INDEX OF SUBJECTS

Adamnan, 58–79; his biography, 61–68; writings, 67–79; his Life of Columba, 16, 58, 69–79; Adamnan’s Prayer, 68; his Vision, 68

Aged Bard’s Wish, 253, 357, 358

Alexander the Great and Celts, 7

American scholars, 381

Amra Choluimcille, 55, 108

Ancestors of the Gael, 138, 139

Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales, 220

Aneurin, the Book of, 218, 219

Annals, Irish, 111–113

Archæologica Britannica, 217, 370, 371

Armagh, the Book of, 17, 22, 23, 82

Arnold’s Study of Celtic Literature, 309–312, 321–323

Arthurian Romances, 227–238, 306–309

Aryan group of languages, 19

Ballymote, the Book of, 109

Bards, the Irish, 54

Bards of the Gael and Gall, 167, 168, 297, 298, 366

Barzaz-Breiz, Chants populaires de la Bretagne, 240–244, 366

Beauties of Gaelic Poetry, the, 356–360

Ben Dorain, 358–360

Bible, Gaelic, 328–330

Bibliographies, Gaelic, 325–327

Bopp’s discovery, 375, 376

Breton Bards of the Sixth Century, the, 244, 366

British scholars, 382–385

Brittany, early ballads of, 240–244; medieval ballads of, 247, 248

Buchanan, Dugald, his hymns, 329, 336

Caermarthen, the Black Book of, 218

Caledonian Bards, 256

Carmina Gadelica, 361–366

Cathrach, the, 16, 48, 49

Celtic elements in English literature, 309–312

Celtic literary revivals, 239–261

Celtic renaissance, latest, 259, 353

Celts, early history of the, 1–9; arrival in British Isles, 3; Continental empire, 5–9

Christianity, introduction of, 27, 28, 47, 287–290

Chronicon Scotorum, the, 112, 369, 374

Church, the, its influence on Gaelic literature, 286–303

Churchmen, splendid services of, 303

Clanranald, the Book of, 129–133

Classical authors on early Celts, 11–13

Columba, St., 16; his biography, 41–78, 226; writings, 47–58; his poems, 49–53

Confession of St. Patrick, 15, 25, 30

Cornish dialect, last speaker of, 249

Cornish literature, 248, 249

Coroticus, Epistle to, 15, 30

Cuchulinn, 155–173

Danish scholars, 381

Decay of inflection in Scottish Gaelic and Manx, 211

Decline of Gaelic Oral literature, 300

Deer, the Book of, 16, 17, 79–95, 209, 246

Deer’s Cry, the, 15, 31, 33

Deirdre and the sons of Uisneach, 146–152

Dialogue of the Ancients, 53, 188, 189

Dialogues between Ossian and Patrick, 29, 292–299

Dictionaries, Gaelic, 341–344

398Differences between Irish and Gaelic, 209, 210

Domhnach Airgid, the, 36

Durrow, the Book of, 16, 48, 82

Early Celtic Church and oral traditions, 289

Early missionaries and the Scriptures, 289, 290

Edinburgh libraries in which are Celtic MSS.: Advocates’, 115–118; University, 118; Scottish Antiquaries’, 118

Eisteddfod, Welsh, history of, 237

English literature, 305–324

English loan-words from Celtic, 304, 305

Fate of MSS., 119, 120

Feinn, the, 174–197

Fernaig MS., the, 127–129, 350, 351

Fiacc’s Hymn, 37, 38

Fionn, 175–197

Foundation of Celtic Chairs, 259

Four Ancient Books of Wales, 217–238, 247

Four Masters, the Annals of, 112, 113, 373; authors, 369

French scholars, 381

Gadelic and Brittonic, linguistic difference, 3, 371

Gaelic, earliest written, 17; earliest distinctly Scottish, 89; first printed book, 327

Gaelic Bards, Pattison’s, 253

Galatian colony, 8

Genealogies, the Book of, 369

Genealogy, Irish, 137

German scholars, 379–381

Gildas, works of, 220

Gleaners, Gaelic, 347–366

Gododin, the, 221, 222

Grammars, Gaelic, 107, 338–341, 373

Grammatica Celtica, 98, 376–378

Gray’s Bard, 313, 314

Hergest, the Red Book of, 218–220, 224

Heroic Cycle, the, 153–173

Highland bards before the Forty-five, 263–285

Highland bards after the Forty-five, 249–251

Highland Society Collection of Gaelic MSS., 117

Historia Britonum, 228

Hymns, the Book of, 17, 36, 209, 246, 348, 349, 374, 382

Icelandic literature, 205

Influence of Celtic on English literature, 305–324

Iona, 46; ravages of Norsemen, 201

Irish Annals, 111–113

Irish missionaries on the Continent, 207

Irische Texte, 380, 382

Italian scholars, 379, 380

Jacobite poems of Ireland, 251

Jones, Sir William; his suggestion, 375

Jubainville, M. d’Arbois de; his mission to the British Isles, 99–104

Keating’s work, 368, 369

Kells, the Book of, 16, 48, 82

Kilbride collection of MSS., 117, 118

Knox’s Liturgy, 327, 328

Layamon’s “Brut,” 305, 320

Leabhar Gabhala, 135, 369

Leabhar na Feinne, 353–356

Leabhar nan Gleann, 366

Leabhar Na h’Uidhre, 17, 108, 209, 246, 348

Learning and culture, 289

Leinster, the Book of, 108, 109

Liber Hymnorum, 17, 36, 209, 246, 348, 349, 374, 382

Lir, Tragedy of the Children of, 144–146

Lismore, the Book of, 109

Lismore, the Book of the Dean of, 121–126, 226, 350, 351

Literary History of Ireland, Dr. Hyde’s, 246

Literature, Gaelic, printed, 325–346

Literature of the Early Celtic Church, 288–292

Llywarch Hên’s poetry, 223–224

Mabinogion, 229–238

Maccodrum’s Muse, 282–285

Macdonald, Alexander, his work, 328, 336, 337

Macdonald, John, life and poetry, 270–275

Macgregor songs, 263

Macleod, Mary, life and poetry, 264–270

Macpherson’s Ossian and other poems, 117, 217, 252, 314–316, 331, 351, 352

Malory, Sir Thomas, his Morte d’ Arthur, 308, 309, 316

399Manuscripts, Celtic, 17, 40; on the Continent, 96, 100, 101; in England and Ireland, 97, 102; in Scotland, 115–134; antiquity of MSS., 102–104; MSS. of the Middle Ages, 107; MSS., XL., LIII., LVI., 120, 121; Welsh, 217–238

Milesians, 138, 139

Minor collections of Ossianic poetry, 352

Minor Highland bards, 275–282

Mòd, Gaelic, 259

Modern novelists, 323–324

Moore’s Irish Melodies, 316, 317

Myrddin’s poetry, 224–226

Mythological Cycle, the, 135–152

Myth and folk-tale theories, 135–137

Mythical races in Ireland, 137

Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, 218, 224, 366

Navigatio Brendani, 215

Nennius’ History of the Britons, 220

Nineteenth century output of Gaelic literature, 301, 302

Ninine’s Prayer, 38

Norris, Edwin, translation of Cornish dramas, 249

Norse eddas and sagas, 204, 205

Norse ideas in Gaelic literature, 212–215; Norse words, 210, 211

Norse invasions, 198; influence on Celtic literature, 205–217; and upon the structure of the Gaelic language, 211, 212

O’Curry’s research, 97, 373, 374

O’Donovan’s life and work, 97, 372, 373

Ogam writing, 14, 15

Origin of shires, burghs, and parishes in Scotland, 84–95

Ossian, 175; poetry, 185–188

Ossianic cycle, 174–197; heroes of, 178; literature, 185–197; poetry, 123, 185–188; tales, 176, 188–197

P, rarely used in Irish or Gaelic, 4; group, 5

Patrick, St., 15; Lives of, 23; biography, 23–39; writings, 15, 30–39

Patrick and Ossian, 29, 293–298

Periodicals, foreign, 378, 379; Gaelic, 345, 346

Picts, the, 45, 56

Poetesses, Gaelic, 275, 276

Poet-laureate, Gaelic, 274

Poetry, Gaelic, in Continental MSS., 104–106

Psalters, Gaelic, 328, 333

Q., the Aryan guttural changed into p, 4; group, 5

Reid’s Bibliotheca Scoto-Celtica, 325–327

Reliquiæ Celticæ, 384

Reliques of Irish Poetry, 366

Renan, Ernest, on Welsh literature, 227, 230

Rhyme, Celtic claim, 56, 57, 309

Rise of the Scottish Gaelic, 89, 209

Scandinavian scholars, 381

Scholars, modern Celtic, 367–385

School-books, Gaelic, 338

Scott, Sir Walter, renderings from Gaelic, 277, 278, 323; influence, 317, 318

Scottish collection of Celtic MSS., 115–133

Seana Dana, 253–256

Severance of Scotland from Ireland, 209

Shairp, Principal, writings, 322, 323

Skene, Dr., Collection of MSS., 117; on Welsh poems, 227, 237

Songster, Gaelic (An T Oranaiche), 361

Sorrows of Gaelic Storydom, the Three, 140–152

Statistics of Celtic-speaking peoples, 10, 20, 21

Stephens’ Literature of the Cymry, 221

Stone, Jerome, a pioneer, 251

Táin Bó Chuailgné, 108–111, 160

Tales of Heroic Cycle, 153–173

Taliessin, the Book of, 218, 219; the bard, 223; legend of, 230–232; odes, 232, 233

Taylor’s translations of Breton ballads, 240–244, 247, 248

Tennyson’s Idylls of the King, 318–321

Tighernach, the Annals of, 111

Treasury of Irish Poetry, 366

Trias Thaumaturga, 369

Tuireann, Tragedy of the Children of, 140–143

Uisneach, Tale of the Sons of, 121, 146–152

Valhalla, 214, 215

Vikings, 198–216

Villemarqué, M. de, Breton ballads and folk-lore songs, 240–248

Vita Columbæ, Adamnan’s, 58–79, 92; criteria of age, 59; copyist, 60, 61; 400history of MS., 62; contents, 69; other MSS. of, 76, 77

Wars of the Gael with the Gaill, 203, 204

Welsh bards of the sixth century, 221

Welsh intellectual awakening of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, 246

Welsh MSS., 220

Welsh poetry, 217, 218, 257

Wordsworth and his contemporaries, 316

Whyte, Henry, his gleanings, 366

Yscolan, 225, 226

Zeuss’ life and work, 98, 99, 376–378

Zimmer’s books, 380

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

Typos fixed; non-standard spelling and dialect retained.

Used numbers for footnotes, placing them all at the end of the last chapter.