INDEX
Ériugena, John Scottus (Continued)
commentary of John, 40
education of, 157
in literature, 157
most outstanding theologian of his time, 157
Periphyseon, or De divisione naturae of, 159
Escheator, 73
Estates, 25, 67
Étaín, 349–350
Etymology, 159–160
in Irish texts, 160
medieval, 159
of Scots, 421–422
Eugenius III, 85
Exchequer, department of, 72
Exegesis, biblical, 338
Exhibitionist figures, significance of, 426–427
Expugnatio Hibernica [Invasion of Ireland] (Giraldus
Cambrensis), 17, 199, 443
F
Fachna of Corco Loígde, 13
Factionalism, 161–162
Fáelán mac an Ghabann, 488
Fáelán mac Colmáin, 487
Families
Mac Lochlainn, 294
Mac Mahon, 298–299
Mac Murrough, 302–303
Mac Sweeney, 305–306
Maguire, 312
Marshal, 322–323
Mortimer, 339–341
O’Byrne, 304
O’Tooles, 304
Plunketts, 377–378
Poers, 378
Famine
courses of, 162–163
crop destruction and, 324
groups affected, 163
Farming. See Agriculture
Farming economy, 25
Farms and farmhouses
layout, 9
work performed, 9
Feast. See Feis
Fedelmid mac Crimthainn, 107, 163–164, 380
Fedlimid Ua Conchobhair
inauguration of, 165
Feidlim, 168
Feis, 165
Feis Temro, 126
Félire Óengusso [The Martyrology of Oengus the Culdee],
71, 209, 380
Fenian Cycle. See Fíanaigecht
Ferghal Mhac an Bhaird, 382
Fergus (son of Bodbchad), 164
Fermoy, The Book of, 134, 279
Feudalism
connecting medieval cultures, 169
defined, 167
dues of feudal lords, 168
historical accuracy of, 167
in Ireland, 167–168
and manorialism, 315
perversion of, 168
Feudal pyramid, 436
Feudal Society (Bloch), 167
Fíachnae mac Báetáin, 169
Fiachnae mac Demmáin, 493
Fían, 166
Fíanaigecht
as dominant literary genre, 166
stories of, 166
Fíanna bátar i nEmain [Champions Who Dwelt in Emain]
(Cináed), 87
Fidbadach mac Feda Rúscaig, 180
Filid and filidecht. See poets and poetry, Irish
Fine Gall, 170
political significance of, 170–171
Fingen mac Áedo, 163
Finn mac Cumaill, 166, 381
Finn mac Gormáin, 5
Finnian, penitential of, 371
Fionn Cycle, 381
Firearms, introduction into Ireland, 334
Fir flaithemon, 165
Fish
export of, 172–173
role in medieval diet, 130, 171
species of, 172
trade in, 450
Fisheries
offshore, 172–173
Fishing, 171
importance of income from, 173
ships and, 428
Fish ponds, 8
Fish weirs
construction of, 171–172
regulation of, 171
Fitz Audelin, William, 108
Fitzgerald, Gerald (fourth earl of Desmond), 381–382
Fitzgerald, Gerald (eighth earl of Kildare), 81, 175
Fitzgerald, James, 332
FitzGerald, John FitzThomas, 249
Fitzgerald, Maurice
defeated by Gofraid Ua Domnaill, 476
fitz Gerald, Maurice, 323
fitzGerald, Maurice (second baron of Offaly), 173
fitzGerald, Maurice (third baron of Offaly), 173–174
FitzGeralds, rise of, 173
FitzGerald, Thomas (first earl of Desmond), 186