Celibacy, 43, 122.
Cellach, Bishop of Armagh, 165.
Chad, Saint, ordination of, 121.
Churches, dedication of, 47.
Cistertian Order, introduction of, 177.
Clane, synod of, 181.
Clement and Albin, 130.
Coarb, 99.
Coldingham, 97.
Columba, or Columkill, Saint, birth of, 54; founder of Derry, ib.; dispute with Finnian, 56; leaves Ireland, 57; preaching of, 58; death of, 65.
Columbian Order, decline of, 134, 148.
Columbanus, to be distinguished from Columba, 70; meaning of name, 71, 72; writings of, 71; settles in Burgundy, 72; banished by Theodoric, 73; reform of monasticism, 74; rule of, 74, 75; letter to the French bishops, 77; to Pope Boniface, 77, 78; to Pope Gregory, 78; on the supremacy of Rome, 80.
Comgal, monastic school of, at Bangor, 71.
Confession and absolution, 104.
Cooldreeny, battle of, 56, 101.
Cormac of Cashel, 154.
Cormac Mac Art, 33.
Corman, Bishop, fails to evangelize the Saxons, 113.
Cummian, 128.
Curse, ecclesiastical, 106.
Danes, 141, sq.; invasions of, 141; not as formidable as in England, 142; attacked the monasteries, 144; first appearance of, ib.; not religious enthusiasts, 145; settlements of, 156; retained their connection with England, 157; conversion of, 158; their bishops ordained at Canterbury, 160.
Dermaid, King, remarkable decision of, 55.
Dermot, King of Leinster, 182.
Deserts in Irish monasteries, 85.
Destruction of British Christianity, 53.
Druidism, 29, 42.
Dublin, Archbishopric of, 180.
Easter controversy, 116, sq., 126, sq.
Easter fires, 29.
Eastern monasticism, Irish resemblances to, 41; differences, 42.
Economist, 100.
Erenach, 100.
Family, ecclesiastical, 100.
Felim, Bishop and King of Cashel, 153.
Fintan, visit to Iona, 101.
Gall, Saint, 73.
Gelasius of Armagh, 169.
Georgia, founding of the Church of, 13.
Gilbert, first papal legate in Ireland, 161, 166.
