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Race, true and false notions of, 1, 2
Racial fusion in Ireland, 229
Red Earl of Ulster, 336
Revolt against Gaelic rule, 80, 119
Rígdamna (ríoġḋaṁna), precise meaning of, 231
Roman empire, collapse of, 158
Roman military system influences Ireland, 150
"Rosnaree," Ros na Ríoġ, battle of, 103
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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
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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
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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
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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
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