INDEX
Annals of Tigernach
, 21, 128, 246, 459
obituary of Colum Cille, 89
Annals of Ulster, 20, 22, 123, 169, 176, 246
Adomnán’s mission to Aldfrith recorded in, 3
Amlaíb Cuarán recorded in
Cerball mac Muireccán, account of, 75
Colum Cille, obituary of, 98
Patrick, record of, 369
Antae, 28
An Tenga Bithnua
(The Evernew Tongue), 279
Antler-working, 113
Apgitir Crábaid
, 125
Appellant crisis (1385–1386), 437
Archaeology, 24–26
Fine Gall
evidence, 170
and modern redevelopment, 510
of mottes and baileys, 343
Viking Age, 510–511
Archery. 511–513
Architecture, 26–28
Mellifont’s influence on, 325
and sculpture, 424
Ardagh Hoard, 327–328
Argumenta
, 138
Arklow, established by Vikings, 385
Armagh, 28–30
Airgiallan patronage of, 14
support for Church reform under Cellach,
84
and Synod of Ráith Bressail, 398
Armagh, Book of
, 30–31, 39, 142, 317, 447, 454
Armies, 31–33
private, 433
Art, 507–508
Artisans, 6–7
privileged status of, 6
Arti mac Cathal, 164
Artri mac Conchobair, 164
Artisans
grade in Gaelic society, 440
privileged status of, 6
Asceticism, 71
Assassination of Richard Marshal, 161
Astronomy, 420
Athenry, Battle of , 57
Audacht Morainn
, 517
Audite Omnes Amantes Deum
(hymn to St. Patrick),
370
Audley, James de, 78
Augustinian order
houses of, 2–3
twelfth-century reform of, 405–406
Auraicept na nÉces [The Scholars’ Primer],
489
Authority, ecclesiastical
discussed by FitzRobert, 178
Autonomy
and factionalism, 162
B
Báetán mac Cairill, 493
Báetán mac Cuinn, 117
Baileys, 342
Ballads, 166
Ballymote, castle of, 68
Ballymote, Book of
, 94, 287
Baltinglass, 2
Banais
, 165.
See also Feis
Banba
, 451–452
Banshenchas
[Lore of Famous Women],
133, 194, 282, 489
Bardic poetry, 383
Bardic Schools, 7, 35–38
Bards
and learned families, 35–38
schools, 35–38
Barges, 428
Barons’s Wars, 161
Bas Cerbaill agus Ferbhlaide
[The Death of Cerball and
Ferbhlaid]
(Ua Dálaigh), 476
Bastard feudalism, 168–169, 434
Becket, Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, 119, 211
Bec mac Dé, 391
Bede, 20
Bede, St. Gall MS 451, 209
Behavior, consequences of unworthy, 440–441
Beltene, 389
Benedectine order
houses of, 2
Bermingham
Athenry line, 38
Tethmoy line, 38
Bermingham, John de, 38
Bermingham, Piers de, 38
Bermingham, Walter de, 78
Betagh
, 7, 91, 172, 315, 438, 439
Betha Adamnáin
[
Life of Adomnán
], 208
Betha Cholaim Cille
[
Life of Colum Cille
], 477
Bethu Brigte
[
Life of Brigit
], 208
Bíattach. See
Betagh
Birr, synod of
Birth tales
.
See
Comperta
The Black Book of Limerick, 76
Blacaire mac Gofraid, 14–15
Black Death, 41–42, 189, 449
documented by John Clyn, 95
in sixth and seventh century Ireland, 324
Bláthmac Mac Con Brettan, 42, 380
Bloch, Marc
description of feudalism, 167
Boats.
See
Ships
Bobbio, 101
Boley, Roger, 326
Bone-working, 113
The Book of Invasions
. See
Lebor Gabála Érenn
Book of the Dean of Lismore
, 166
Books, reproduction of, 423