by Tim Robinson
mass house, 1, 2
Matthews, Fr. Francis, 1
Maumturk Mountains, 1
May Eve, 1
McDonaghs of Creig an Chéirín, 1
McDonnell, Randall (schoolmaster), 1
McDonough, Lawrence, 1
McNamara, William (Doolin), 1
megalithic tombs, 1; see also wedge tombs
Mellifont, 1
Melville, Prof., 1
Messenger, John (anthropologist), 1
meteor-paper (algal paper), 1
Methodist missioner, 1
Meyer, Kuno, 1
Micilín Sarah, 1, 2, 3
Micks, W.L., History of the Congested Districts Board, 1, 2
midwives, 1, 2, 3
migraine cure, 1
Mikey an Bheairic, 1, 2, 3
Mil (Fir Bolg), 1
M’Manus, Rev. Henry, 1
Mochua, St., 1, 2
Mohr, Prof. Paul, 1
Móinín an Damhsa, 1
Molloy, Fr. Dara, 1
Moloney (schoolteacher), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Molyneux, Sir Thomas, 1
monkeys and apes, 1
monuments, roadside, see funerary monuments
Moore, D. (botanist), 1
Moore, Thomas, 1
Moran, Fr. Tadhg (Ó Móráin), 1, 2
Morris, George (eighteenth-century), 1, 2
Morris, George (of the LBG), 1
moths: cinnabar, 1; lackey, 1;
light arches, 1;
six-spot burnet, 1
motorcar, first in Aran, 1
Mount Brandon (Kerry), 1, 2
Mount Eagle (Kerry), 1
Moycullen, see O’Flahertys
Moytura, battles of, 1
Mugh Nuadhat, 1
“muifid” (cupboard), 1
Muintir Neide (the Neds), 1
muirbheach (sea-plain), 1, 2
Muirbheach na Croise, 1
Muirbhigh Móra, Na: in Cill Mhuirbhigh, 1; in Iarairne, 1, 2
Mullaghmore (Co. Clare), 1
Mullán Mór, An, 1, 2
Mullen, Dara (postman), 1, 2
Mullen, Pat, Hero Breed, 1, 2, 3
Mullen, P.J., 1
“Nancies,” the (family), 1
Napoleonic Wars, 1, 2
National Museum (Dublin), 1, 2
nautiloid fossil, 1
Neide, Pádraicín, 1
Nell an Tower (wise woman), 1, 2
Nellóg (wise woman), 1
Nem, St. (abbot), 1, 2, 3
nemeton (sacred glade), 1
Neolithic period, 1, 2; see also megalithic tombs
Newgrange, 1, 2, 3
New Ireland Review, 1
Niall of the Nine Hostages, 1
Ní Dhireáin, Máire (Pheige Cuaig), 1, 2
Nimmo, Alexander (engineer), 1
Norman invasion, 1
Nostoc (alga), 1, 2
nurse, district, 1, 2; Nurse Hedderman, 1
Oatquarter, 1; see also Fearann an Choirce
oats, 1, 2
Ó Briain family (Cill Éinne): Antoine, 1; Taimí, 1
O’Brien, Dr., 1, 2
O’Brien, John (publican), 1
O’Brien, Thomas, and Rev. Kilbride, 1
O’Briens (Munster): and Aran, 1; battle between, 1;
battles with O’Connors, 1;
Clann Thaidhg, 1;
Dal gCais, 1, 2
O’Cadhla (archbishop), his list of churches, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
O’Callaghan, David (schoolmaster), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; his wife, 1
O’Canavans (Iar-Chonnacht), 1, 2
O’Clery, Br Micheal, 1
Ó Conaire, Pádraig (writer), 1
Ó Conaola, Dara (writer), 1, 2
Ó Conaola, Máirtín (story-teller), 1, 2, 3
Ó Concheanáinn family: Máirtín, 1; Tomás Bán, 1, 2;
vineyards, 1, 2
Ó Conchúir, Séamas (poet), 1
Ó Conghaile (Cill Mhuirbhigh), see Conneelys
O’Connell, Daniel, 1
O’Connors (Connacht), 1; Roderick, High King, 1, 2
O’Dalys (Iar-Chonnacht), 1
Ó Direáin, Mairtín, 1, 2, 3; “Árainn 1947,” 1;
“Berkeley,” 1;
“Clochán na Carraige,” 1;
“Cuimhní Cinn,” 1;
“Cuireadh do Mhuire,” 1;
“Dán an Tí,” 1;
Feamainn Bhealtaine, 1;
“Mothú Feirge,” 1;
“Neam- hionraic Gach Beo,” 1, 2;
“Ó Mórna,” 1, 2;
“Stoite,” 1
Ó Direáin, Peadar, and bailiffs, 1
Ó Direáin, Tomás, 1; “An tÁrannach,” 1
Ó Domhnaill, Fr. Mártan, 1, 2; Oileáin Árann, 1, 2
Ó Domnaill, Pádraig, and Black and Tans, 1
“O Donel,” and Land Court, 1
O’Donnell, Red Hugh, 1
O’Donoghue, Fr. Michael, PP, 1, 2
O’Donovan, John, 1, 2; letters to the Ordnance Survey, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17;
poem by, 1
O’Duanes (Iar–Chonnacht), 1
Oengus mac Nadfroích, King of Cashel, 1, 2, 3
Office of Public Works 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
O’Flaherty, Fr. Francis, PP, 1, 2; Beartliméad (his father), 1
O’Flaherty, J.T., “A Sketch of … the Southern Isles of Aran …,” 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
O’Flaherty, Liam, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; Skerrett, 1, 2, 3, 4;
“Spring Sowing,” 1, 2
O’Flaherty, Roderic, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; Michael (Roderic’s son), 1;
West or H-Iar Connaught, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
O’Flaherty, Tom, 1, 2, 3, 4
O’Flahertys (Kilmurvey House line), 1; Alise, 1;
Antony, 1;
Catherine, 1;
James, JP, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10;
John, 1;
Julia, 1;
Lily, 1, 2, 3, 4;
Marcella, 1;
Patrick, JP, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;
Thady, 1
O’Flahertys of Gort na gCapall, 1, 2, 3, 4; Maidhc (Mícheál)
Ó Flaithearta, 1;
Pádraic Dan Phatch Ó Flaithbheartaigh, 1, 2;
see also Maeve, Liam
O’Flaherty, and Tom O’Flaherty
O’Flahertys of Iar-Chonnacht, 1; Antony (of Renvyle), 1;
Antony, MP (of Moycullen), 1;
arms and crest, 1;
Brian, 1;
Brian (of Lemonfield), 1;
Dónal an Chogaidh, 1, 2;
Dónal Crón, 1;
Éamonn Láidir, 1;
Edmund (Col.), 1, 2;
Edmund (son of Col. Edmund), 1;
Flaherty, 1;
Hugh Óg, 1;
Sir John (of Lemonfield), 1;
Marcus 1;
Murchadh na dTua (Sir Murrough), 1, 2;
Murchadh na Maor, 1;
Murchadh na Mart, 1, 2;
Murtagh, 1;
Owen, 1;
Owen (of Bunowen) 1;
Rory (of Moycullen), 1;
na Buile, 1, 2;
Thomas Henry (of Lemonfield), 1;
see also Roderic O’Flaherty
Ó Flaithbheartaigh, Pádraic Mór (the Giant of the Wood), 1, 2
Ó Flaithearta, Pádraicín Neide, 1
Ó Flannagáin, see Joe Flanagan
Ó Floinn, Fr. Donncha, 1
O’Fotharta, Dómhnall (schoolmaster), 1
Oghil, see Eochaill
Ogilby, L. (botanist), 1
Ó Grianna, Séamus (writer), 1
O’Growney, Fr. Eugene, 1
O’Hallorans (Iar-Chonnacht), 1
O’Hanlon, Canon, 1
Ó hEithir, Breandán (writer), 1
Ó hEithir, Pádraic (schoolmaster), 1, 2; his wife, Bn. Uí Eithir (Ní Fhlaithearta, schoolmistress), 1
Ó hEithir, Ruairí, Folk Medical Beliefs in the Aran Islands, 1, 2, 3
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Ó hIarnáin (Hernon, Cill Mhuirbhigh): Grannie, 1; Pat Mhicilín, 1;
Pat Phaidí, 1;
Sonny, 1;
see also Hernon-Johnston and Hernons
Ó hIarnáin, Colm (Cill Rónáin), 1
Ó hIarnáin, Colm P. (Colie Mhicilín), 1, 2, 3, 4
Ó hIarnáin, Pádraic, and Land War, 1
O’Hickey, Dr., 1
Oíche Bhealtaine (May Eve), 1
“ointigh” (habitation-site), 1
Oisín (of the Fianna), 1
O’Kennedys (Iar-Chonnacht), 1
O’Lees (Iar-Chonnacht), 1; Morogh O’Ley (Dr. Lee), 1
O’Leyn, Donatus (abbot), 1, 2
Ollscoil na Gaeilge (Synge’s cottage), 1
Ó Máille (shop, Galway), 1
O’Malley, Rev., PP, 1
O’Malleys (the Cill Éinne line): Máirtin Mór (Connemara), 1;
Martin (of the Hill Farm), 1, 2, 3, 4;
Maryanne, 1;
Pat, 1
O’Malleys of Mayo, 1, 2, 3; see also Gráinne Ní Mháille
Omey Island (Connemara), 1
Onaght, see Eoghanacht
Ó Niaidh, Micil Riabhach (blacksmith), 1
Ó Nualláin, Seán (archaeologist), 1
Opéra d’Aran (Bécaud), 1
Ordnance Survey, 1; maps, 1, 2, 3, 4
Oscar (dog), 1, 2
Ó Síocháin, P.A., 1, 2; Aran, Islands of Legend, 1
O’Toole, Tibbot, 1
Ó Tuathail, Éamonn (schoolmaster), 1, 2
Ó Tuathail, Pádraig (poitín-maker), 1
Ó Tuathail family (and Nell an Tower), 1
Oughterard (castle), 1
Palaeosmilia (fossil coral), 1
pampooties, 1, 2
Pangaea, 1, 2
Parnell, Charles, 1
Patrick, St., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
pearly nautilus, 1
Pearse, Patrick, 1, 2
Pedersen, Holger (linguist), 1, 2
Penal Laws, 1, 2, 3
perched boulders, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Petrie, George, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
petticoats, red, 1, 2, 3
Petty, Sir William, 1
pigs, 1
pilgrimages: to Aran, 1, 2; round island, 1
pillar-stone: Muirbheach na Croise, 1; see also cross-inscribed slabs and pillars
Pilot, SS, 1
pilots, ships’, 1, 2
pine martens, 1
piper, 1
plants: adder’s tongue fern, 1; agrimony, 1, 2;
alder, 1, 2, 3;
alexanders, 1;
Aneura pinguis (liverwort), 1;
autumn hawkbit, 1;
bartsia, 1;
bird’s eye speedwell, 1;
bird’s foot trefoil, 1, 2;
black bog rush, 1;
blackthorn, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
bloody cranesbill, 1, 2, 3, 4;
bogbean, 1, 2;
brooklime, 1;
buckthorn, 1;
burnet rose, 1;
butterwort, common, 1;
Calamagrostis (“wood rush grass”), 1;
calamint, 1;
celandine, 1, 2, 3;
Cinclidotus fontaniloides (moss), 1;
columbine, 1;
Cordyline australis, 1;
cornflower, 1;
cranesbills (cut-leaved, dove’s foot, long-stalked, Pyrenean, shining-leaved), 1;
creeping cinquefoil, 1;
crowfoot (R. trichophyllus), 1;
cypress, 1, 2;
devil’s bit scabious, 1;
dewberry, 1;
dock, curled, 1;
dodder, common, 1;
dog-rose, 1;
early purple orchid, 1, 2;
elder, 1, 2;
elegant St. John’s wort, 1;
enchanter’s nightshade, 1;
Escallonia, 1, 2;
fairy flax, 1, 2;
field madder, 1;
fumitary, 1;
garlic mustard, 1;
golden saxifrage, 1, 2;
Griselinea littoralis, 1;
groundsel, 1;
hairy bittercress, 1;
hairy rockcress, 1;
hardhead, 1;
hart’s-tongue fern, 1, 2, 3;
hawthorn, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
hazel, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
herb bennet, 1;
herb robert, 1;
Himalayan balsam, 1;
honeysuckle, 1, 2, 3;
Irish marsh orchid, 1;
Jerusalem anemone, 1;
kidney vetch, 1, 2;
knapweed, 1;
lady’s bedstraw, 1;
lady’s mantle, 1;
lady’s smock, 1, 2;
limestone bugle, 1, 2;
long-headed poppy, 1;
maidenhair fern, 1, 2, 3, 4;
marram grass, 1;
marsh bedstraw, 1, 2;
marsh orchids, 1, 2;
marsh pennywort, 1;
marsh ragwort, 1;
marsh yellow cress, 1;
meadow buttercup, 1, 2;
meadow pea, 1;
meadowsweet, 1;
milkwort, common, 1;
montbretia, 1;
mountain ash, 1;
mountain everlasting, 1;
mugwort, 1;
mullein, common, 1;
Neotinia (dense-flowered orchid), 1;
old man’s beard, 1;
ox-eye daisy (moon daisy), 1, 2;
penny-cress, common, 1;
petty spurge, 1;
Pittosporum, 1, 2;
purple clover, 1, 2;
purple loosestrife, 1, 2, 3;
purple milk-vetch, 1;
quaking grass, lesser, 1;
ragged robin, 1;
redleg, common, 1;
Rosa spinosissima, 1;
rose-root, 1;
rusty-back fern, 1;
sanicle, 1, 2;
scarlet pimpernel, 1;
scurvy-grass, common, 1;
scutch grass, 1;
shepherd’s purse, 1;
silverweed, 1, 2, 3;
spearwort, lesser, 1;
spike rush, 1;
spindletree, 1;
spleenwort fern, common, 1;
spotted orchid, common, 1;
squinancywort, 1, 2;
sycamore, 1, 2, 3;
thale cress, 1;
toad rush, 1;
tormentil, 1, 2, 3;
tree mallow, 1;
tufted vetch, 1;
tutsan, 1;
twayblade, common, 1;
veronica (Hebe) bushes, 1, 2;
wall-rue, 1;
watermint, 1, 2;
water speedwell, 1, 2, 3;
white campion, 1;
white clover, 1, 2;
whitlow-grass, common, 1;
wild carrot, 1;
wild leek, 1;
wild strawberry, 1, 2;
wild valerian, 1, 2;
“wood rush grass,” 1, 2;
wood-sorrel, 1, 2;
yellow pimpernel, 1;
yellow rattle, 1
Pluais an Ghréasaí, 1
Pobal Árann (Eochaill chapel), 1
Pocaide Bán, An (James O’Flaherty), 1
póiríní (hutches), 1, 2, 3
poitín, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Poll an Chapaill, 1
pollen analysis, 1
Poll i’ bhfolach, An, 1, 2
Poll na Loinge, 1
Poll Talún, 1
Poll Uí Néadáin, 1
Poor Law Guardians, 1, 2, 3
population, 1; see also emigration
Porcupine Bank, 1
Port Bhéal an Dúin, 1, 2
Port Chorrúch, 1, 2, 3
Port Daibhche, 1, 2, 3
Port Mhuirbhigh, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Port na Mainistreach, 1
potato: blight and Famine, 1; cultivation, 1;
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sp; and land-reclamation, 1;
nineteenth-century diet, 1
Poulnabrone dolmen (Co. Clare), 1
Powell, Antoine, Oileáin Árann, 1, 2, 3, 4
Powell, Seán (Baile na Creige), 1
Praeger, Robert Lloyd, 1, 2, 3, 4
Praiseach Pheige Cuaig (stitch), 1
Presbyterian missioner, 1
Protestantism, 1; ministers, 1, 2;
schools, 1, 2
púca (goatish fairy), 1, 2
púcán (small sail-boat), 1
Pupeus, St., 1, 2
Queen’s College, Galway, 1
quern-stones, 1, 2, 3
rabbits: magical, 1, 2; myxomatosis, 1
Raftery (poet), 1
rainbows, 1
Raith Bresail, synod of, 1
rats and potatoes, 1, 2
rawhide shoes, see pampooties
Rawlinson, Dr. Richard, 1
rebellion of 1641, 1, 2, 3; see also Cromwellian period
reclamation of land, 1
rectory, 1, 2, 3, 4
Reilig an Chochaill, 1, 2
Reilig na nGasúr, 1
relief-committees: in 1846, 1; in 1861, 1;
in 1880, 1
relief-works, 1, 2;
funding of, 1;
religious controversies at, 1
Relieving Officer, 1, 2, 3
rental of islands, 1, 2
Renvyle (Connemara), 1, 2, 3, 4
reservoir, 1
Residence, the, 1, 2, 3
Rhys, Sir John (Celticist), 1
Richardson, Surgeon, 1
rift-valley, 1
rights-of-way, 1, 2, 3, 4
Rivers, Elizabeth (artist), 1, 2
road-building, 1, 2, 3
Road of the Dishes (Burren), 1
Robinson, Henry (agent), 1, 2
Robinson, Sir Henry (Local Government Board), 1, 2
Robinson, Tim: inconclusive career, 1; literary shortcomings, 1;
money in rubber-mines, 1
Rocks Road, 1; see also Bóthar na gCrag