Conlaid, sons of, 311 Conleng, 378 _note_ Connacán, son of Colman, 271 Connaught, Patrick’s captivity in, 27 _sq._; kingdom of, 69; Patrick’s work in, 126 _sqq._; order of his visits to, 358 _sqq._; chronology of kings of, 360 _sqq._ Connor, diocese of, 162 Constantine the Great, 2, 3 Constantine, tyrant, 329 Constantius, author of _Vita Germani_, 247 Corc, king of Munster, concerned in the _Senchus Mór_, 114, 355, 356 Corcu Ochland, 135 Cormac, king and bishop of Cashel, 347 _note_; his _Glossary_, 355 _Corona_ (tonsure), 242 Coroticus, rules in Strathclyde, 190 _sq._; invades Ireland, 192; Patrick’s _Letter_ against, 193 _sq._, 226, 227 _sq._, 316; evidence for his identification, 314; date of, _ib._; source of legend of his death, 261, 317; guess as to date of his raid, 303 Cothraige (Coithrige), name of Patrick, 268, 291, 351 _note_; ancient etymology of, 264, 265 Crimthann, king of Ireland, 331 Crimthann, king of the Hy Ceinselaich, baptized, 163 Croagh Patrick, 28 _note_; _see_ Crochan Aigli Crochan Aigli, Mount, Patrick’s captivity conjectured to be near, 28, 274, 335; Patrick’s fast on, 131 _sqq._; his petitions on, 320 Croesus, death-pyre of, 86, 111 Cromm Cruach, idol, 123 _sqq._ and _note_, 299, 306 Cross, townland of, 86 _note_ Crosses, early, in Ireland, 352 Crosspatrick, church of, 148 Crozier of Patrick at Armagh, 211, 320 _Crubthir_ or _cruimthir_ = presbyter, 291, 350 _note_ Cruithne (Picts), 342 Cuana mac Ailcene, 281; See _Liber Cuanach_ Cucummne, 236 Cuil Conaire, battle of, 362, 363 Cummian, his _Letter_, 283, 371, 374, 388 Cup of Patrick, 321 Cyprian, 245 Cyril (Constantine), Slavonic apostle, 217, 219 Dacia, conversion of West Goths in, 4 Daire of Orior, coadjutor of Loigaire, 114, 308, 356, 357; grants site of Armagh to Patrick, 155 _sqq._; was he king of Oriel? 155, 308; provenance of story of, 262 _Dairenne_, 251 Dalaradia, land of the Picts, 28 and _note_, 29, 342 Dalmatia, islands on coast of, 295 Dalriada, in Scotland, 316 Dalriada, land of the Scots, 28 and _note_ Damasus, _decretals_ of, 62 Darerca, 292 Dathi, nephew of Niall, 72 _note_; his expedition against the Franks, 95, 354; date of reign, 331; date of reign in Connaught, 362 _sqq._; burial of, 355 Daventry, 322 _sq._ Decies, district of in Co. Waterford, 14 _note_ Declan, St., 351 _Decretals_, 62 Decurions, 17 _sqq._, 290 Dee, river (Vartry), port of, 81, 83 Deece, district of, 14; baronies of, _ib._ _note_ Demetrias, Letter of Pelagius to, 45 Derlus (at Bright), 301 Dessi, tribe of, expelled from Meath, 13; new settlements of, 14, 288 Dichu converted by Patrick, 85; grants Patrick site for church, 87; historical reality of, 89, 301 _Dicta Patricii_, 228 _sqq._, 341