Light, 118. Linen, 124, 139. Lis or Liss, a circular fort, 16, 109. Lismore in Waterford, 42. Locomotion, chap. xx. Louth, Co. of, 78. Luncheon, 111. Mac Con, king of Ireland, 22, 23. Madness, 25. Maive, queen of Connaught, 78. Man, Isle of, 12, 13. Mannanan Mac Lir, the Irish sea-god, 27, 28. Mantle, 125. Manure, 130. Manuscripts, 63. Manx language, 13. Markets in fairs, 153. Marriages and Marriage Hollow at Tailltenn, 151. Marshal, the, 112. Masons, 132. Mead or metheglin, 115, 118. Meals, 111. Medical books, 101, 102. Medicinal herbs, 98, 99, 100, 104. Medicine and medical doctors, chap. xiii. Metal-work and metal-workers, 95, 132, 134. See Brasiers, and Goldsmiths. Meyer, Dr. Kuno, 80. Midac, son of Dianket, 98. Migrations of Irish to Scotland, 11, 12, 72. Migrations of Irish to Wales, 13. Milesian colony, 76. Milk, 115, 117. Milking, 131. Milking-songs, 89. Mills, 117, 130. Mine on a farm, 130. Mines and mining, 131. Mirth-music, 88. Missionaries, chap. vii., 120, 121. Monasterboice near Drogheda, 43. Monasteries, 34, 35, 36, 120. Monastic schools, 40 to 51. Monks, 34. Montalembert, 55. Moore, Thomas, 90. Mortar, 136. Moulds for metal-casting, 133. Moy Mell, the pagan Irish heaven, 30. Munster, 11, 140. Music, chap. xi., 115, 152. Musical Branch, 88. Mythological period of Irish Tales, 76. Naas in Kildare, 8. Nails (of fingers), 121. Naisi, son of Usna, 77. Names of Places, 165, 166. Napkins, 114. Nature closely observed, 162. Necklaces, 128. Necklets, 96. Needle and needlework, 141, 142. Niall of the Nine Hostages, 14, 15. Nobles, 2. Norsemen, 12. Northumberland, Northumbria, and Northumbrians, 52, 53. Nuns, 36. O’Cassidys, the, 101. O’Clerys, the, 73. O’Curry, Professor Eugene, 20. O’Donovan, Dr. John, 20, 73. Ogham writing, 61, 62. O’Hickeys, the, 101. Old age and destitution, provision for, 160. O’Lees, the, 101. Ollam Fodla, king of Ireland, 149. Ollave, a doctor of any profession, 3, 112, 113, 132, 149. O’Loghlin, Donall, king of Ireland, 39. Olympian games of Greece, 151. O’Mulconry, Ferfesa, 73. Orkney Islands, 55. Ornaments, personal, 128. Oscar, son of Ossian, 79. O’Shiels, the, 101. Ossian, son of Finn, 79. Oswald, king of Northumbria, 53. Outdoor relief, 160. Oxen, 130. Pagan Ireland, chap. iv. Pagan schools, 40. Painters, 135. Painting or dyeing the face, 121, 122. Palaces, 6, 7, 8. Paris, 49, 59. Pasturage and tillage, chap. xvii. Patrick, St., 15, 19, 26, 29, 33, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 61, 96. Pavia in Italy, 60. Peat, 118. Penal Laws, 85. Penwork, 92. Periods or cycles of Irish Tales, 76, 77, 78. Picts and Scots, 10, 13, 14. Pigs, 130. Pillar-stones as boundaries, 129. Pillar-stones as idols, 29. Pins, 126.