MacCába ("MacCabe") family, 334 MacDomhnaill ("MacDonnell, MacConnell." etc.) family, 334; obtains Irish territory, 219, 342 MacDubhghaill ("MacDugall, MacDowell, Doyle, Coyle") family, 334 MacRuaidhri ("MacRory, Rogers") family, 334 MacSíthigh ("MacSheehy, Sheehy, Shee") family, 334 MacSuibhne ("MacSweeney, Sweeny") family, 334; first record of, 335 MagRoth, MaġRaṫ=Moira Magnus, king of Norway, fails to restore Norse power, 280 Malachy (Maol m'Aoḋóg), Saint, 281 Mathgamain (Maṫġaṁain) overthrows Eoghanacht dynasty, 268 Matriarchy, a Pictish custom, 59 Medb (Meaḋḃ), 80, 118 Medraige (Meaḋraiġe), 82 Midhe, early extent of, 113; partition of, 235 Míl, legend of, 91-95 Military organisation disappears, 229, 235, 251, 267; reintroduced, 325 Military tribes of pre-Celtic origin, 79-82 Moira, battle of, 199 Monarchy, Irish, fictitious accounts of, 115, 239; origin of, 118; held by Connacht dynasty, 130; detached from Connacht dynasty, 192; succession to, 231, 238; in abeyance, 272; restored in depraved form, 273 Muirchertach MacErca, king of Ireland, 190-193 Muirchertach, king of Ailech, career of, 266 Muiredach Tírech (Muireaḋaċ Tíreaċ), 124 Munster, ancient extent of, 108, 126, 186; increasing power of, 236; ecclesiastical kings of, 258 Mythological inhabitants of Ireland, 85 Mythology of Irish Celts shows traces of continental origin, 87; transformed by Christian writers, 88 N Nationality, ancient Irish conception of, 96; characteristic development of, 224-229; conscious sense of, 244-248 Nath-Í, 157 Nemed (Neiṁeaḋ), 88 Neolithic Age in Ireland, 69 Nia Segomon (Nia Seaġaṁan), 127 Niall Glundubh, king of Ireland, 263 Niall of the Nine Hostages, 129, 130, 157; settlements of his kindred, 180-185 Norman statecraft, 301 Normans, so called, in Ireland, their racial, linguistic, and political affinities, 302 Norman plan of conquest, 304 North Leinster kingdom, fall of, 122 Nuadu (Nuaḋa. Nodons), a Celtic god, 95 Norse invasions begin, 203, 249; Celtic resistance to, 205; conquests in Scotland, 205; kingdom of Hebrides and Argyle, 211-220; earliest settlements in Ireland, 251; power in England and France, 254; expelled from northern Ireland, 255; adopt a settled life, 265, 273; demoralisation caused by, 281 O