All this is remembered to St. Ultan down to the present day; for he is often mentioned in old Irish histories, almost always with a remark something like this:--“Little children are always playing round Ultan of Ardbraccan.” It would be difficult to find an instance where charity is presented in greater beauty and tenderness than it is in this simple story of the good bishop Ultan. INDEX. Adam and Eve, 83. Adze, 136. Aenach, a fair, chap. xxi. Aghaboe, in Queen’s County, 49. Agriculture, 35, chap. xvii. Agricultural implements, 130. Aidan, St., 52, 53. Ailech, palace in Donegal, 7. Ailell Inbanna, king of Connaught, 166. Aillenn, palace of, 8. Ainnle, son of Usna, 77. Airmeda, daughter of Dianket, 98, 99. Alban, Scotland, 11, 165. Albinus, and Clement, 58, 59, 60. Ale, 115. Alloys, 132. Alum, 140. American Universities, 44, 45. Anglo-Normans, 10, 15, 64. Anglo-Saxons, 52. Angus Mac-an-oge, 28. Animals belonging to farm, 130. Annals, the Irish, chap. ix. Annals of the Four Masters, 73. Antrim, 12. Anvil, the smith’s, 134. Apprenticeship, 138. Architects, 131. Ardagh Chalice, 97. Ardan, son of Usna, 77. Ardbraccan in Meath, 168. Ard-ri, the over-king of Ireland, 1. Aristocracy, marks of, 121. Armagh, 42. Army doctors, 99, 100. Art, chap. xii. Art the Solitary, king of Ireland, 23. Artificers: see Handicrafts and Art. Assemblies, Sports, and Pastimes, chap. xxi. Assyrian beards, 123. Augustine, St., 52. Augurs, 26. Bagpipes, 86. Baking, 117. Bangor, Co. Down, 42, 43, 49. Banqueting Hall at Tara, 106, 111, 112, 150. Barbers, 123. Barm, 117. Baths and bathing, 122, 124. Beard, 123. Beauty of Nature and Art admired, 161 to 164. Bede, the Venerable, 11, 50, 69, 72. Bees, 117. Beeswax, 118. Beetagh, a public hosteller, 119. Bell of the Will, the, 39. Bellows, described, 134. Bells, 38, 39, 88. Ben-Edar, now the Hill of Howth, near Dublin, 165. Bir, a spit, 115. Birds and Bird-net Laws, 155. Bird-singing, 162, 163. Black in dyeing, 140. Blacksmith, 39, 113, 132, 133, 134. Blanid, Queen, 163. Blower, a sort of bellows, 134. Blue, in dyeing, 141. Boats, 110, 145, 146, 147. Bobbio in Italy, 49. Book of Kells, 93, 94, 95, 122, 140. Book of Lecan, 66. Book of Lecan, Yellow, 65. Book of Leinster, 65. Book of Mac Durnan, 140. Book of the Dun Cow, 65, 74. Books and Literature, chap. viii. Borrowing, 159. Boundaries of territories, 129. Bracelets, 128. Brasiers and their work, 97, 98, 128, 132, 133. Brass, 132. Brathlang, a covering for a deer-trap, 155. Bread, 117. Brehon, a judge, 17. Brehon Laws, the, chap. iii., 148. Brendan the Navigator, St., 43. Brewing, 117. Brewy, a public hospitaller, 116, 119. Bridges, 144. Bridles, 145. Brigit, St., 36.