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 of, 145
  translator of, 145. 
Sedulus, St., 178. 
Segetius, priest, 115. 
Senchan Torpeist, 40. 
Severe winters and pestilences in Ireland, 223. 
Sheehy, Father Nicholas, judicial murder of, 589. 
Sheridan, his life, 608. 
Shrines of the three saints, 133. 
Sidney’s official account of Ireland, 423
  his interview with Granuaile, 434. 
Silken Thomas, his rebellion, 391
  his execution, 392. 
Silver shields, 89. 
Simnel crowned in Dublin, 380. 
Simon, Rabbi, 68. 
Sitric arrival of, 195
  treachery of, 201. 
Smith, Adam, on Ireland, 603. 
Smithfield, origin of the name, 241n. 
South Sea Bubble, 581. 
Spenser’s Castle, 423
  grandson, 513
  description of Irish misery, 439. 
Sreng, warrior, 62. 
Statements in our annals confirmed by a Jewish writer, 68. 
Statute of Kilkenny and its effects, 359. 
Stierman, 48. 
Sterne, Dr., 544. 
Strafford, Earl of, 77. 
Strongbow, Earl of Clare, arrives in Ireland, 263
  genealogy, 263
  marriage of, and Eva, 264
  proclaims himself king of Leinster, 266
  returns to England. 268
  death of, 282
  his seal, 284. 
Succession, law of, 146. 
Superstitions, Irish, 142. 
Swan, Major, 624. 
Swift, Dean, 581
  his writings, 581
  his life, 607. 
Swords and chariots of ancient Ireland, 167.

T.

Tacitus, 95. 
Tain bo Chuailgne, the expedition of, 92
  the story of, 93. 
Talbot, Archbishop, 525. 
Tanaiste, 147. 
Tandy, Napper, 612. 
Tara, account of ancient, 163
  site of, 41
  cursing of, 162. 
Taverns and coffee-houses, 544. 
Theatre, the first, in Dublin, 547.