INDEXGoidelic group, 261
Latin, 262
Old Norse, 263
Larcom, Thomas, 376
La Tène, 387–388
Lateran Councils, 361
Lathe turning, 112
Latin
in Anglo-Norman Ireland, 217, 218
compared with French, 186
Latin literature, 89
Latrines. See Castles
Laudabiliter (Pope Alexander IV), 16, 210, 282, 361
Henry II emboldened to revive, 458
Law, in Ireland, 351
other legal traditions, 265
and satire, 417
Senchas Már, 264–265
Law of Patrick, 164
Lawrence, St. See Ua Tuathail, Lórcan
Law Schools, 263–264
Law texts, 264–266
origin, 265–266
style and content of, 266
Law Tracts
and obligations of foster children, 183
Lays, Fenian, 166
Leabhar Branach, 134
Leabhar Breac [The Speckled Book], 266–267, 287, 403
Leabhar Cloinne Aodh Buidhe, 482
Leabhar Genealach (Dubhaltach), 293
Leabhar Ser Marco Polo [The Book of Sir Marco Polo], 280
Leabhar Uí Dhubhagáin [The Book of Ua Dubagáin], 488
Learned professions, 6–7
post-Norman organization of, 7
privileged status of, 6
Leather-working, 113
Lebor Buide, 181
Lebor na Cert [The Book of Rights], 279, 431
Lebor Gabála Érenn [The Book of the Taking of Ireland], 23,
233
Cináed ua hArtacáin’s contributions to, 87
composition of, 234
Finn Mainistrech’s incorporation in, 181
Lebor na Cert [The Book of Rights], 489
Lebor na hUidre [The Book of the Dun Cow], 86, 181, 208,
267–269, 494, 495
Lebor na Núachongbála. See Leinster, Book of
Lecan, Yellow Book of, 269–270, 292
Lecc Phátraic, 12
Ledrede, Richard (Bishop of Ossory), 380
Legal profession, early Irish
post-Norman organization of, 7
training of lawyers in England, 102
Legal tracts and legislation
Cáin Adomnáin (Canon of Adomnán), 4
Uraicecht na Ríar (The Primer of Rules), 6
Legenda Aurea, 280
Legislation, parliamentary, 365–366
Leinster, 257, 271–272
Dún Ailinne, 271
Leinster, Book of [Lebar na Núachongbála], 181, 299,
308–309
Áed Ua Crimthainn’s contributions, 4
Cerball mac Muireccán, account of, 75
content, 273
Dinnshenchas Érenn in, 132–133
earliest reference to duanaire as anthology of bardic
poetry, 134
history of, 272–273
letter from Finn mac Gormáin, 5
scribes and decoration, 273–274
Leinster kings
burial grounds of, 201
Leithreid, battle of, 5
Leprosy, 324
Leth Cam, battle of, 12, 14, 491
Leth Cuinn, 274–275
Leth Moga, 274, 275–276
Lex Innocentum. See Cáin Adomnáin
Liber de astronomia, 129
Liber de mensura orbis terrae, 129
Liber Exemplorum, 218
Liber Hymnorum [Book of Hymns], 6, 89, 208
Liber Niger Alani, 404
Liber primus Kilkenniensis, 250
Liberties
and feudalism’s decline, 169
Life of Alfred (Asser), 222
Life of Brigit (Cogitosus), 48, 96
description of cathedral at Kildare, 249
description of mill in, 335
Life of Columbanus (Jonas of Bobbio), 372
Life of Patrick (Muirchú Moccu Macthéni), 333–334
Life of St. Malachy (St. Bernard), 312
Life of Saint Columba [Colum Cille]. See Vita Sancti
Columbae
Limerick
depicted on Ptolemy’s map of Ireland, 276
settled by Vikings, 503
Limerick, Black Book of, 277
Lintel graves, 54
Lionel of Clarence, 79, 278
Lismore, Book of, 279–280, 403
Literature, Irish. See also particular works
Anglo-Saxon influence on, 19–20
classical influences on, 88–89
computistical, 420
Hiberno-English poetry, earliest, 50
personal letter, earliest, 5
prophecies as literary form, 391
satire in, 417
Little Bray, battle of, 137
Little Ice Age, 163