Book of Armagh, 33
Book of Howth, the, 140
Borough, Lord, deputy, 203
Boulter, Archbishop of Armagh, 304, 320
Boyle, primate, 280
Boyne, battle of the, 288
Bramhall, primate, 277
"Brass Band," 403
Brehons, judges or law makers, 19, 25
Brian Boru, or Boruma, 60, 61;
he defeats the Danes, 61;
seizes throne of Cashel, 63;
over-runs Leinster, 63;
subdues Ossory, 63;
attacks Meath, 63;
burns the stronghold of Tara, 63;
becomes Ard-Reagh in Malachy's place, 63;
he is called Brian of the Tribute, 64;
he becomes master of Ireland, 64;
his victory at Clontarf, 66;
he marches against Brodar, 68, 69;
is killed, 69;
mourned and buried, 69, 70.
Bridget (Saint), 47;
sacred fire of, 47
Brodar, a Viking, 66;
killed Brian, 67
Brown, Archbishop of Meath, 159;
deprived, 161
Bruce, Edward, in Ireland, 107;
battle of Bannockburn, 108;
its effects, 108;
Bruce lands at Carrickfergus, 108;
defeats Richard de Burgh, 108;
defeats Sir Edmund Butler at Ardscul, 108;
victorious at Kells, 108;
meets his brother, 108;
is crowned king, 109;
devastates the country, 109;
defeated and killed at Dunkalk, 110
Bruce, King Robert of Scotland, 108
Burren, district of the, in North Clare, 269
Burgh, Sir William FitzAldelm de, 103
Burgundy, Duchess of, 132, 136
Burke, Edmund, 330
Burke, Mr. Thomas, murder of, 411

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Calvagh O'Donnell, 167
Camden, Lord (Lord-Lieutenant), 359.
Campion, historian, the, 125
Carew, Sir George, 213, 215, 216, 226
Carew, Sir Peter, 178;
his atrocities, 178
Carey, James, the informer, 412
Carhampton, Lord, 358
Carle Canuteson, 67
Carlow, 154
Carneg, rock of, 84
Carnot, 355
Catholic Confederacy, 249
Catholic Relief Bill carried, 381
Cashel, Synod of, 92
Castlehaven, 215
Castlereagh, Lord, Chief Secretary, 370
Caulfield, Lord, Governor of Charlemont, 243
Cavan, Lord, 365
Cavendish, Lord Frederick, murdered, 411
Cerd or Nuad of "the Silver hand," 9
Charlemont, Lord, 330
Charles I., accession, 231;
he sends Strafford to Ireland, 231, 235, 238;
his death, 279
Chester Castle, attack on, projected, 405
Chesterfield, Lord, Lord-Lieutenant, 344
Claims, Court of, 275
Clan Naim, 17
Clann Dichin, a malediction, 20
Clanricarde, Earl of, 105
Clarence, Lionel, Duke of, 114
Cliach, plains of, 14
Clocthech, round towers of, 56
Clogher, Bishop of, 241
Clonard, town of, 47
Clonmacnois, high altar at, 47
Clonmel, 262
Clontarf, battle of, 71, 74