IRELAND Unique historical position of, 35; Dermot mac Kerval, High King of, 47; apostolised by St Patrick, 51; Lowland Celts founders of lake-dwellings in, 56; holy wells in, 66; tumulus and symbolic carvings at New Grange in, 69-72; reference to conversion of, to Christianity, 83; Lugh, or Lugus, god of Light, in, 88; history of, as related by Tuan, 98-100; Nemed takes possession of, 98; Fomorians establish tyranny over, 101; Standish O’Grady’s “Critical History of,” reference to, 119, 120; displacement of Danaans in, by Milesians, 130; Ith’s coming to, 130-136; name of Eriu (dative form Erinn), poetic name applied to, 132; Amergin’s lay, sung on touching soil of, 134; Milesian host invade, 135; the Children of Miled enter upon sovranty of, but henceforth there are two Irelands, the spiritual, occupied by the Danaans, and the earthly by the Milesians, 136-145; Eremon, first Milesian king of all, 143, 144; reference to Christianity and paganism in, 145; Milesian settlement of, 148; Ollav Fōla, most distinguished Ollav of, 149—150; Maon reigns over, 154; raid of Conary’s foster-brothers in, 169; The Terrible decides the Championship of, 196; proclaims Cuchulain Champion of, 196; Naisi and Deirdre land in, 199; Cairbry, son of Cormac mac Art, High King of, 304; Maeldūn and his companions return to, 330; the Arthurian saga never entered, 343; invaded by Bran, 369-372; Matholwch hands over to Gwern the sovranty of, 370 IRISH. Element of place-names, found in France, Switzerland, Austria, &c., 28; Spenser’s reference to eagerness of, to receive news, 37; the Ulster hero, Cuchulain, in saga, 41; the tumulus at New Grange in, 69; Christianity, early, magical rites of Druidism survive in, 83; legend, four main divisions in cycle of, 95; folk-melodies, the _Coulin_, one of the most beautiful of, 119; god of Love, Angus Ōg the, 121; “Mythological Cycle,” de Jubainville’s, reference to, 131; place-names, significance of, 250; legend, St. Patrick and, 283; literature, effect of Christianity on, 295 296 IRNAN. Lays Finn under _geise_ to engage in single combat, 278; slain by Goll, 278 IRON AGE. The ship a well-recognised form of sepulchral enclosure in cemeteries of the, 76