McWilliam Eighter, and McWilliam Oughter, the Nether and Further Burkes, 111 McWilliam of Clanricarde, 142 Meagher, 391 Meath, plains of, 8 Mila de Cogan, Norman governor of Dublin, 87 Milcho chieftain, 3 Milesians or Scoti, 9, 10 Mitchell, John, 391 Molyneux, Thomas, Dr., 311 Molyneux, William, the "Ingenious Molyneux," 311 Montalembert, M. de, 40 Montmorency, Henry de, 85 Mortimer, Roger, viceroy, 110 Mountgarret, Lord, 249 Mountjoy, Charles Blount, 211; his character, 211; establishes military stations, 213; defeats by starvation, 213; defeats Tyrone and the Spanish fleet, 216 Moytura, pre-historic battle of the southern, 7 Muckern, or Mulkearn noi, 187 Mullingar, town of, 292 Munroe, General, 255 Murhertach, house of, 74 Murphy, Father John, 362 Murphy, Father Michael, 304 N _Nation, The_, newspaper, 390 Neil Grey, 167 Newtown Butler, battle of, 288 Norris, General Sir Henry, 206 Norris, Sir Thomas, 194 Norsmen, or Northmen, or Danes, 7, 53-56 _Northern Star_, newspaper, 358 Nuad, King of the Tuatha-da-Danaans, 7-9 O "Oakboys," Society of the, 345 O'Brian, Prince of Thomond, 90 O'Brien, race of, 60 O'Brien, Smith, 391 O'Brien, the Fenian, 406 O'Byrnes, 128 O'Carrol of Argial, 91 O'Connell, Daniel, makes his first speech, 379; his energy, 379; sets on foot the Irish Catholic Association, 379; carries Catholic rent, 380; contests the county of Clare, 381; his character, 382; his efforts to procure repeal, 385; his enmity to secret societies, 385; founds the Loyal National Repeal Association, 386; his prosecution, 387; found guilty and imprisoned, 387; his last appearance and death, 389 O'Connell, John, 391 O'Connor, Roderick, the Ard-Reagh, 75, 84-91 O'Connors of Connaught, 74 Octennial Bill, the, 325 O'Curry, 53 O'Dogherty, Sir John, 198 O'Donnell, Calvagh, 167 O'Donnell, of Tyrconnel, 167 O'Donnell, Hugh, or Red Hugh, 200. O'Donnell, murder of Carey, 412 O'Donnell, Rory, 221 O'Donovans, 63 O'Driscoll's piratical clan of West Cork, 27 O'Dynor, Dermot, or Dermot of the Bright Face, 17 O'Flaherty, Edmund, 403 Oilen-an-Oir, or Gold Island, 185 Ollamhs or Sennachies, head bards, 19 O'Lochlin of House of O'Neill, 74 O'Moore, Rory or Roger, 241 O'Neill, Owen, 248 O'Neill, Shane, called the Proud, 165; his character, 166; his eloquence, habits, and morals, 166; his encounter with Sussex, 167; his visit to the English Court, 168; receives title of Captain of Tyrone, 169; returns to Ireland, 169; Sussex attempt to poison him, 169; his descent on the Scots, 170, and on Connaught, 170; his last disaster and death, 172, 173 O'Neill, Sir Phelim, 241 O'Neills, or Hy-Nials, 60-74 Orange Lodges, institution of, 345 O'Reilly of Brefny, 167 O'Rorke, chieftain of Connaught, 91 O'Rorke of Brefny, chieftain of Leinster, 91 Ormond, house of, 105-128 Ossian, poet and bard, 11-35 Ossory, clan of, 84 Oswald, King of Northumbria, 44 Oswin, King of Northumbria, 46 O'Toole, Garrot, 191 O'Toole, St.