Stones of Aran, page 70
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;
