Schools, reorganisation of, 284 Scotland, Irish colonisation of, 194; Irish settlements extend to east coast, 202; conquest by Cinaed (Cionaoḋ), 204; centralised polity of, 206; extent of Irish colonisation, 207; anglicisation, 208; feudal institutions introduced, 209 Scotti, legendary origin of, 90; earliest mention of, 143; meaning of the name, 144; St. Jerome's account of, 146 Scottish history, earliest documents of, 198 Scythians in Irish legend, 91 Segomo, a Celtic god, 127 Semaine (Seamaine), Semrige (Seimriġe), Semonrige (Seamonraiġe), Tuath Semon (Seaman), 75, 78 Síol Aedo Sláne (Síol Aoḋa Sláine), dynasty of, 236 Sliab Badbgnai (Sliaḃ ḃáġna, "Slieve Baune"), 78 Sliab Echtgi (Sliaḃ Eaċtġa, "Slieve Aughty or Baughty"), 78 Snakes absent from Ireland, 140 Solinus on Ireland, 140 States in ancient Ireland, classification of, 274, 275 Strabo on Ireland, 134 Sumarlidi (Soṁairliḋ), founds a kingdom in western Scotland, 214; spurious pedigree of, 215; sends embassy to Derry, 284; his descendants in Ireland, 326, 334 T Tacitus on Ireland, 136 Tadhg, son of Cian, 121 Taillte ("Teltown"), assembly of, interrupted, 256; restored, 258 "Táin Bó Cuailnge," its ancient celebrity, 100 Tanistry, origin of, 295 Tara (Teaṁair), a provincial capital, 104; occupied by Connacht dynasty, 120; its desertion, legendary and historical, 233-236 "Teora Connachta," 130 Tigernach (Tiġearnaċ), 86 Tillage in Ireland during Bronze Age, 72 Tin from Britain, ancient trade in, 47 Tradition, historical value of, 105; medieval treatment of, 279 "Tribal system," theory of, 289 Tuatha Dé Danaan, 85, 95 Tuathal Teachtmhar, 118 U Ui Maine kingdom, origin of, 179 Ui Néill, 130; Northern and Southern, 184-186; dissensions of, 233, 236 Uisneach occupied by Connacht dynasty, 118 Ulaidh, kingdom of, 185 Ulster, ancient extent of, 112, 123-125, 129; Great Wall of, 131; strategic aspect of frontier, 328; O'Neill kings of, 335; earldom, 336; goes to English royal house, 339; Feudal authority overthrown in, 341 Ulster kingdom, fall of, 126 W Welsh settlers in Ireland, 303, (See also under Britons) Warfare in ancient Ireland, 227 Waterford, Norse settlement at, 262; successfully defended, 264 World-sovereignty, Irish notions about, 269 Writing in Irish, early spread of, 176 Z Zimmer's theory of the beginning of Irish learning, 164 End of Project Gutenberg's Phases of Irish History, by Eoin MacNeill