., 281
his death, 290.
Oirdnidhe, Hugh, the legislator, 179.

P.

Palatines, the, 580.
Palladius, St., mission of, 109.
Palliums, 231.
Partholan, landing of, 58.
Partholyan, English traditions of, 71.
Patrick, St., his birthplace, 112
visits Tara, 120
his successful preaching, 123
relic of his hand, 134
his copy of the Gospels, 134
his burial-place, 133
devotion of his servant, 125
his death, 126
his vision, 113
his prayer for Ireland, 135
destruction of the idols, 121
his Hymn, 120
his captivity, 113.
Peep-o'-Day Boys and Defenders, 613.
Pelasgian remains, 158.
Pembroke, Earl of, plots against, 311.
Penal Laws, enactment of, 576.
Perrot, Sir John, 417.
Petrie, Dr., quotations from, on Brehon laws, 115.
Petty, Sir William, 541.
Philosophical Society, the Dublin, 546.
Phoenician colonization of Spain, 70
circumnavigation of Africa, 69.
Physicians, establishment of their college in Dublin, 543
Picts, landing of the, 79.
Pitt, William, 613.
Plantation of Connaught, 510
of Ulster, 469.
Plowden's account of the atrocities of the military, 602.
Plunkett, Dr., his trial and execution, 528.
Plunkett, Lord, in parliament, 640.
Poyning's Parliament, 379
law, and its effects, 382.
Presentation Order, 593n.
Priests, cruel massacre of, 496
their efforts to save Protestants, 483.
Protestant Church, state of, 425.

Q.

Quipus used as a register by the Indians, 150.

R.

Raith Beothaigh (Rath Beagh), an ancient burial-place, 78.
Raleigh, Sir Walter, 439.
Rath at Leighlin, 200
of the Synods, 165.
Reformation, attempts to introduce the, 415.
Reformed clergy, preaching of, 405.
Religious houses and their founders, 316.
Remonstrance to the Holy See, 341.
Reports on the state of Ireland, 648
Richard I., accession of, 294.
Richard II., visits Ireland, 365.
Rinuccini, 489n
lands at Kenmare, 490
reception in Kilkenny, 491
returns to Italy, 497.
Rock of Cashel, 193.
Rodanus, St., 162.
Romantic Tales, 91.
Rose Tavern, 544.
Rotundo built, 638.
Round Tower controversy, 153.
Rowan, A. Hamilton, 615
Rufus, William, boast of, 257.

S.

Sacramental test, 579.
Saltair of Temair, 41.
na-Rann, 41.
of Cashel, 44.
of Cormac, 41.
San Jose, arrival of, 443.
Saviour's, St., Dublin, 318.
Schomberg's camp, disease in, 560.
Scots, 69.
Scraball, 164.
Scythian colonists, 68
Irish claim descent from, 65.
Seanchaidhe, poet, 83n.
Seanchus Mor, language o