conformity between Buddhism and Christianity,365;the Church festivals derived from the Tuath-de-danaan ritual,493.Christnah(the Indian Apollo),218,219;the legend of his incarnation and his connection with the “White Island” (Muc-Inis),326,327.Chronos, deification of, accounted for,197.Churches, arguments from their being found in the neighbourhood of Round Towers, Cromleachs, and Mithratic caves against the pre-Christian antiquity of the R. T. considered,7,8,356,357.Clement(the Irish doctor), German testimony to his learning,54n.Climateof Ireland praised by Geraldus Cambrensis,529.Clogad, meaning of,12;the name accountable for a mistake as to the R. T.,12.Cloicteach, or belfrey, distinct from R. T.,36,37.Clondalkin(R. T.),101,359.Clonmacnoise, antiquity of its crosses, churches, and round towers accounted for,356,357;once a stronghold of Buddhism,356,357;its sculptures unconnected with Christianity,358,359;inferiority of the architecture of its churches to that of the other remains, such as crosses and round towers,163;Abbot O’Brien and his “cell,”13,14.Cockatrice, orBasilisk, its symbolism,225.Colebrooke’sstatement regarding Buddhism refuted,214.Colganon the R. T.,37,51.Colzoum(Egyptian monastery), supposed to resemble the R. T.,30-33.Coptic, Hurd’s description of the Ethiopian monks so-called,45,46;such monastic orders not analogous to the Irish Culdees or Chaildees,45.Cormac(bishop of Cashel), his allusions to fire-worship,81,82;his description of the R. T., and opinion of their great antiquity,368,394.Crescent-Worship, its origin and significance,261,262,273et seq.;its symbolism preserved in the Irish crescent brooches,273,274;crescent on the summits of R. T.,103;the crescent of Sheva (Hindu),103;the crescent and the “ark,”224-226;the Pish-de-danaan votaries of,261,262.Crioch-na-Fuineadhach, a name of Ireland, its meaning,344.Crocodilesas objects of worship,165,166;bearing of this on the question of sub-pyramidal (and R. T.) cavities,166.Cromleachs, their Buddhist origin,2,3;that churches are found in their vicinity no disproof of this,8;possibly the work of Firbolgs or Scythians,428.Cross-Worship, its antiquity and universality,289-308;Egyptian interpretation of the cross symbol,289,291;Druidic cross worship,289;practised among all ancient Gothic peoples,290;the EgyptianTautsymbol,291;Buddhist origin of cross-worship,291;Greek allegory of Apollo and the Python,291,292;the IrishTuathcross,291;the cross a symbol of universal nature,294;Irish cross withkiltedfigure thereon—of whom?295-297;crosses on obelisk at Sandwick (Ross-shire),305-309;crosses in cryptograms of heathen deities,308;Plato on the prevalence of the cross symbol,308;cross symbols found at the temple of Serapis,312;the forehead “mark” in Ezekiel, a cross,313;cross on the coinage of the Emperor Decius,314;also on Phœnician medals,314,315;description of the great cross at Forres,317-320;the latter cross probably erected by Tuath-de-danaans,320;theory that such crosses are of Danish origin refuted,321;cross symbols on monolith at Carnac,321,322;resemblance of sculpture on cross at Old Kilcullen to those on the temple at Kalabche in Nubia,337-342;crucificial Buddhist effigy of Deva Thot,343,344;freemasonry and the crucifixion,344;cruciform construction of Mithratic temple at New Grange,350;also of the so-called “Devil’s Yonies,”314,350,351;also of pagodas at Benares and Mathura,352;union of cross with lingam symbol at Elephanta,353;analogy between Irish and Eastern cross-symbolism,353,354;snake-sculpture on Irish crosses,502;the crosses of Clonmacnoise, Clondalkin, Armagh, Finglas, etc.,357-367;cross-symbolism at Brechin and Donoghmore R. T.,8;its connection with serpent-worship, Freemasonry, and Buddhism,358-367;all ancient Irish crosses the work of Tuath-de-danaans,359-361;the dog-effigy on the cross at Clonmacnoise,359;demolition and restoration of cross at Finglas,365-367;cross-worship symbolised in the shamrock,440;meaning of the expression “Lamb of God,”486-489;also of the emblem × for the numberten,487,488;also of the Druidic “key” emblem,488,489;also of the Irish cross (or “finger”) oath,489;theory of crosses having been introduced into Ireland by the Pope,489-492;the cross-symbolism of Palencia,490;the cross-staff of the Roman Augurs,490;pagan sculpture on the cross at Kells,490,491;how Irish crosses became associated with Christianity,492-494;how the crosses over the doors of some of the round towers may be accounted for,511.Crucifixion, sculpture of, at Knockmoy, explained,328-345;analogous sculpture on temple at Kalabche (Nubia),337;Hindu (Purana) legend of,339;testimony of Buddhists and of Freemasonry to the fact of a primeval crucifixion,343,344.Cumman, the Irish astronomer,59.Cycle, of nineteen years—“the great year” of the Greeks,52.Cyclopean Walls, their origin, and derivation of the name,86;found wherever the Pelasgi settled,86.Cyclops, public origin of the name,86;its Sabaic import,195,196.Dagobs(Cingalese temples), analogous to the R. T.,369-372.Dahamsouda(King of Baranes, or Benares) and theBana, or Buddhist gospel, sculpture of the legend at Glendalough,470et seq.Daltonon the date of the Scotch R. T.,10;his theory thatIriswas not Ireland considered,398.Dana, as the root ofDanaans, its meaning,113.Dancing, connected with Sabaic worship,110;circular dances performed round the R. T.,517;Rinke-teumpoilandTurrishdances,517.Danes, the R. T. could not have been constructed by,9,10;nor have been intended as places of refuge from,35,36;crosses not commemorative in any way of the,321.Davieson the genealogy of the Irish language,58.Dearg,Darag, andDarioga, their origin and meaning,206,216,217.Decius(Roman Emperor), the cross-emblem on his coinage,314.Delos, visit of Abaris to,53-56,397,448;why the fleet of Xerxes did not molest,69;Hyperborean embassies to, repulsed,445,446;account of the subsequent transmission of Hyperborean offerings to the shrines of Apollo and Diana there,446.Delphi, poetic account of the foundation of the oracle by Hyperboreans representative of the Irish priesthood,445;similar tradition at Delos,445;hymn of Alcæus commemorating the visit of Apollo to the Hyperboreans on his way to,446,447;derivation of the namesDelphi,Pythia, andSybil,507;whence the Pythia derived her inspiration,507.Deluge, scriptural narrative of, explained,266et seq.;number of the Noachidæ,269,270;distinction betweenAronandThebit(both signifying “ark”),270;meaning of the nameNoah, and of the mandate, “Come thou and all thy house into the ark,”272;derivation ofDeucalion,275;figurative character of the,275,276;the argument from marine strata,276-278;signification of theraven,dove, andolive branch,278;Purana account of the,279n.;whence the Mosaic version may have been derived,280,281;JaphetandJavanexplained,283n.;coincidence between the diluvian period and that of the Tuath-de-danaan migration from the East,436;legend of Fintan and Caisarea, niece of Noah,385;Moses and the Pish-de-danaans,283.Dendera, resemblance between the respective worships of ancient Egypt and India exemplified by conduct of Sepoys at,143,144.Deucalion, origin of the name,275.Deusand Hercules synonymous,250;meaning of Deus Fidhius,250.Deva Thot(Buddhist), represented as crucified,343.Devenish(R. T.),38,71,167.Devil’s Yonies,314,350,351.Diodorus SiculusandIris, or theInsula Hyperboreorum,120n.,397-399.Dionysius of Sicily, sense in which he usesIrisandIrin,120.Docha, included withAnuzzaandAnattain theBavana,114.Dog, personified in sculpture at Persepolis and Clonmacnoise,359.Doghda(Milk), the title of the tutelar goddess of Ireland,339.Donatus(bishop of Etruria, 9th century), his description ofScotia, or Ireland,54.Donoghmore(R. T.), bas-relief of crucifix over door of,8.Dove, its signification in the Noachian allegory,278.Downpatrick, St Patrick’s alleged “granary” near,164.Druids, superiority of the Irish,57;Cæsar and Pomponius Mela on the,57;whence the Irish Druids derived their superiority,57;were fire-worshippers,82;significance of the golden “sickle” used by them in cutting mistletoe,200;influence of their degeneracy on the study of astronomy in Ireland,521;how that study was kept alive by the books of their predecessors, the Boreades,522.Dumboe(R. T.),81.Dune of Dornadella(Scotland), its resemblance to the R. T.,455;the mystery of its stone shelves explained,456.Dungeons, theory of the R. T. being,16et seq.Egypt, ancestral connection of Ireland with,77;Sabian character of its ancient worship,77;resemblance of the latter to that of India and China,143;remarkable confirmation of this in the conduct of Sepoys at Dendera,143;its Ghizan pyramids popularly ascribed to Philitis (ashepherd), and the evidence of Sanskrit records to the same effect,144-146;theUksi, or shepherd kings,146,151;derivation of the word “pyramid,”146-148;the Coptic name and its signification,148;Armæus,Amosis, andInaron(the supposed founders of the Ghezan pyramids), who they were,149;sojourn of the Israelites in,149;did not take place until after the Uksi invasion,151;the dislike of the Egyptians to the Israelites accounted for,151;Manetho’s account of Osarsiph or Moses,151;proximity of Goshen to Ghiza,153;date of the Exodus,150;civilisation and magic of the Egyptians borrowed from the Chaldeans,155;connection of this circumstance with Irish history,155;the ancient Egyptians not idolaters,268;indebtedness of Moses to them,281.Elephanta(subterranean or Mithratic temples of), Buddhist sculptures of,215;their defacement by the Brahmins,215,216;cross-symbolism in,353.Elephants, objects of reverence to Buddhists,113n.Eleusinianmysteries, their nature,110,111,347,348;kindred rites ofBona DeaandPhiditia,348,349;degradation of such rites into theSaturnalia,349,350;the IrishNullog,350;the typification of regeneration, or thenew birth,350.Ellora(caves of),215,216.Emerald Isle, explanation of the name,503.England, traces of the Danaans in,425.Enoch(Book of),401,402,475-478.Erdam(Irish for belfry), contradistinguished fromFidh-Nemead,50.Erigena, orScotus(John or Shane), the Irish doctor,54n.Etrurians, their origin and connection with the Tuath-de-danaans,85.Eve, the forbidden fruit and the serpent,227-230,285et seq.,506,508.Exodus.SeeEgypt.Farragh, orPhearagh,56;identical with Budh and Moriagan,132,141;meaning of the name132;Spencer’s theory as to his being Fergus, king of Scotland,132;his identity withPeorandPriapus,132n.;his effigy in the Museum of T. C. D.,137,138;similar effigies found at Rampore (Himalayas),139;as to his being synonymous with Pharaoh,142;represented as wearing a kilt, or philabeg,141,341.Fenius, orFeni, ancestor of the Scoto-Milesians,432;date of his era,432.Fergil, Irish astronomer, who in the 8th century taught the rotundity of the earth,523.Fidh-Nemead, orFidh-Nemphed, its meaning,50,105,353;Colgan’s and O’Connor’s errors respecting,51.Fine Arts, existed in remote antiquity,407;proficiency of the ancient Irish in,411;evidence of this proficiency,412;Oriental character of the Tuath-de-danaan fine art work,412,413.Finger-Oathof the Irish peasantry, its connection with cross-worship,489,501.Finglas, old cross at,365-367.Fiodh, orFidhuis, its derivation and meaning,228,250.Firbolgs, or Celtic inhabitants of Ireland before the Tuath-de-danaans,297;assisted the Scythians to expel the latter,297,428;their attire described,297;could not have built the R. T.,386,387;but probably constructed the Cromleachs,428;origin of the name,428;their religion akin to that of the Scythians,428;how the existence of two distinct races (Celtic and Scythian) in Arran and the northern isles may be accounted for,428,429;duration of their rule between the first Tuath-de-danaan emigration (from Persia) and the second (from India),442,443;confusion as to the battle of Moytura, which they fought with the Tuath-de-danaans,386,387,448,449.Fire-Worship, alluded to in Scripture,67,68;originated in “Ur of the Chaldees,”68;spread thence to Persia,69;the Persian “Ur,”69;the “Pyrea” noticed by Brisson, its nature,69;question as to whether the round towers were fire-temples,70-75,80-82;also as to whether the Ghebre or Parsee temples were exclusively devoted to this worship,71;structural peculiarities of fire-temples,71,72;the temples at Baku and Smerwick,72;Strabo’s description of the “Pyratheia,”72;fire-temple at Zezd,72;pagodas considered and described,73;derivation of the name “pagoda,”73,352n.;pagodas devoted to worship of the sun and moon,73;significance of their form,73,74;fire-worship introduced into Italy by the Pelasgi,86,87, and into Ireland by the Scythians,520;could not have been the exclusive purpose of round towers,80-82;Cormac’s allusion to,81,82;Druidic fire-worship,82;St. Bridget’s fire-temple,82,83;testimony of the Venerable Bede to its existence in Ireland,83;structural affinity of the Irish fire-temples to those of ancient Greece and Rome,85,86;the vestal fire,87;theBaal-thinne, Miss Beaufort’s theory as to,88-90.Fomorians, in what sense they may be regarded as builders of the R. T.,394,395;their affinity to the Tuath-de-danaans,393-395;meaning of the name,394,395.Forbidden Fruit(of Scripture), its meaning,227,229n.Forehead-Mark(Ezek. ix. 4, 5, 6), a cross,313.Forres(Scotland), description of sculpture on cross at,317-320.Four Masters.SeeAnnals.Freemasonry,20;essentially Christian in principle,344;its Cabiric rites similar to those practised in the Fiodh Aongusa or the Mithratic caves of Budh,353,354;its connection with the R. T.,19,20.SeeMasonic.Fuller, allusion in his writings to the Irish harp,406.Gadelglas, origin of the name,502,503;its connection with serpent-worship,502.Gadelians, ancestors of the Milesians,432,502.Gal and Noudabal(Persian legend from Ferdosi), its meaning,102n.Gallamh, father of Heber and Heremon,393,432.Gaur Towersof India, similar to the R. T.,371.Gaye-phallus, twofold meaning of,311,312.“Generation of Vipers,” meaning of the phrase,498et seq.Ghebres, orParsees, their fire-temples,71.Ghizehand its pyramids,144-153.Giant’s Ring(R. T.), an instance of a R. T. without a church near it,514.Gildas, introduction of bells into England by,11,121,173,174.Giraldus.SeeCambrensis.Glendalough(R. T.),167,469,474.SeeSaint Kevin.Gnomons, theory that the R. T. were. See