Dalian threatens Mongan with a satire,411; the satires of Angus O'Daly,476ff.
Saxon invasion of Britain,23; Saxon chronicle,23,42; Saxons flock to Armagh,134; Saxon genealogies given by Mac Firbis,563
Saxo Grammaticus,78
Scansion of Irish classical metres,532
Scathach, a female trainer of warriors,298
Schaffhausen, Library of,184
Schools, curriculum in early Irish,215ff.; Anglo-Saxons educated gratis in the Irish,220; length of term in,529; closed by James I.,554; old Irish texts used in,155
Schoell on Adamnan's Life of Columcille,184
Scots, Irish so called by Claudian,23;see also"Highlands"
Scottish race,i.e., the Irish,164,187; the Irish suffer from the ambiguity of the word "Scottish,"451
Scotia, Ireland so called till the 15th century,34; used for Hibernia,164; confounded with Great Britain,106; Scotland called Lesser Scotia,34
Scots, absurd derivation of the name,45
Scotus Erigena,218,248,448
Scota, daughter of Pharaoh,45
Scott, Sir Walter,400
Script of Adamnan's life of Columcille compared with that of the Book of Armagh,184
Sculpture, Irish,457
Scymnus of Chio, verses on the Celts,6,42
Sea, "the seven daughters of the,"242
Seanchus, or Senchus, Mór, character of,88,283,584ff.;588ff
Seachnall, St.,147-8
Seasons, good or bad, caused by good or bad rulers,28,388
Sedulius of Lüttich,448
Sedulius, abbot of Kildare217-8
Sedulius, author of Carmen Paschale,107
Seefinn,57
Segienus, abbot of Iona,202
Senanus, or Senan, of Iniscathy [Inis Cathaigh],196,213,410
Sencha, the Nestor of the Red Branch,336,589
Senchan, Torpeist, poet,263,411
Servile tribes, the,27,29
Seventh century, the golden age of Irish saga,387
Shield, Dallan's poem on King Aedh's,410
Shannon, origin of the name,447; a Roscommon poem on,448
Siadal, or Sedulius,107
Sidh [shee] mounds, or fairy palaces,96,100
Sidhe [Shee] the,284; the Fomorians, so called,287; friends of Cuchulain,327
Sigerson, Dr., F.R.U.I.,106,133,147,216,409,505,596
Silken, Thomas,493
Silius Italicus describes the Celtic Boii,18
Síol [Sheeol] Carthaigh,61
Síol nDálaigh,64
Skene,76,371
Skriebentium, Irish monks at,449
Slane, Dagobert educated at,220
Sliabh Echtge, poem on,428
Sligo, history of,623
"Slender-with-slender," rule of,482
Slieve Luachra,47
Slieve Bladhma, or Bloom,49
Slieve Cualgni, whence called,49
Slieve Fuad, whence called,49
Snakes, none in Ireland,22,45
Snedgus and Mac Riaghla, voyage of,403
Snow, fall of, described,324
Socrates, his descent,78
Solinus,238
"Son of Ill Council," the,260
Spain, overrun by Celts,5; the Irish take refuge in,553
Spanish stories translated into Irish,572
Spenser,557; on the Irish bards,494ff.
Spiral, the, in Irish art,454
Sru,45
St. John's eve,90-91
St. Gall, monastery of,197,485
St. Paul, in Carinthia monastery of,210
Stag laments for hind,384
State, idea of the State absent from the Irish,252,585
State papers, the,474,525,567
Stapleton, Theobald, author,571,616
Steeds, Cuchulain's,345,350,351
Stems, the four great Irish genealogical,59; Teutonic, ditto,59
Stern, Ludwig Christian,536,540
Stilicho,35
Stone used in Irish buildings,459
Stories, list of, in the Book of Leinster,278; number still existing,279; epitomised in the older texts,296ff.; translated from foreign languages,572;see"Saga"
Stokes, Professor G.,203,214,218,222
Stokes, Dr. Whitley, on Seachnall's Hymn,149; on St. Brigit,161; on the Sindbad story,199; on ogams,113; on the Féilire of Aonghus,265,413; on the meaning of Dagda,287; on"rithim,"486; on the Saltair na Rann,414; his Tripartite Life,43,154; Lives of the Saints,92; Dinnseanchus,93
Stokes, Miss Margaret, Six Months in the Apennines,451; on Irish art,455; on Irish Romanesque,460; on the arrest of Irish development,463
Stowe MSS., the,471
Strongbow,212
"Strong-armed Wrestler," the,597
Strabo on the stature of the Celts,18; calls Ireland Ierne,21
Strachan, studies on the Irish deponent,265,405
Strangers in Ireland,219,222
Stuarts, sentimental affection for the,594
Stuart, Charles Edward,596
Suetonius,149
"Sugar-loaf" mountain, the,49
Suibhne's madness, saga,403
Sullivan, Dr. W.K.,260,399,512
Sun-worship,455
Swift, Dean,ix, proposes to exterminate the Irish language,621
Swords, have speech and sensation,291; sword "of light,"391; make music,id.; juggled with,337,392
T
"Tabhal-lorg," or tablet-staff,117
Tacitus on the Irish,19,21,43
Tadhg Mac Daire, poet,28; see "Teig"
Taibhli Fileadh,116
Taillefer,337
Táin Bo Chuailgne,7,110,260; oldest copy of,263; the saga of,319ff.; Dr. Sullivan on its composition,399; nearly an epic,400
Tailltinn, fair of,48
Talti,48
Tamhlorg fileadh,116
Tara, Féis of,73,126; cursed by St. Ruadhan,226ff.; effect of this curse,234; a college at,245; Conall Cearnach spares,352; Cuan O'Lochain on,447; how built,458ff; the Teach Miodh-chuarta at,127,458
Teach Mior Miodh-chuarta,127,129,458
Teagasg Riógh,246ff.
Technique of the Irish poets,406
Teffia or Longford,206
Teig [or Tadg] Mac Daire, poet,515ff.,564; death of,517
Teig, son of Cian, saga of,402
Teig used to designate an Irishman,594
Teinm laeghdhaortenmlaida,84,241
Telltown, miscalled,48
Temples,55
Tennyson,510
Tethra,101
Teudor Mac Regin,40
Teutoni, the,10
Teutonic theogony,13; mythology,78
Theogony, Old Gaelic,50; few names in common in Indo-European, Ch. I n.25
Theodosius,35
Theft, spell for discovering241
Thierry,23
Thor, equated with Taranucus by Rhys,13
Three Sorrows of Story-telling,279,287
Thucydides, his descent,78
Thurneysen,97,153,241; on Irish metric,482ff.
Tibride Tirech, ancestor of the old Ulster princes,27
Tighearnmas, Fomorian culture king,78,87
Tighearnach, his date,23; on early Irish History,24; books used by him,43; educated at Clonmacnois,206; silent about the cursing of Tara,227; on Finn mac Cúmhail,380; his annals,580
Timagenes,94
Tirechan,134,136,149; account of his work,151ff.
Todd, Dr.,202; on the Wars of the Gael and Gaill,234; on O'Mahony's Keating,556
Topography of Ireland,56ff.
Torna Eigeas, poet,515
Tory Island,282
Towers,459;see"Round Towers"
Translations from modern languages into Irish,572
Trench, Hon. Power, Archbishop of Tuam,620
Trias Thaumaturga,153,574
Tribal system, supported by genealogy,71
Trinity College,i.e., Dublin University,xiii; its attitude towards Celtic studies,xiv,xv; its so-called Irish professorship,xiv,625; its neglect to bridge the gap between the different inhabitants of Ireland,308; indignation of the native Irish at being excluded from it,561; founded, says Lombard, "sumptibus indigenarum,"561; does not recover Flood's bequest,625
Trinity, Columcille's hymn to the,181
Tripartite life of St Patrick,107,147,149; described,153
Tritenheim, John of,107
Troithlidhe, meaning of,475
Tuatha De Danann,47,51,52; their druids, steeds, servants, etc.,524; the names of their chief people,52; believed by O'Donovan and O'Curry to have been real people,53; no Irish families descended from them,76,563; their gods die,80,287; their druids,82,83; history of,280ff.; confounded with thesidhe,284; meaning of the name;286; aid Cuchulain,334; Mac Firbis on them,563
Tuathal, or Toole,29; extorts the Boru tribute,30,393ff.
Tuan mac Cairill,95,381
Tugen, the, or poet's robe,240
Tuisco,59
Tuireann, children of,78,287
Turin glosses, the,267
Turlough mac Stairn, tale,260
Turpin's Chronicle in Irish,572
Turgesius,204-7
"Tutor of the saints of Ireland," the,194
"Twelve apostles of Ireland," the,196,229
Tyrconell's viceroyalty,593
U
Uacongbháil, Book of,264
Ua Corra, voyage of the sons of,403
Ugony the Great,25,408
Uillinn,48
Uisneach, hill of,90
Ui Briain, the,33,34,527
Ui Fiachrach, the,33
Ui Néill, the,35,171,204,206,232,233,452
Uladh, or Ulster,66; Book of genealogies of,59
Ulster Journal of Archæology,375
Ulster monks in Germany,449
Ulidians, or Ulstermen,66
Ultan, Bishop,151,163,164
University, anxiety of the Irish for a,550ff.; Dublin University,see"Trinity College"
Uraicept na n-Eigeas, or,na n-égsine,244,487
Ursgeul, the Irish, or saga,227,277
Ussher, Archbishop,554; his "Antiquities,"211; on Caimin's Psalter,214; attacks Bedell,619; anomalous position of,620
V
Valerius Maximus,94
Van der Meer on Adamnan's "Columcille,"85
Ventry Harbour, battle of,372,384
Verse, used in the Táin Bo Chuailgne,260; interspersed with prose,260,399; the various frameworks of verse amongst various nations,559; accentuated replaces syllabic,541ff.; quoted in the Annals, etc.,579,581
Vienna, Irish glosses in,267
Virgilius, or Fergil,224
Vision of Brigit on Ireland,158
Vision of Baithin on Columcille,173-4
Vision of St. Fursa,198
Vision of St. Patrick on Ireland,193; of Dryhthelm on purgatory,199; of St. Brendan on hell,200; of Adamnan,200
Victor, St. Patrick's angel,143
Vocabularius St. Galli,420
Voyage of Bran, age of the verses in,485
W
Walah, root of "Welsh" from Volcae,4
Wards, the,524
Ward, Father Hugh [Mac an Bháird],574
Wars of the Gael with the Gaill,434ff.; analysed,440ff.
Waterford, endeavours to impose English on the citizens,610
Welsh pedigree confirms Irish Annals,411
Welsh language,613
Westwood on Irish art,460,462
Wexford,615,618
Whiskey, Carolan's ode to,599
White, Stephen, S. J.,183,184,612
Wild, an English tourist,629
Wilfrid,221
Willibrord, St.,222
Winds, the colours of the,415,416
Winter night, Caoilte's poem on a,507
Windisch on St. Brigit,161-3; on the pagan element in Irish literature,251; on the archaism of the sagas,261; on Irish scansion,532; on the language of Irish copyists,269; on Irish metric,483
Woden equated with Welsh Gwydion,13; accredited ancestor of various races,78
Women, not shunned by the early saints,192; shunned by the later ones,193; tardily exempted from military service,234; King Cormac's opinion of them,249; Parliament of the,260; as trainers of warriors,296; enjoy their own dowries,32; their price is the Brehon Law,320; uncover their bosoms before Cuchulain,348
Wood used in Irish buildings,129,130
Woodward, Dr., Bishop of Cloyne,620
Wooing of Emer,296ff.
Workmanship of Irish gold, bronze, etc.,125ff.
Wren, legend of the,398
Writing materials of the early Irish,116; art of writing, when introduced into Ireland,105ff.; druids forbidden to write their verses,289
Wurzburg glosses,97,267
Z
Zeuss,147; on the Celtic invention of rhyme,480
Zimmer,40,97,106,111,112,152,217; on the pagan character of Irish literature,252; on the Táin Bo Chuailgne,263,269; on old Middle Irish MSS.,268; on the Irish scholars upon the continent,449,450-1; on Fiacc's Life of St. Patrick483; on the scansion of the classical Irish metres,532