BŌV THE RED. King of the Danaans of Munster, brother of the Dagda; searches for maiden of Angus Ōg’s dream, 121-123; goldsmith of, named Len, 123; Aoife’s journey to, with her step-children, 139, 140 BOYNE, THE RIVER. Angus Ōg’s palace at, 121; Angus and Caer at, 122; Milesians land in estuary of, 136; Ethné loses her veil of invisibility while bathing in river, 144; church, Kill Ethné, on banks of, 145 BRAN. See Bendigeid BRANWEN. Sister of Bran, 366; given in marriage to Matholwch, 366; mother of Gwern, 368; degraded because of Evnissyen’s outrage, 369; brought to Britain, 372; her death and burial on the banks of the Alaw, 372 BREA (bray). Battle of, reference to Finn’s death at, 275 BREGIA. Locality of, 168; the plains of, viewed by Cuchulain, 193; St. Patrick and folk of, 282 BREG´ON. Son of Miled, father of Ith, 130; tower of, perceived by Ith, 132 BRENOS (BRIAN). Under this form, was the god to whom the Celts attributed their victories at the Allia and at Delphi, 126 BRES. 1. Ambassador sent to Firbolgs, by People of Dana, 106; slain in battle of Moytura, 107. 2. Son of Danaan woman named Eri, chosen as King of Danaan territory in Ireland, 107; his ill-government and deposition, 107-108. 3. Son of Balor; learns that the appearance of the sun is the face of Lugh of the Long Arm, 123 BRI LEITH (bree lay). Fairy palace of Midir the Proud at, in Co. Longford, 124; Etain carried to, 163 BRIAN. One of three sons of Turenn, 114 BRIAN. Equivalent, Brenos. Son of Brigit (Dana), 126 BRICCRIU OF THE POISONED TONGUE (bric’roo). Ulster lord; causes strife between Cuchulain and Red Branch heroes as to Championship of Ireland, 195; summons aid of demon named The Terrible, 196; his suggestion for carving mac Datho’s boar, 243 BRIDGE OF THE LEAPS. Cuchulain at, 187; Cuchulain leaps, 188 BRIGINDO. Equivalents, Brigit and “Brigantia,” 103 BRIGIT (g as in “get”). Irish goddess identical with Dana and “Brigindo,” &c., 103, 126; daughter of the god Dagda, “The Good,” 103, 126; Ecne, grandson of, 103 BRITAIN. See Great Britain. Carthaginian trade with, broken down by the Greeks, 22; place-names of, Celtic element in, 27; under yoke of Rome, 35; magic indigenous in, 62; votive inscriptions to Æsus, Teutates, and Taranus found in, 86; dead carried from Gaul to, 131; Ingcel, son of King of, 169; visit of Demetrius to, 355; Bran, King of, 365; Caradawc rules over in his father’s name, 369; Caswallan conquers, 372; the “Third Fatal Disclosure” in, 373 BRITAN. Nedimean chief who settled in Great Britain and gave name to that country, 102 BRITISH ISLES. Sole relics of Celtic empire, on its downfall, 34; Maev, Grania, Findabair, Deirdre, and Boadicea, women who figure in myths of, 43