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by Tim Robinson


  Bóthar na gCrúibíní, 1

  boulders, perched, 1

  boundaries: between dialects, 1; east/west, 1, 2;

  of townlands and villages, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  boycotts: of bailiff, 1; of O’Callaghan, 1;

  of the “Saucepans,” 1

  brachiopod fossils, 1, 2

  Bran the Pilgrim, 1

  Breacán (Brecán), St., 1, 2

  bream, sun-dried, 1

  Breandán (Brendan), St., of Clonfert, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Breastquarter (Ceathrú an Oicht), 1

  Breathnach, Máirtín, 1

  Breeze (fishing smack), 1

  Brendan of Birr, St., 1

  briars: cutting out, 1, 2; male and female, 1

  Brigantian (subdivision of Carboniferous), 1, 2

  Brión, 1

  British Association visit, 1, 2, 3

  Brittany (Neolithic tombs), 1

  bróg úrleathar (rawhide shoe), 1, 2; see also pampooties

  Bronze Age, 1; and Dún Aonghasa, 1

  Broughtons, 1

  Browne, C.R., 1

  Browne, Sir Thomas, 1, 2

  buaile (milking pasture), 1

  Buaile na gCopóg, 1, 2

  Buaile Phatsa, 1

  bull, 1; bull calves, castration of, 1;

  weight-lifting a, 1

  bullán (hollow in stone), 1, 2

  Bullán Asurnaí, 1

  Bullán Mhaolodhair, 1, 2

  Bullán na Caillí, 1

  bullaun stones, 1, 2, 3

  Bun Gabhla (Bungowla), 1

  bungalow, first in Aran, 1

  Bunowen castle (Connemara), 1, 2

  Bunratty castle (Clare), 1

  Burke, John (schoolmaster), 1

  Burke, John (stonecutter), 1

  Burke, O.J., The South Isles of Aran, 1, 2, 3

  Burke, Sir Theobald, Viscount Mayo, 1

  Burren, the: children’s burial grounds, 1; emigration, 1;

  Eoghanacht Ninussa, 1;

  forts, 1, 2;

  jointing of limestone, 1;

  rate of erosion, 1;

  St. Mac Duach, 1;

  seen from Aran, 1;

  turloughs, 1;

  vegetational history, 1;

  wedge tombs, 1, 2

  Burton, Frederick, 1, 2

  Butler, Hubert, 1

  butterflies: brimstone, 1; common blue, 1, 2;

  dark green fritillary, 1;

  dingy skipper, 1;

  grayling, 1;

  large heath, 1,

  meadow-brown, 1;

  red admiral, 1;

  ringlet, 1, 2;

  small copper, 1;

  small tortoiseshell, 1, 2;

  speckled wood, 1;

  wall, 1

  cailleach (old woman), 1, 2

  Caiptíní, Na (family), 1; Máirín an Chaiptín, 1, 2

  cairns, funerary, 1, 2, 3, 4

  caiseal (stone structure), 1

  Caiseal, An, 1, 2

  Caisleán Aircín, 1, 2

  Caisleán na Circe (Hen’s Castle, Connemara), 1

  Californian girl, 1

  Calorgas, 1

  Caloric, SS, 1

  calves, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Caninia (fossil coral), 1

  Caradoc, St., 1

  Carboniferous period, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Carcair an Aill Bhriste, 1

  Carcair an Atharla, 1

  Carcair an Jabaire, 1

  Carcair an Phobaill, 1

  Carcair Chlaí Chox, 1, 2

  Carcair Chreig an Chéirín, 1

  Carcair Ghanly, 1, 2

  Carcair na Ceártan, 1

  Carcair na gCat, 1, 2

  Carcair Robinson, 1

  Carna (Connemara): folklore, 1, 2; signal tower, 1

  Carna, An, 1

  Carnarvon, Lord, 1

  Carn Buí, 1

  Carn Maoilín, 1

  Carracháin, Na, 1

  Carraig an Bhanbháin, 1

  cartron (land measure), 1

  Cashel, 1; kings of 1, 2, 3

  “casula” 1

  cat: guarding treasure, 1, 2; with a pocket, 1

  Cather, Rev., 1

  Catholic chapels: Cill Rónáin, 1, 2; Eochaill, 1;

  Eoghanacht, 1

  Catholic Confederation, 1

  Catholic Emancipation Act, 1

  Ceann Gúlaim (Golam Head, signal tower), 1

  ceann mionnáin (crushing–stone), 1

  Ceann Thiar, An, 1

  ceathrar (four persons), 1, 2

  Ceathrú an Chnoic, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; see also Hill Farm

  Ceathrú an Oicht, 1

  Ceathrú an Turlaigh, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Ceathrú na gCat, 1

  Céibh an Rice, 1

  céimín (type of stile), 1, 2

  Ceithre Ród, Na, 1

  Céli Dé, 1

  cemetery, Cill Mhuirbhigh, 1

  cenotaphs, see funerary monuments

  census of 1812, 1

  census of 1821, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

  Central Relief Committee (1840s), 1

  Chandos, Duke of, 1

  changelings, 1

  chapel ruins: in Baile na mBocht, 1; near Clochán an Airgid, 1;

  at Creig na Córach, 1;

  see also individual churches under Cill, Teaghlach, and Teampall

  Charcair Mhór, An (Cill Éinne), 1, 2; battle of, 1, 2

  Charde: Chardes, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; Richard, 1;

  Thomas, 1

  Charraig, An, 1

  Cheathrú Rua, An (Carraroe, Connemara), 1, 2

  “chickenweed,” 1

  Choill, An, 1

  cholera, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Chrangaire, An, 1

  Chreig Dhubh, An (Cill Rónáin), 1, 2

  Chreig Mhór, An (Cill Rónáin), 1

  Chreig Mhór, An (Fearann an Choree), 1, 2, 3

  Christ Crucified (roadside shrine), 1

  Christmas, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Church Education Society, 1

  Churchill, Winston, 1

  Church of the Four Beauties, 1

  Ciarán, St., 1, 2

  Cill Charna, 1, 2

  Cill Chomhla, 1, 2

  Cill Éinne: cottages, 1; harbour, 1, 2, 3;

  monastery, 1, 2;

  nineteenth-century, 1, 2, 3

  Cill Mhuirbhigh: origin of name, 1; townland, 1;

  village, 1, 2

  Cill na Manach (lost church), 1, 2, 3

  Cill Rónáin: boundary, 1; development in 1880s, 1;

  harbour, 1, 2;

  Irish language, 1;

  original church, 1;

  Protestant presence, 1;

  situation of village, 1;

  subdivisions, 1

  Citie of the Tribes (paddle-steamer), 1

  Claddagh, the, 1; fishermen of, 1, 2, 3

  claí fidín (type of wall), 1

  Clann Thaidhg, 1

  Clanricardes, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Clarendon, Earl of, 1

  clay-band, 1

  cleithín (disease), 1

  Cleland, Prof., 1

  Clifden: Black and Tans, 1; Union of Parishes, 1

  cliffs, erosion of, 1, 2

  Cliffs of Moher (Clare), 1

  Cliff Top cottage, 1

  clint, 1; see also limestone

  clocháin (stone huts): in Baile na mBocht, 1; near An Dún Beag, 1;

  in Eoghanacht, 1

  Clocháin, Na, 1

  clocha mháthar (uprights in walls), 1

  Clochán an Airgid (Cill Éinne Td.), 1

  Clochán an Airgid (Eoghanacht Td.), 1

  Clochán an Phúca, 1

  Clochán na Carraige, 1

  cloch neart (throwing-weight), 1

  Cloghas Éinne, see round tower

  Clonmacnois, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Clontarf, Battle of, 1

  Cnoc, An (Connemara), 1

  cnocáin in Baile na mBocht, 1

  “cnocán” (mound), 1

  Cnocán an Chochaill, 1


  Cnocán na mBan, 1

  Cnoc Mordáin (Connemara), 1

  coal lorry, 1

  coastal erosion, 1, 2; of cliffs, 1, 2

  coastguards, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Coastwatching Service, 1

  Coercion Act of 1881, 1

  Coinleach, An, 1

  Coláiste Gaeilge Mhic Phiarais, 1

  Col Citte, 1

  Colgan, John, Acta Sanctorum Hiberniae, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  Colgan, Nathaniel (botanist), 1, 2, 3

  Colman, Uncle, 1, 2, 3

  Colm Cille, St., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  Committee Road, the, 1

  Composition of Connaught, 1

  Conall, St., 1

  Concannon: James’ vineyards, 1, 2; see also Ó Concheanáinn and Ua Concheannáinn

  Concannon, Fr., PP, 1

  Cong, 1

  Congested Districts Board, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

  Conmaicne Mara (old name for Connemara, q.v.), 1, 2

  Connemara: and Aran tombstones, 1; bonesetter, 1;

  children’s burial grounds, 1;

  dialect, 1;

  famine, 1;

  pilgrims to Aran, 1;

  place-names, 1;

  sectarianism, 1;

  smuggling, 1;

  view of, 1, 2;

  wise woman, 1

  Coneely, Thomas, memorial to, 1

  Conneely, and the tar, 1

  Conneely (Cill Mhuirbhigh): Mícheál, 1, 2; Máire Bn. Uí Conghaile, 1;

  Máirtín, 1;

  shop, 1, 2

  Conneelys (Gort na gCapall), 1

  Conn of the Hundred Battles, 1

  Connor, James, and Digby House, 1

  Conradh na Gaeilge, see Gaelic League

  Copper Age, 1, 2

  copper sulphate: for blight, 1; for castrating bull calves, 1

  coral, fossil, 1

  Corban (pagan), 1, 2

  Corbett, Rev., 1

  Corcomroe (Co. Clare): and Corban, 1, 2; and Diocese of Kilfenora, 1;

  and Eoghanacht, 1

  Corcu Modruad, 1, 2, 3, 4; see also Corcomroe

  Cormac mac Cuilennáin, king-bishop, 1

  Cornarone (Connemara), 1

  Corrúch, 1, 2, 3; derivation of name, 1;

  dialect, 1

  Cosán na nAingeal, 1

  cottages, layout of, 1

  Cotter, Claire (archaeologist), 1, 2

  Country Shop (Dublin), 1

  courthouse, former, 1

  cow: address to a, 1; going to the bull, 1;

  milking, 1

  Cowrugh, see Corrúch

  Coyne, Mr. (cattle dealer), 1

  “crag,” 1

  Craga, Na, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

  crangaire (cnagaire), 1

  creig (crag), 1

  Creig an Chéirín, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Creig an Chosáin, 1, 2

  Creig an Tobair (Cill Mhuirbhigh), 1

  Creig an Tobair (Gort na gCapall), 1

  Creig Choi Citte, 1

  creigeán (criogán, crogán, craggy field), 1

  Creigeán an “Lookout,” 1

  Creigeán na Banríona, 1

  Creig Earraigh, 1

  Creig hÍobairt, 1

  Creig na bhFaoileán, 1

  Creig na Córach, 1, 2, 3

  Creig na gCaorach, 1

  Creig na Leacht, 1

  Creig na Scoile, 1

  “cromlechs,” 1, 2; see also megalithic tombs

  Cromwellian period, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

  cross-inscribed slabs and pillars: Cill Charna, 1; Cill Éinne, 1;

  Cill Mhuirbhigh, 1;

  Mainistir, 1;

  Na Seacht dTeampaill, 1;

  Teampall Asurnaí, 1

  curate’s house, 1, 2

  currachs, 1

  Curran, John Adye (lawyer), 1

  Curtin, Jeremiah (folklorist), 1, 2

  Curry (O’Curry), Eugene, 1

  Dabhach Éinne, 1

  Dal gCais, 1, 2

  Dallas, Rev. Alexander, 1

  Danes, folklore concerning, 1

  Dante, 1

  D’Arcy, Rev. Hyacinth, 1

  D’Arcy, Sir John, 1

  de Blácam, Tarlach, 1

  de Burgo, Archbishop John, 1

  de Burgos, 1, 2; see also Burkes and Clanricardes

  Delaney, Fr. Patrick (curate), 1

  de Paor, Liam, 1

  Department of Agriculture, 1, 2

  de Valera, Eamon, 1, 2

  de Valera, Dr. Ruaidhrí, 1

  Devil, the, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; His Excellency, 1

  Diarmaid and Gráinne, 1, 2; beds of, 1, 2, 3

  Dibunophyllum (fossil coral), 1

  Digby family, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Miss Elizabeth Francis, 1, 2, 3;

  John, 1;

  Rev. John, 1, 2;

  Simon, Bishop of Elphin, 1, 2;

  see also St. Lawrences and Guinness family

  Digby House, 1

  Dinneen’s Irish-English Dictionary, 1

  Dirrane: Ann (memorial to), 1; Bridget (memorial to), 1;

  Colman, 1, 2, 3;

  Maggy, 1;

  Stephen, 1;

  see also Ó Direáin

  Dirrane, Roger: and the “Saucepans,” 1, 2; and water troughs, 1

  Dirranes, 1, 2

  Discovery Programme, 1

  disease transference, 1

  dísert (hermitage), 1

  dispensary, 1, 2

  “distress”: in 1822, 1, 2; in 1825, 1;

  in 1831, 1;

  in 1861, 1;

  in 1877, 1;

  in 1879, 1;

  in 1880s, 1, 2;

  see also Famine, the Great divisions of Árainn: east/west, 1;

  tripartite, 1, 2;

  see also townlands

  doctors, nineteenth-century, 1; see also Dr. Bodkin, Dr. Stoney, and Dr. O’Brien

  dog’s cold nose, 1

  “dolmens,” 1

  dolphins, 1

  Dónall Mhicil (story of Famine), 1

  donkeys, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14; cart, 1

  Donnellan, James (schoolmaster), 1, 2

  Doolin (Co. Clare), 1, 2

  Doon, castle of (Connemara), 1

  Doon Hill (Connemara), 1

  doras an fhascaidh, doras na gaoithe (cottage doors), 1

  Down Survey, 1

  dragonflies, 1

  “Dreoilín, An” (song about), 1

  drugs, 1

  druidism, 1, 2

  Drumacoo (Co. Galway), 1

  Duach Teangumha (early king), 1

  dúchosach (maidenhair fern), 1, 2

  ducks crossed with seagulls, 1

  Dún Aonghasa: archaeology, 1;

  and Atlantis, 1; British Association visit, 1, 2, 3;

  and divisions of island, 1;

  and ESB pole, 1;

  legends, 1;

  O’Donovan’s investigations, 1;

  and pillar-stones, 1;

  Queen’s College Galway visit, 1;

  as temple, 1, 2

  Dún Beag, An, 1

  Dún Dúchathair, 1, 2, 3, 4

  Dún Eochla, 1

  Dún Eoghanachta, 1, 2

  Dunton, John, 1

  dúramhán (sandy soil), 1

  Duran, Dr. James, 1

  Duras, SS, 1, 2

  Durlas (Kinvara), 1

  Éadaoin (mythical beauty), 1

  “Éamon an Chnoic” (song), 1

  Éanna, see St. Enda

  Eccnech, bishop and anchorite, 1

  Edinburgh, Duke of, 1

  eels, 1, 2; from horsehairs, 1

  eelworm parasite, 1

  eggs, dividing five, 1

  Éireannach, An t- (periodical), 1

  Eiscir Riada (glacial ridge), 1, 2

  elder, use in castrating bull calves, 1

  Elizabeth I, Queen, 1, 2; her shoe, 1

  elm decline (neolithic), 1

  emigration: contemporary, 1, 2; nineteenth-century, 1, 2
, 3

  Enda, St.: and St. Ciarán, 1; division of island, 1;

  and the Eoghanacht, 1;

  holy well, 1;

  Life of St. Enda, 1, 2

  Englefield, Sir Henry, 1; Henry-Charles, 1

  English language in Aran, 1

  Ennistymon fair (Co. Clare), 1

  Enteromorpha (seaweed), 1

  Eochaill (Oghil, townland): boundary, 1; derivation of name, 1, 2;

  villages in, 1

  Eochaill (village): border, 1; chapel, 1, 2;

  fields, 1;

  saying about, 1;

  shop, 1

  Eochu Mugmedon (early king), 1

  Eoghanacht (a Munster people), 1;

  Eoghanacht Ninussa, 1, 2

  Eoghanacht (Onaght, townland), 1; boundary, 1;

  wise woman of, 1, 2

  Eoghanacht (village), 1, 2

  Eoghan Mór (mythical hero), 1

  Éremón (mythical hero), 1, 2

  erosion of limestone, 1; see also coastal erosion

  Errisbeg Hill (Connemara), 1

  Esserninus, St., 1

  Evans, Estyn, Irish Folk Ways, 1

  Evans Wentz, W.Y., The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries, 1, 2

  Evelyn’s shop, Eochaill, 1, 2

  evictions, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

  evil eye, 1, 2

  factory (Eoghanacht), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Faherty, Cáit, 1

  Fahey, Fr. (curate), 1, 2, 3

  fairies, 1, 2, 3, 4; dwellings, 1, 2;

  and illness, 1;

  path, 1

  Fair Rents Act of 1881, 1

  Famine, the Great, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; and proselytism, 1;

 

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