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INDEX

Abban, St., Life of, 210 note.
Abgitorium, 311
Abusionibus Saeculi, Liber de, 239, 245, 379
Abyssinia, foundation of church in, 6 sq.
Achad-fobuir (Aghagower), 130, 360, 379, 376
Adalbert, apostle of the Slavs, 215
Adamnan, Canons of, 235;
synod of (at Birr), 255, 261;
Law of, 255 note;
Life of Columba, 267;
once mentions Patrick, 310;
alleged work on Patrick, 271
Adoption, rites of, 293
Adrochta, her church, 145
“Adzehead,” prophecy of, 79, 299
Aed, bishop of Slébte, relations to Armagh, 253, 261 sq.;
connexion with Muirchu’s work, 255 sqq.;
attends Adamnan’s synod, 255, 261;
date of death of, 255
Aed, king of Connaught, 361, 362
Aegidius, Roman general, 191
Aetius helped by Dathi, 95, 354;
campaigns against Franks, 317, 354;
appeal of Britons to, 224, 330
Aghade, church of Iserninus at, 164
Aghagower, see Achad-fobuir
Aghanagh, church of, 128
Agricola, British Pelagian, 297
Agricola, Roman general, Irish policy of, 12 note, 289
Aigli, Mount, see Crochan Aigli
Ail Clúade, see Alcluith
Ailbe, alleged pre-Patrician saint, 351
Ailbe of Shancoe, 129, 360
Aileach, kingdom of, 70 and note;
Patrick’s work in, 162
Ailill Molt, 106, 303;
date of his reign in Connaught, 361 sqq.
Ailill, son of Eochaidh Muighmeadhoin, 128 (cp. Tirerrill)
Ailill, the Womanly, date of reign of, 362 sqq.
Ailred, Life of Ninian, 313
Airbacc giunne, 241
Aithech, 176 note
Alans in Gaul, 338
Alaric in Greece, 24;
in Italy, 25
Alcluith (Ail Clúade), 190-91, 314, 323
Alofind, see Elphin
Aloo (genitive) “of Ail Clúade,” 314
Alphabets:
Latin introduced in Ireland, 15 and note
(abgitoria) written by Patrick, 184, 311
ogam, 185 sq., 312
Iberian, 186
Amatho, 347 note (cp. Amator)
Amator, bishop of Auxerre, ordains Patrick, 49, 337, 347 sqq.;
(Amathorege), 258, 347
Ambrose, St., supports monasticism, 38;
discovers tombs of Gervasius and Protasius, 151
Ambrosius Aurelianus, 190, 315
Amolngaid, king of Connaught, 27, 72 note, 96, 306;
date of his reign and death, 360 sqq.
Anghaile, tribe of, 129 note
Anglesey, island, Druids in, 11 note
Annals, Irish, 279 sqq.;
of Ulster, 279, 281, 282 sqq.;
of Inisfallen, 280;
of Four Masters, 281
Annals, Welsh, 284 sq.
Antiphonary of Bangor, 311
Aralanensis insula, 277, 294, 338
Árd-rí, High King, 69
Ardbraccan, 230, 231, 248
Ardd Licce, 378 note
Ardd Mache, monastery at, see Armagh
Ardd Senlis, 359
Ardpatrick, 162 note, 309
Aregal, 156 note
Arelate, 294
Armagh, Book of, see Liber Armachanus
Armagh, foundation of, 154 sqq.;
new settlements, 159;
ecclesiastical centre, 160;
Patrick sets out for, before his death, 207;
Patrician relics at, 211;
Patrician material collected at, 252 sqq.;
connexion with Slébte, 261;
mentioned in Fíacc’s hymn, 265;
claims of the see supported by Vit. Trip., 270;
by Liber Angueli, 287;
date of foundation of, 308;
“northern” church at, 159, 308
Armenia, conversion of, 8 and note
Armorica, story of Patrick’s connexion with, 274, 293
Arnon, mons, explanation of, 276-7
Arthur of Britain (not a “king,”), 190, 315
Assicus, Bishop, 135 sq., 358, 376, 377
Athanasius, 7
Áth Brón, 121 note
Áth Dara, battle of, 353
Áth Fithot (Aghade), 164 and note
Attacotti, 325, 354
Augustine, missionary, 221, 389
Augustine of Hippo, 245
Augustinus, companion of Palladius, 299
Autissiodorum, see Auxerre
Auxerre, church at, 48;
name of, 49;
Patrick studies at, 49 sq., 296;
ordination at, 337
Auxilius (Ausaille), ordained at Auxerre, 49, 297;
his coming to Ireland, 348;
relations with Patrick, 163, 310;
at Killossy, 259 note;
with Patrick in Leinster, 163 sq.;
acts with Patrick in drawing up canons, 234, cp. 166, 371
Badon, Mt., battle of, 284, 285 note
Bala Lake, 145
Ballina, 148 note
Ballintogher, 301
Banna, 322
Bannaventa, position of, 17, 322 sqq.;
preface, ad fin.
Baptismal rites, 193, 306-7, 316
Baronies, modern, represent old kingdoms, 68 sqq.
Baslick, church of, 144, 360;
Tírechán at, 249, 311
Beccan MacCula, feast of, 303
Bede, Chronicle of, 282;
on Nynias, 313;
on Dalriada, 316;
silence as to Patrick, 385, 386;
his Martyrology, 386 note
Bell of Patrick at Armagh, 211, 320-21
Beltane customs, 107, 267, 303
Benedictus, companion of Palladius, 299
Benignus (of Tirerrill), 307
Benignus (successor of Patrick at Armagh), ordeal of, 109, 145;
adopted, 173-4;
date of death, 284;
succeeds Patrick, 206 and note, 319, 332;
helps to compile Senchus Mór, 355, 356;
canon attributed to, 371
Bernicia, 325
Bishops in Irish Church, 180 sqq., 243 sqq., 286, 375 sqq.;
in Senchus Mór, 379
Bitteus, Bishop (Betheus), 135 sq., 358, 377
Bó-aire, 68 note
Boderg, Lake, 134
Bofin, Lake, 134
Boniface, Bishop (Winfrith), at Geismar, 124;
compared to Patrick, 217, 233 note
Boniface, Pope, 370
Book of Armagh, see Liber Armachanus
Book of Clonmacnois, 281
Book of Cuana, see Liber Cuanach
Book of the Island of Saints, 281
Book of Rights, 69 note, 70 note
Bordeaux, 34, 274, 341
Braid, river, 29
Bratho, flumen, 376 note
Brechtan (Bright), 89, 90, 301, 302
Breg, plain of, 104
Brene Strait, 84, 301
Brian, son of Eochaidh Muighmeadhoin, 365
Brian, sons of, 144
Brigantia, 12 note
Bright, see Brechtan
Brigit, St., Life of, by Cogitosus, 255, 256, 332;
date of birth, 284
Britain, Scottic colonisation in north of, 10 note;
Druidism in, 11 note;
Roman rule in, 12;
annexed by Claudius, 13;
close relations of, with Gaul, ib.;
Irish settlements in south-west of, 14;
invasions of by Picts, Scots, and Saxons, 20 sqq., 325 sqq.;
by Niall, 25 sq., 331;
Patrick returns to, 41;
church of, appeals to Gallic Church to crush Pelagianism, 50;
Germanus and Lupus sent on a mission to, 51;
dux Britanniarum, 314, 328;
comes Britanniae, 328;
comes litoris Saxonici per Brit., 328;
relations of British Church to Irish, 244;
kings and tyrants in, 315;
Celtic revival in, ib.
Brón MacIcni, Bishop, 130, 145, 307, 359, 377, 378
Brotgalum, 274, 341
Brude, King, 108 note
Bruno of Querfurt, 215
Búan, 335
Burgundians, conversion to Christianity, 9
Cabcenne, river, 381 note (Stokes and Strachan conjecture that Culcenne should be read)
Caichán, 176 note, 311
Cainnech, Bishop, 376, 378 note
Cairell, Bishop, 377
Cairnech, helps to compile Senchus Mór, 355, 356
Caisselire, 130
Calendar of Luxeuil, 319
Calendar of Oengus, 343 note
Calpurnius, father of Patrick, 16 sqq.;
decurion, 20, 290;
names his son, 23, 289, 291
Canabae, 290
Candida Casa (Whitern), 313
Canons, Irish, 166 sqq., 233 sqq.; see Hibernensis
Caplait, Druid, 138, 142 sq., 240 sqq.
Capraria, island, 294
Caprasius, 295
Captives, instrumental in spreading Christianity, 5 sqq.;
redemption of, 167
Capua, 276
Carausius II., tyrant, 330
Caredig, 315
Cashel, kingdom of, 69, 299;
Patrick at, 163
Castlereagh, Patrick in district of, 144
Catalogus Sanctorum Hiberniae, 240, 285 sqq.
Celestine, bishop of Rome, sanctions mission of Germanus to Britain, 51, 297;
notices condition of Irish Christians, 51, 52 note;
sends Palladius, 54, 349;
death of, 60 note;
alleged mission of Patrick, 251, 343;
alleged visit of Patrick to, 276;
Prosper’s notices of, 349
Celidonius, Bishop, 285
Cell Alaid, 376 note
Cell Angle, 129
Cell Fine, Church of the Tribes, 57, 298, 390
Cell Garad, 145
Cell Raithin, at Granard, 122
Cellola Tog, 376
Celts, intercourse of insular and continental, 11
Cenn Cruaich (Crom Cruaich), idol, 123, 299, 306
Cenngecán, bishop of Cashel, 271
Cenondae, see Kells
Censurius, Bishop, 247
Ceretic, see Coroticus
Cetchen, 360
Chlodwig, king of Franks, attitude of, to Christianity, 101;
code of (Lex Salica), 113
Chlojo, king of Franks, 354
Chrism, 316
Christianity, diffusion of, furthered by Roman Empire, 3;
means of diffusion beyond the Empire, 4 sqq.;
introduction to Ireland before Patrick, 14 sq., 51-2, 349 sqq.;
in Britain, 20;
in Galloway, 187
Chronicon Scotorum, 280-81
Church-Moyley, 302
Ciarán, alleged pre-Patrician saint, 351
Ciarán of Belach Duin, 271
Ciarán of Clonmacnois, 286
Ciarrigi, 130, 359, 360
Cinuit, 191, 314
Cipia, mother of Bitteus, 135
Civitas, ecclesiastical term, 180, 378
Claudian, notices of Britain examined, 325 sqq.;
on Roman history, 222
Claudius, Emperor, conquest of Britain, 13
Clebach, fountain, 138
Clergy, married, 290
Cliu, 310
Clogher, 162 note, 309
Clonmore, 164
Cœnachair of Slane, 273
Cogitosus, 255, 256, 266
Coimanus of Ardd Licce, 378 note
Coins, Roman, found in Ireland, 288
Coirpre, son of Amolngaid, 306
Coirpre, son of Niall, attempts Patrick’s life, 119, 120
Coithrige, see Cothraige
Coleraine, church at, 162
Collait of Druim Roilgech, 271
Colman, bishop of Clonkeen, 352
Colman Uamach, 271
Colombcille, see Columba
Columba, St., at palace of King Brude, 108 note;
house of, at Kells, 121 note;
discovers Patrick’s grave, 210, 251, 321, 380;
finds his relics, 321;
alleged work on Patrick, 271;
Columban communities, 386;
compared to Patrick, 215
Columbanus, St., attitude to Roman see, 369 sqq.;
notice of Paschal cycles, 372;
on the Episcopate, 375
Conaille Muirthemni, 83
Conall, son of Niall, baptized by Patrick, 119;
death of, 125 note
Concessa, mother of Patrick, 23, 292
Condiri, land of the, churches in, 162
Confession of St. Patrick, 196 sqq.;
see under Patrick
Congbala, 156 note
Conlaid, sons of, 311
Conleng, 378 note
Connacán, son of Colman, 271
Connaught, Patrick’s captivity in, 27 sq.;
kingdom of, 69;
Patrick’s work in, 126 sqq.;
order of his visits to, 358 sqq.;
chronology of kings of, 360 sqq.
Connor, diocese of, 162
Constantine the Great, 2, 3
Constantine, tyrant, 329
Constantius, author of Vita Germani, 247
Corc, king of Munster, concerned in the Senchus Mór, 114, 355, 356
Corcu Ochland, 135
Cormac, king and bishop of Cashel, 347 note;
his Glossary, 355
Corona (tonsure), 242
Coroticus, rules in Strathclyde, 190 sq.;
invades Ireland, 192;
Patrick’s Letter against, 193 sq., 226, 227 sq., 316;
evidence for his identification, 314;
date of, ib.;
source of legend of his death, 261, 317;
guess as to date of his raid, 303
Cothraige (Coithrige), name of Patrick, 268, 291, 351 note;
ancient etymology of, 264, 265
Crimthann, king of Ireland, 331
Crimthann, king of the Hy Ceinselaich, baptized, 163
Croagh Patrick, 28 note;
see Crochan Aigli
Crochan Aigli, Mount, Patrick’s captivity conjectured to be near, 28, 274, 335;
Patrick’s fast on, 131 sqq.;
his petitions on, 320
Croesus, death-pyre of, 86, 111
Cromm Cruach, idol, 123 sqq. and note, 299, 306
Cross, townland of, 86 note
Crosses, early, in Ireland, 352
Crosspatrick, church of, 148
Crozier of Patrick at Armagh, 211, 320
Crubthir or cruimthir = presbyter, 291, 350 note
Cruithne (Picts), 342
Cuana mac Ailcene, 281;
See Liber Cuanach
Cucummne, 236
Cuil Conaire, battle of, 362, 363
Cummian, his Letter, 283, 371, 374, 388
Cup of Patrick, 321
Cyprian, 245
Cyril (Constantine), Slavonic apostle, 217, 219
Dacia, conversion of West Goths in, 4
Daire of Orior, coadjutor of Loigaire, 114, 308, 356, 357;
grants site of Armagh to Patrick, 155 sqq.;
was he king of Oriel? 155, 308;
provenance of story of, 262
Dairenne, 251
Dalaradia, land of the Picts, 28 and note, 29, 342
Dalmatia, islands on coast of, 295
Dalriada, in Scotland, 316
Dalriada, land of the Scots, 28 and note
Damasus, decretals of, 62
Darerca, 292
Dathi, nephew of Niall, 72 note;
his expedition against the Franks, 95, 354;
date of reign, 331;
date of reign in Connaught, 362 sqq.;
burial of, 355
Daventry, 322 sq.
Decies, district of in Co. Waterford, 14 note
Declan, St., 351
Decretals, 62
Decurions, 17 sqq., 290
Dee, river (Vartry), port of, 81, 83
Deece, district of, 14;
baronies of, ib. note
Demetrias, Letter of Pelagius to, 45
Derlus (at Bright), 301
Dessi, tribe of, expelled from Meath, 13;
new settlements of, 14, 288
Dichu converted by Patrick, 85;
grants Patrick site for church, 87;
historical reality of, 89, 301
Dicta Patricii, 228 sqq., 341
Diocesan jurisdiction, 180 sqq., 243;
see sub Bishops
Dogs, Irish, 31, 341 sq.
Domnach Airgit, 309
Domnach Airte (Donard), 56
Domnach Féicc, 165, 310
Domnach Maigen, 251
Domnach Sechnaill, see Dunshaughlin
Donaghmore in Tirawley, 148 and note, 376, 379
Donaghpatrick, church of, 119, 305
Donard, church at, 56, 298
Dovaido, stone of, 11 note
Downpatrick, ancient earthworks at, 91;
claims Patrick’s tomb, 380 sq.;
see Dún Lethglasse
Druidecht, “magic,” 76 note
Druids, Gallic, in Ireland, 11 note;
practised sorcery, 76 sq.;
derivation of word Druid, ib. note;
prophesy coming of Patrick, 79, 352;
variants of the prophecy, 269, 299;
Gallic, 304;
survival of Druidism, 305
Druimbo, 91 note, 302
Druim-Urchaille, 310
Drumlease, 175 and note
Drummut Cerrigi, 311
Duach Galach, son of Brian, date of reign of, 361 sqq.
Duach Tenga Uma, date of reign of, 361 sqq.
Dubthach maccu Lugair, poet, helps to compile Senchus Mór, 115, 267, 298, 355, 356;
at Tara, 116, 305
Duma Graid, 129 note, 134 note
Dún Aillinn, 164
Dún na m-Bretan (Dumbarton), 191
Dunlang, king of Leinster, sons of, 163, 304
Dunlavin, rath of, 56
Dún Lethglasse (Downpatrick), fortress of, 84, 87, 301, 302;
legend of Patrick’s burial at, 209
Dunseveric, 162 and note
Dunshaughlin, church of, 117 and note
Easter fires, 104 sqq., 107 note, 111, 303-4;
cycles, 371 sqq., 215
Ebmoria, 346, 347
Ebroica, 347 note
Ecclesiae liberae, 176, 311, 378 note
Egli, Mount, see Crochan Aigli
Elbodug of Bangor, 278
Eleran, 271
Elias, St., invoked by Patrick, 33 and note
Elphin, Patrick at, 135-6, 358;
Tírechán at, 249
Elvira, Council of, 291
Emain (Navan), fort, Daire dwells at, 154, 308
Endae, son of Amolngaid, meets Patrick, 146, 360
Endae Cennsalach, 164
Eochaid Muighmeadhoin, king of Ireland, 72 and note, 96, 331
Eochaid Tirmcharna, king of Connaught, 362, 363
Eogan Bel, date of reign, 361 sqq.
Eogan Srem, date of reign, 362 sqq.
Episcopate, organisation of Irish, 375 sqq.;
see Bishops
Ere, converted by Patrick, 105
Ercleng, 378 note
Ermedach of Clogher, 271
Erris, barony of, 146 note
Ethelbert, 101
Ethne, daughter of Loigaire, conversion of, 138, 307
Ethne, river (Inny), 121
Eucherius at monastery of Lerinus, 39;
treatise of, ib.;
dwells aloof in island of Lero, ib., 295
Euric, King, code of, 113
Eusebius, Chronicle of, 282
Exorcists, employed by Patrick, 77 and note, 310
Faramund, king of Salian Franks, 354
Fastidius, 297
Faustus, bishop of Reii, 40, 296
Fedelm, daughter of Loigaire, conversion of, 138, 307
Fedilmid, son of Loigaire, 102, 302
Feine, the, 357
Feis Temrach, 303
Felartus, Bishop, 376
Feradach, see Sachall
Ferdomnach, scribe, 225, 229, 254, 260;
notes of his own composition in Lib. Arm., 251, 252
Fergus, a compiler of Senchus Mór, 355, 356
Fergus, bishop of Downpatrick, 302
Fergus, grandson of Loigaire, 253
Fermenus, rí Tracia, 354
Feth Fiada, 76 note, 246
Fethfió, 175 and note
Fíacc, consecrated bishop by Patrick, 115, 116, 165, 310;
Sletty tradition about, 258, 305;
hymn ascribed to, 259, 263 sqq.
Finian of Clonard, 286
Fith, see Iserninus (cp. 297 and 350), 164
Flaith, 67 note, 176 note
Flurumritt, 304
Fochlad (Fochlath), wood of, home of Patrick’s master, 27, 28, 29;
people of, cry to Patrick in a dream, 42, 335;
extent of, 127;
in Fíacc’s hymn, 264
Foilge slays Patrick’s charioteer, 357
Forat, sons of, 254
Formatae, 244
Fortchernn, 102 note, 302
Franks, mentioned by Patrick, 194, 317;
Dathi fights against, 354
Freewill, doctrine of, cp. Pelagianism
Frigeridus, Renatus Profuturus, name of analogous to that of Patrick, 23 and note
Frumentius, founds church of Abyssinia, 7;
work of, 8
Fudirs, 68
Fuirg, 254
Galla, wife of Eucherius, 39, 295
Gallinaria, 294
Gara, Lake (Tecet), 130
Garrchu, tribe of, 55, 58
Gaul, Patrick in, 34, 341;
condition of S.-W. Gaul, 35;
invasions of, A.D. 407, etc., 329;
condition of, A.D. 409-16, 338 sqq.
Gengen, monk, 378
Georgia, conversion of, 5 and note
Germanus crushes Pelagianism in Britain, 50 sq., 297;
consecrates Patrick, 59, 338, 348;
supports Hilary of Arles, 64;
at Arles, 285;
secular career of, 297;
Life of, by Constantius, 247 sq.;
lost Life of, 277;
mentioned in Fíacc’s hymn, 264;
church of, in Wales, 277;
mountain of, 276-7;
Patrick studies under, 344-5
Gervasius, tomb of and relics, 151
Gildas, 188, 330
Gilla Coemgin, 281
Glastonbury fictions about Patrick, 273, 344
Glenavy, 162 and note
Glore, 162 and note
Goidels in Britain, 13, 288, 289
Gorgon, island, 294
Gosact, son of Miliucc, tomb of at Granard, 122, 336;
Gosoctas in inscriptions, 336 note
“Gospel of the Angel,” 321
Granard, church of, 122
Gratian, tyrant, 329
Gregory I., Pope, 174, 214
Gregory of Nyssa, values relics, 151
Gregory of Tours, 245
Guasacht, see Gosact
Gundobad, code of, 113
Hagiography, early Irish, written in Irish, 266 sqq.
Heptateuch, 311
Hercaith, 359
“Hermon,” Mount, explanation of, 276-7
Hibernensis, Collectio Canonum, 235 sqq.
Hilary, bishop of Arelate, at monastery of Lerinus, 39;
his struggle with Pope Leo, 64;
anti-Pelagian, 296
Historia Brittonum, 277 sqq.
Homily on St. Patrick, 279
Hono, Druid, 135
Honorat, Saint, modern name of island of Lerinus, 38 note
Honoratus, St., cultivates isle of Lerinus and founds monastery there, 38, 39, 295
Honorius, Emperor, sends for Britannic legion, 25;
at Ravenna, 63;
rescript to Britain, 315;
Britain under, 326 sqq.
Hostages, 71
Hy (Iona), 236, 175 note
Hy Ceinselaich, 163
Hy Lugair, 305
Hy Nialláin, 308
Hymns, Genair Patraicc, 259, 263 sqq.;
preface to, 279
Hymns of Patrick, see Lorica
Hymns of Sechnall, see Secundinus;
preface to, 279
Ia, see Hy
Iarlathus, Bishop, 319
Iarnascus, St., 359
Ibar, alleged pre-Patrician saint, 351
Ibar, Bishop, 284
Iberia, conversion of, 5
Iberians, same race as Ivernians, 11
Iberians of Spain, alphabet of, 186
Ictian Sea, 331
Inis Patrick, isle of, 83
Inscriptions—
at L. Selce, 145, 307
ogam, cp. 312
of Ballyhank, 102 note
of Breastagh, 306
of Burnfort, 289
of Crag, 115 note
of Donard, 312
of Drumlusk, 299
of Killeen Cormac (bilingual), 298, 305
of Killorglin, 289
of Man (stone of Dovaido), 11 note
stones with Gosoctas, 336 note
Inver-dea (Inber-dee), port of, Patrick makes his escape from, 31, 293;
lands at, 81, 300
Ireland, Teutonic settlements in, 1 sq.;
church founded in, 2;
Gallic Druids in, 11 note;
communication of, with Britain, Gaul, and Spain, ib.;
position of, in ancient geography, 12 and note;
trade of, with the Empire, ib.;
exiles from, in Britain, 13;
relations of, to Roman see, 66;
political and social condition of, 67-80;
tribal districts and social grades, 67 sq.;
kingdoms of, 69 sqq.;
provinces of, 70;
political condition of, 71 sq.;
religion and cults in, 74 sq.;
sorcery and Druidism, 76-80;
poets of, 115;
Christianity in, before Patrick, 349 sqq.;
closer connexion of, with Roman Empire, 213 sq.;
monasticism in, 214;
schools of learning in, 220
Irmin pillar, fall of, 124
Irrus Domnand, 146 note
Iserninus (Fith) ordained at Auxerre, 49, 297, 350;
relations with Patrick, 163-4, 310;
birthplace of, 164, 310;
his coming to Ireland, 348;
founds church at Aghade, 164 and note;
draws up canons with Patrick, 166, 234;
notice of, in Lib. Arm., 259 note (cp. 253), 297
Isidore of Seville, Chronicle of, 281 note, 282
Italy, Patrick escapes from his companions in, 35 and 36, 342
Ivernians, communication with the Continent, 11
Ivvera (Ireland), 305
Jerome, St., founder of monastic institutions, 38;
his description of devastation of Gaul, 338, 340
Jocelin, Life of Patrick, 279
John of Tinmouth, Sanctilogium, 273
Joseph, bishop of Armagh, 270
Julian, Emperor, his treatment of decurions, 19
Justianus, mac hu Daiméne, 309
Justus, deacon of Patrick, 311
Kells, St. Columb’s house at, 121 and note
Kerry, district of, in Connaught, 130
Kilcullen, 297 and 164 note, 310
Killala, 149, 376
Kill-araght, 145 note
Killeen Cormac, graveyard of, 298
Killespugbrone, 130, 307, 359
Kilglass, Lake, 134
Killossy (or Killyshea), church of, 163, 310
Kilmore, in Moyglass, 135
Kilmurchon, 255
Kings of Ireland, 67 sqq.
Kyrie eleison, 229, 231 sq.
Laigin (Leinster, q.v.), kingdom of, 69, 70
Láthrach Patricc, see Glenavy
Latin, ecclesiastical language of western Europe, 218 sqq., 321;
Latin loan words in Irish, 350-51
Lecale, upper and lower baronies of, 87 note
Legions in Britain, 328
Leinster, Palladius in, 55;
old kingdom of, ib. note;
province of, 70;
Patrick in, 163 sqq.;
early Christian communities in, 351
Leo I., Pope, 64;
Epistle of, 152;
decision on Easter, 285;
Patrick’s relations to, 152 sq., 367 sqq.
Lérins, see Lerinus
Lerinus, islet of, reclaimed by Honoratus, 38;
Patrick in monastery of, 39 sqq., 294 sqq., 337 sq., 342;
Eastern influence on Lérins, 374
Lero, isle of, 38 and note;
Eucherius and Galla in, 39, 295
Less, space or enclosure, 156
Letha (= (1) Latium = Italy; (2) Letavia = Gaul), 264, 276, 292
Lex Catholica, 247
Liber Angueli, 253, 287, 371
Liber apud Ultanum, 230, 249, 257, 346, 383
Liber Armachanus, 226, 229, 251, 252 sqq. (and frequent references in Appendix)
Liber Cuanach, 281, 310
Liber Hymnorum, 246, 263
Liturgy, introduced by Patrick, 170, 231, 286, 311
Llanarman, 277
Loan words (Latin) in Irish, 350-51
Loarn, Bishop, disciple of Patrick, 90, 302
Lochru, enchanter, 105
Loigaire, High King, son of Niall, reign of, 72 and note;
reign and policy of, 95 sqq., 353 sq.;
attitude of to Christianity, 99 sqq., 267, 351, 353;
compact with Patrick, 112, 353;
his Code, the Senchus Mór, 113 sqq., 355 sqq.;
mode of burial, 112, 304;
feast of at Tara, 104, 303;
story of the conversion of his daughters, 138 sqq., 250
Lombards (anachronistic use of name), 292
Lomman, Patrick’s nephew, founds church at Trim, 103, 292, 302
Lorica, Irish Christian incantation, ascribed to Patrick, 77 note, 246, 266
Lucetmael, sorcerer, 106, 108
Lugut, poet, tomb of, 115 and note
Lupita, 292
Lupus, bishop of Troyes, at monastery of Lerinus, 39;
sent to Britain with Germanus, 51, 297;
anti-Pelagian, 296
MacCairthinn, 309, 176 note
Maccu Cor, isles of, 83
MacCuill, 258, 267
MacFechach, grandson of Niall, 120
Machet, 360
Machia (Domnach Maigen), 251 note
MacManus, Cathal, 279
MacTaill, see Mactaleus
Mactaleus, 310
Mael, Druid, 138;
converted by Patrick, 140;
name of and proverb concerning, 142 sq., 240 sqq.
Mael Póil, 273
Maeve, 106
Mag Ái, 135
Mag Airthic, 130 note, 359
Mag Domnon, 146, 148
Mag-inis, plain of, 87 and note, 300
Mag Nairniu, 130 note, 359
Magonus, name of Patrick, 23, 278, 292
Mag Slecht, idol in, 123 sq., 305-306
Mahee Island, 302
Man, Isle of, independent of Rome, 10 note, 288;
Druidism in, 11 note;
MacCuill bishop of, 267
Marcellinus, Chronicle of Count, 282
Marcus, tyrant in Britain, 329
Marguerite, Ste., modern name for isle of Lero, 38 note
Margy, hills of, 165
Marianus Scotus, 279
Martin of Tours, 38;
legendary connexion with Patrick, 273, 274;
relations to Ninian, 313
Mathona, 306, 358, 377
Maucteus, 281;
(Mochtae), 309-10
Maun (Magonus), 278 note, 292
Maxentius, Emperor, punishes Christians by making them decurions, 18
Maximus, second abbot of Lerinus and bishop of Reii, 39, 40
Maximus (tyrant), usurpation of, how it affected Britain, 21 sq., 326 sqq., 330
Meath, Dessi driven from, 13;
kingdom of, 70;
Patrick in, 104 sqq. (cp. 251)
Mechar, 254
Methodius, apostle of the Slavs, 217
Milan, see of, 62 sq.
Milites in Strathclyde, 314
Miliucc (Milchu), Patrick’s master, 29 and note;
perishes on a pyre, 85, 86 and note, 264, 335
Miss, Mount, 29 sq.;
funeral pyre of Miliucc seen by Patrick from, 86, 335
Mithraic worship, spread by Roman soldiers, 6 note
Mochae, 303
Mochtae (Maucteus), 309-10
Mock-birth and mock-suckling, 293
Moinenn = Ninian, q.v.
Monasticism in Ireland, 214
Monesan (genitive Moneisen), 307
Moses, comparisons of with Patrick, 131, 210, 251, 276, 279, 380, 382, (cp. 311)
Moy, river, 148, 359
Moyglass, 134
Mrechtan (Brechtan), 301
Mucneus, Bishop, 148 note, 311, 376
Mudebrod, 92 note, 246, 302
Mug Ruith, a mythical Druid, 76 note
Muirchertach MacErca, 286, 361
Muirchu, Life of Patrick, 82 note, 255 sqq.;
sources of, 257 sqq., 266 sq., 268;
may have visited Ulidia, 300;
prominence of Easter legend in his work, 303;
on Patrick’s intended journey to Rome, 344 sqq.
Muirethachus, 376 and note
Mullaghfarry, 148 note, 149
Mumen (Munster, q.v.), kingdom of, 70
Municipal councils in Roman Empire, 17
Munster, Patrick in, 163, 310
Murder, Irish legislation on, 357
Murrisk, promontory of (Muiriscc), 28, 131 note (Umail)
Múscraige Tíre, 254
Muskerry, Patrick in, 163
Naas, palace of kings of Laigin, 163
Naí, 292
Nantes, 34, 341
Náo, 292
Natfraich, king of Munster, 163
Nathi, MacGarrchon, 299, 300
Navan (Emain), 308
Nemthur, 264, 323, 324
Nennius (Hist. Brittonum), 278
Nentria, 323
Niall, king of Ireland, invades Britain, 25 sq., 331, 334;
power of, 72 and note, 96;
the slaying of, 331
Nicon, Russian patriarch, 219
Ninian, Bishop, 187, 313;
builds a church at Whitern, 187
Nino, apostle of Georgia, 5 and note
Noendrum, 302
Norma magica, 241
Notitia Dignitatum, 328-9
Nynias, see Ninian
Ocha, battle of, 361
Odhran, charioteer of Patrick, 357
Odissus, deacon, 264, 289
O’Duinn, poem on kings of Connaught, 361 sqq.
Oengus, son of Natfraich, king of Munster, 162, 356
Ogams, 185, 312;
see Inscriptions
Olcan, Bishop, 368
Oran, 144
Oriel, kingdom of, 70 and note, 308
Orientius, Commonitorium, 338-9
Orior (Oirthir), 208 and note, 308
Ossory, Patrick in, 163, 310
Otto of Bamberg, apostle of the Pomeranians, 120, 171 note, 173 note, 222
Ovanus, 305
Owles, 131 note
Palladii, family of Bourges, 343 note
Palladius, interested in suppression of Pelagianism in Britain, 51, 297;
in Ireland, 52;
consecrated bishop by Celestine and sent to Ireland (A.D. 431), 54;
his landing in Wicklow, 300;
in Leinster, 55;
death of, ib. and 59;
churches founded by, 56 sq., 298;
in Ulidia, 89 sq., 342-3;
statement that he was called Patricius, 251, 343, 389 note, 391;
account of in Hist. Britt., 278;
companions of, 299;
theory of his identity with Patrick, 343-4, 385, 389 and note, 390-91
Palmaria, island, 294
Paruchia (παροικία), meanings of, 244
Paruchia Patricii, 249, 253, 287
Paschal Tables, 283;
cycles, 283, 352, 371 sqq., 388
Patiens, bishop of Lyons, 247
Patrick, birth and home of, 23;
his family and relatives, 290, 292;
his names, 23, 230, 291 (see sub Sucatus and Cothraige);
his education, 23 sq.;
carried captive to Ireland, 26;
captivity and escape, 27-34;
place of captivity, 27 sqq., 334 sqq.;
his conversion, 30;
takes passage on a ship, 31;
his dream, 33;
his journey through Gaul to Italy, 34 sq., 338 sqq.;
his account of this episode, 36;
at the cloister of Lerinus, 39 sqq.;
returns to Britain, 41, 337;
sees Victorious in a dream, 42;
his resolve to go to Ireland, 47, 297;
studies at Auxerre, 49, 296;
is ordained deacon by Bishop Amator, 49, 297, 348;
consecrated bishop, 59, 347 sqq.;
lands in Ireland, 81 sq.;
in Ulidia, 83-92;
in Meath, 102 sqq.;
“first Easter” in Ireland, 104, 267, 303;
influence of, on Irish legislation, 114 sq., 355 sqq.;
in Connaught, 126 sqq., 358 sqq.;
actual and alleged visits of, to Rome, 150 sqq., 344 sqq., 367 sqq.;
founds Armagh, 154 sqq.;
ecclesiastical position of, in Ireland, 161, 182;
in Dalriada, 162;
in Munster, 163;
in Leinster, 163 sqq.;
canons of, 166 sqq., 233 sqq.;
Paschal Table of, 170, 283;
liturgy of, 170;
numbers of his converts, 171;
church organisation of, 171 sqq., 375 sqq.;
perils of, in Ireland, 172;
expenditure of money by, 173;
foundations of, 174 sqq.;
diocesan system of, 181 sq., 375 sqq.;
his denunciation of Coroticus, 193 sqq., 226, 227 sq., 316;
his detractors and enemies, 195, 198 sqq., 318;
his Confession, 196 sqq., 225 sqq., 317;
Zimmer’s view of his Confession, 385;
his illiteracy, 199, 206, 318;
his false friend, 52, 202, 298, 318, 332;
his youthful fault, 202, 332;
his knowledge of the Scriptures, 206;
citations of, from Scripture, 293, 319;
popular Irish idea of, 204 sq.;
death and burial of, 206 sqq., 380 sqq.;
petitions of, 207, 319 sq., 251, 279;
historical significance of, 212 sqq.;
compared to other missionaries, 215 sqq.;
chronology of his life, 331 sqq., 336 sqq.;
date of advent to Ireland, 283;
day of death, 319, 227 note;
alleged “second captivity,” 294;
his charioteer, 357;
his crozier and bell, 211, 320 sq.;
cup, 321;
alleged opening of tomb of, 321;
psalter written by, 311;
mass of, ib.;
Dicta of, 228 sqq. (see Dicta Patricii);
Irish Hymn ascribed to, 77, 246;
favourite expressions of, 228, 231, 246;
hagiographical comparisons with Moses (see Moses);
legendary travels of, 274 sqq.;
accretion of legends round, 266 sq.;
duplications of, 333 sq.
Patrick of Rosdela, 344
Patrick, Old, see Sen Patraic
Paul, Apostle, double named, 23 and note;
relics of, 154, 367
Paulinus, friend of Probus, 273
Paulinus of Pella, 339
Pelagianism, 43 sqq.;
at Lérins, 47;
crushed in Britain by Germanus, 50 sq., 297;
in Ireland, 52, 53, 298
Pelagius, sprung from Gaelic settlers in Britain, 15 note, 43, 296, 350;
promulgates the doctrine of freewill, 43 sqq.;
opposes Augustine and Jerome, 46
Pennicrucium, 123
Peter, St., relics of, 154, 367
Petitions of Patrick, 319 sq.
Petra Cloithe (Alcluith), 314
Petra Coithrigi, 291
Picts, of Caledonia, invade Britain, 20 sq.;
of Dalaradia, visited by Palladius, 55, 342;
Emain once their stronghold, 155;
conversion of, in Galloway, 187, 313;
apostates, 313, 315, 316
Pillar worship in Ireland, 74, 123, 299
Plague in Ireland (seventh cent.), 248
Pontificialia dona, 235 (cp. 200)
Potitus, father of Calpurnius, 16, 20;
(Potid), 264, 289
Presbyters in Irish Church, 286
Princeps, ecclesiastical term, 243, 378
Probus, his Life of Patrick, 273 sqq., 335, 341
Prosper Tiro, epigram of, 46 note;
notice of Palladius, 283, 298, 349;
at Rome, 298
Providentia Divina, De, 338, 339
Provincia, use of the word, 368 note
Ptolemy, his account of Ireland, 12
Pyritz, 120
Quadriga (Cothraige), 269 (cp. 291)
Quoile, river, 84
Raholp, see Rathcolpa
Rathceltchair (Downpatrick), 301
Rathcolpa (Raholp), church at, 90, 302
Rathcrochan, Patrick at, 137 sqq.;
mounds of, 306;
Dathi’s tomb at, 355
Rechrad, Druid, 148
Regia, Ptolemy’s (Emain), 155 note
Relics, 151 sq., 307 sq.
Restitutus, 292
Rethmitus (? Sechtmaide), king of Britain, 274
Rhydderch, 314
Rodán, 360
Rodercus, 314
Roman Empire, prestige of, 8 sq., 93 sqq.;
idea and influence of, 222 sq.
Roman see, position and authority in western Europe, 61-66, 152, 169, 216;
between Leo I. and Gregory I., 214;
appeal to, recognised in Ireland, 169 sq., 239, 369 sqq.;
attitude of Ireland to, ib.
Rome, Patrick’s visit to, 150 sqq., 367 sqq.;
alleged visit to, 344 sqq., 275, 389 sq.
Ros, see Rus
Rosnat, see Whitern
Rubin, 236
Ructi, error for Sucti, 274
Rufinus inspires Pelagius, 46
Run map Urbgen, 278 note
Rus, son of Trechim, 89, 301, 355, 356, 307
Russia, relations to New Rome, 98;
Christianity in, 99;
raskol in, 219
Sabhall, name of churches, 309
Sabhall, see Saul
Sachall, pupil of Patrick, 130, 174;
bishop of Baslic, 145, 359, 376;
psalter of, 311;
at Rome, 367, 368, 369
Saeoli, 249, 376
Salt marshes in Mag-inis, 91 and note, 267
Salvian, his notice of devastation of Gaul, 338
Samhain, feast of, 107 note, 304
Sandan, burning of the God, 111, 304
Sannuch, 378 note
Sardica, council of, 61 note
Saul, church at, 87, 88, 301;
death and burial at, 207 sqq.;
tomb at, opened, 321
Scirte, see Skerry
Scoth Noe, 302
Scots, pagan, in North Britain, 315;
date of settlement there, 316
Sechnall, see Secundinus
Sechnassach, 253
Sechtmaide, king of the Britons, 293
Secundinus, church of, 117;
hymn of, 117, 246 sq.;
arrival of, in Ireland, 166;
difficulties about his relation to Patrick, 292;
alleged connexion with Armagh, 319
Segais, battle of, 361, 363
Segéne, abbot of Armagh, 261, 262
Segéne, abbot of Hy, 374
Segitius, presbyter, accompanies Patrick to Ireland, 59, 275, 345
Selce, hill at Lake, 145, 359
Selce, Lake, church near, 144, 249, 272, 307
Semi-Pelagianism, 296
Senachus, Bishop, 376
Senchua, parish of (Shancoe), 129, 358
Senchus Mór, code of Logaire, 97, 353, 355 sqq.;
bishops in, 379
Senella Cella, 358
Senior, St., 274
Seniores (in the Confession), 318
Sen Patraic (Old Patrick), fictitious, 319, 343-4
Septimius Severus, 293
Setanta (Cuchullin), 83 and note
Shancough, or Shancoe, see Senchua
Shannon (Sinona), river, 133 sq., 306, 360
Sidhe, or fairies, 75
Sidonius Apollinaris corresponds with Faustus, 40;
friend of Constantius, 165, 247
Siricius, Pope, 291
Skerry (Scirte), 29 note;
stronghold of Miliucc, 86 note, 258, 301
Slan (Slaney), river, 84 and note, 301
Slane, hill of, Patrick lights Pascal fire on, 104, 301, 303;
Erc buried at, 105
Slébte (Sletty), 116, 255, 258;
dedicated to Armagh, 261;
civitas, 378 note
Slemish (Mount Miss), 29
Sliab Húa-n-Ailella, altar in, 272, 352, 359
Sligech, battle of, 362, 363
Snakes in Lerinus, 296
Solar worship, 74, 299
Sorcery, see Druidism
Spain, Christianity in, 4;
intercourse of, with Ireland, 11 sq.
St. Nicholas, island of, 273
Staff of Jesus, 275, 276, 320
Stettin, temple of, 125
Stilicho, defends Britain, 22, 326 sqq.;
sends Britannic legion to Italy, 25, 328
Stoechades, islands, 295
Stowe Missal, 233, 311
Strangford Lake, 85
Strathclyde, 316
Sucatus, name of Patrick, 23, 264;
(Succet), 269, 274;
meaning of, 291, 343 note
Suck, river, 144
Sulpicius Severus, Life of Martin, 248
Syagrius, general, 191
Synodus I. Patricii, 233 sqq.
Synodus II. Patricii, 237 sqq.
“Synodus Romana” (in Hibernensis), 237 sq.;
abandonment of, 263
Tablets, wooden, 311
Tacitus on trade of Ireland, 12 and note
Taillte, in Meath, 119 and note, 305
Tamarensis, insula, 273
Tamnach (Tawnagh), 129 and note, 359, 377
Tara, kingdom of, 69;
“mound of the hostages” at, 71;
Feast of, 112 sq., 303
Tassach, artificer of Patrick, 90, 301;
bishop of Raholp, 208 [acc. to Stokes and Strachan, Tassach = t’ Assach, “thy Assicus,” hypocoristic]
Tecet, Lake, 145
Tech na Rómán, 56, 298
Telltown, see Taillte
Temple-fertagh, 156 note
Tethbia, kingdom of, 121
Theodore of Tarsus, 235
Theodosius I. the Great, laws of, concerning decurions, 19 sq.;
sends Stilicho to defend Britain, 22, 326;
recognises Maximus, 327
Theodosius, father of Theodosius I., delivers Britain, 21, 325
Theodosius II., Code of, 97, 99, 356;
connected with Patrick’s ordination, 347 note
Thomond, kingdom of, 71, 310
Tigernach, 280
Tigroney (Tech na Rómán), 56
Tirawley (Tír Amolngid), the land of Amolngaid, 27, 28, 307;
Patrick visits, 127, 358, 360
Tírechán, Memoir of, 82 note, 248 sqq.;
section of, discovered by Dr. Gwynn, 229, 250;
his story of Mael and Caplit, 240 sqq.;
nature of sources of, 249-50, 252, 254, 266, 360;
relation to Vit. Trip., 272;
at Baslick, 311;
nature of his Itinerary, 358 sqq.;
his uncertainties about numerals, 250, 312, 359, 368, 369
Tirerrill (Tír Ailella), 128, 358
Tlachtga, hill of, 107 note
Tonsure in Ireland, Roman tonsure enforced in, 167, 239 sqq., 286;
native tonsure adopted afterwards, 183, 215
Torbach, Abbot, 225, 254
Torna-Éices, poem of, 355
Tot-mael, 242-3
Trajectus, 274, 341
Trechim, father of Dichu, 89
Tribes, Irish, 67 and note;
ecclesiastical system of, 174 sqq.
Trim, story of foundation of, 102 sq., 253, 302;
date of foundation, 308
Troyes, synod at, sends Germanus and Lupus to Britain, 51
Tuath, 67 note
Tuatha De Danann, 137 note
Turin, Council of, 63 and note, 299
Tyrants in Britain, 315
Tyrconnell, territory of, 72 note
Tyrrhenian Sea, 228, 264, 337
Uentre, corrupt reading in MS. of Muirchu, 322
Uisnech, hill of, 120, 305
Ulaid (Ulster), geographical meaning, 28 and note;
kingdom of, 70 and note
Ulidia, Latin form of Ulaid (q.v.), 28 and note;
tradition of Patrick in, 82;
Patrician legends in, 89
Ulster, 70 and note
Ultan, Bishop, 229, 248, 249, 271, 387
Ultonia (Ulster), 70 and note
Umail, promontory of, see Murrisk
Unitas ecclesiae, 140, 215, 370
Vaison, Council of, 231
Valentia, province, 188;
position unknown, 324
Valentinian III. confers sovereign authority in the west on the Bishop of Rome, 64
Vandals in Gaul, 35, 329, 338
Vartry, river, 31
Vici, Roman, 290
Victor, angel, 264, 278
Victorian cycle, 280, 371-2
Victoricus appears to Patrick in a dream, 42;
becomes Victor, 278, 296
Victoricus of Domnach Maigen, 296
Victorius of Aquitaine, 371
Victricius, Bishop of Rouen, 152, 187
Vincentius at Lerinus, 39, 64
Visigoths, conversion of, in Dacia, 4
Vita Secunda, 268 sq.
Vita Tertia, 272 sq., 275
Vita Quarta, 268 sq.
Vita Quinta, 273 sqq.
Vita Tripartita, 254, 266, 269 sqq., 275
Vladimir, 99
Vortigern, 102 note, 277
Vulgate, use of the, in Patrick’s writings, 293, 319
Whitern (Candida Casa), 187, 313, 325
Wicklow, port of, 55, 293, 300
Willibrord, apostle of the Frisians, 215
Wizards, see Druids
Wolf-hounds, traders in Irish, take Patrick on their vessel, 31
Women, position of, in Irish Church, 286
Wulfilas, work of, 4 sq., 8, 217
Xystus, Bishop of Rome, 60 note
York, 328
Zosimus, Bishop, 63