INDEXBosworth, battle of, 260
Braganstown massacre (1329), 436
Brandub mac Echach, 486
Braose, Philip de, 458
Braose, William de, 177
Brehon law, 42–44.
See also
Penitentials and penance
childrearing and fosterage, 79–81
on clientship, 90–91
collection of tracts, 282
honor price, 43, 252
marriage and, 321
Bres, 349
Breslech Mór Maige Muirthemme [The Great Rout of Mag
Muirthemne],
495
Breteuil-sur-Iton, 497
Bretha Déin Chécht
, 7, 43
Breves causae
, 138
Brian Ballagh Ua Ruairc, 483
Brian Boru (Bóruma) mac Cennétig, 92, 118, 488
celebrated in
Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib,
457
eponymous ancestor of Ua Briain, 457
undisputed king of Ireland, 45–47
Brian na Múrtha Ua Ruairc, 483
Brian Ua Briain, 382
Bridges, 47–48
Brigit (Brigid), 48–50, 337
miracle poem about, by Colmán moccu Cluasaig, 379
Bristol, 497
Brithem,
6
Brooches, 93–94, 237–239
Hunterston Brooch, 238
Pictish, 238
Tara Brooch, 25, 238
Westness, 239
Brown, George, 82
Bruce, Edward
invasion of (1315–1317), 163, 174, 361
Bruiden in Irish death-tales, 10
Bruilingeacht
, 134
Buannacht
, 332
Bubonic plague.
See
Black Death
Bunratty, 172
Burgesses, 438
de Burgh family, 55–57
Burgh, John de, 88
Burgh, Richard de (“Red Earl” of Ulster, d. 1326), 77, 161,
386, 463
marriage networks of, 432–433
peak of Ulster earldom, 491
Burgh, Walter de (d. 1271), 161, 479, 496
Burgh, William de (“the Conquerer,” d. 1205/6), 55, 107,
177, 458
Burgh, William de (“Brown Earl” of Ulster, d. 1333), 57,
479, 491
de Burgh rivalry with FitzGeralds, 174
burials, Viking, 54
Burial traditions, early Irish, 53–55
pre-Christian, 388
Butler, James (third Earl of Ormond), 250, 332
Butler, Katherine, 378
Butler-Ormond, 58–60
relations with native Irish, 60–61
rivalry with FitzGeralds, 60C
Caillech Bérre
, 284
Cáin Adomnáin
[Canon of Adomnán], 4
Cáin Lánamna
[
The Law of Close Relationships
],
44
Caithréim Chellacháin Chaisil
[
The Victorious Career of
Cellachán of Cashel
], 222, 279–280, 288,
289
Caithréim Thoirdhealbhaigh
[The Victorious Career of
Turlough]
, 88, 222
Calendar of Papal Letters
, 403–404
Calendars and hagiography, 209
Callan, battle of, 290
Calligraphy, 423
Cambrai Homily
, 452
Campaign castles, 342
Canonization
of FitzRalph, 179
Canon law
Collectio canonum Hibernensis
, 216
Hiberno-Latin literature, 216
Irish forms of, 63–64
marriage and, 320
Canterbury, 197–198
Caravel, 428
Carlingford, established by Vikings, 385
Carolingian dynasty, 64–65
Irish influence on, 64
Carolingian ivories, 220
Carpentry, 112
Carrickfergus
castle of, 67–68
Edward Bruce at, 51
established by Vikings, 385
Cashel, synod of I, 65–66, 461
interpretations of decrees of, 65–66
Cashel, synod of II, 66–67
and papal support for Henry II, 66–67
Castle Roche, 68
Castles, 67–69
campaign, 342
early Irish, 67–68
in
Fine Gall
, 171
Kilkenny, 250
mottes-and-baileys, 342–343
as part of manors, 316
Maynooth, 323
post-fourteenth century, 68–69
Cathach
psalter (Colum Cille), 39, 99, 124, 140
Cath Almaine
[The Battle of Allen],
70, 221