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CONTENTS.

(VII.) OF BUILDINGS, FURNITURE, ETC. (continued). Of the number

and succession of the colonists of ancient Erinn. Tradition ascribes

no buildings to Parthalon or his people; their sepulchral mounds at

Tallaght near Dublin. Definitions of the Rath, the Dun, the Lis,

the Caiseal, and the Cathair; the latter two were of stone; many

modern townland-names derived from these terms; remains of

many of these structures still exist. Rath na Righ or "Rath of the

Kings", at Tara; the Teach Mór Milibh Amus, or "Great House of

the Thousands of Soldiers". Several houses were often included

within the same Rath, Dun, Lis, or Caiseal. Extent of the demesne

lands of Tara. The Rath or Cathair of Aileach; account of its building;

the houses within the Rath as well as the latter were of stone; why

called Aileach Frigrind? Aileach mentioned by Ptolemy. Account

of the Rath of Cruachan in the Táin Bó Fraich. The "House of the

Royal Branch". Description of a Dun in Fairy Land. The terms Rath,

Dun, and Lis applied to the same kind of enclosure. The Foradh at

Tara. Description of the house of Crede. Two classes of builders,—

the Rath-builder, and the Caiseal-builder; list of the professors of

both arts from the Book of Leinster. Dubhaltach Mac Firbissigh's

copy of the same list (note); his observations in answer to those who

deny the existence of stone-building in ancient Erinn. The story of

Bricriu's Feast; plan of his house; his Grianan or

invitation to Conchobar and the Ultonians;

sun house"; his

he sows dissensions

among the women; the Briathar Ban Uladh ;-his house was
made of wicker-work.

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Banqueting Hall" of Tara in the time of Cormac Mac Airt, as given

by Dr. Petrie ; no record of the changes which took place at Tara

subsequent to that time. Residences of the monarchs of Erinn after

the desertion of Tara. Desertion of other celebrated royal residences:

-Emania, Cruachan, etc. Division of the people into classes; this

division did not impose perpetuity of caste; increase of wealth

enabled a man to pass from one rank to another; crime alone barred

this advancement; the qualifications as to furniture and houses of

the several classes of Aires or landholders; fines for injury to the

house of the Aire Reiré Breithé; of the Aire Desa; of the Aire-Ard;

of the Aire Forgaill; of the king of a territory. Law against damage

or disfigurement of buildings and furniture; of the house of a Bó-

Aire; of the house of an Aire-Desa; of the house of an Aire-Tuise;

of the house of an Aire-Ard. Law directing the provision to be

made for aged men. Shape of houses in ancient Erinn; construction

of the round house; reference to the building of such a house in an

Irish life of St. Colman Ela; a similar story told of St. Cumin Fada.

No instance recorded of an ecclesiastical edifice built of wicker work;

two instances of the building of oratories of wood;-story of the

oratory of St. Moling; quatrain of Rumand Mac Colmain on the

oratory of Rathan Ua Suanaigh ; account of Rumand writing a poem

for the Galls of Dublin; he carries his wealth to Cill Belaigh; state-

ment of seven streets of Galls or foreigners at that place; import-

ance of the account of Rumand.

LECTURE XXI.

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(VII.) Of BuilLDINGS, FURNITURE, ETC.; (continued).

buildings; Cathairs and Clochans; O'Flaherty's notice of the Clo-

chans of the Arann Islands; Clochans still existing in those islands;

Clochans on other islands of the western coast. Mr. Du Noyer's

account of ancient stone buildings in Kerry; his ethnological com-

parisons; summary of his views; apart his speculations, his paper

is important. Different members of the same family had distinct

houses in ancient Erinn. Mr. Du Noyer's claim to priority in

the discovery of the stone buildings of Kerry inadmissible; Mr. R.

Hitchcock had already noticed them; ancient burial grounds also

noticed by the latter in the same district. The two names of

"Cahers" given by Mr. Dn Noyer, not ancient; his opinion of the

use of Dunbeg fort not correct; this and the other forts did not

form a line of fortifications. Instance of a bee-hive house or Clochan

having been built within the Rath of Aileach. Limited use of the

term Cathair; the same term not always applied to the same kind of

building. Tale of the dispute about the "champion's share"; Smith's

notice of Sliabh Mis and Cathair Conroi; story of the dispute about

the "champion's share" (continued). The "guard room" or "watch-

ing seat". The position of Cathair Conroi not exactly ascertained.

Story of "the slaughter of Cathair Conroi". Reference to Cathair

Conroi in the tale of "the Battle of Ventry Harbour". Modern

hypothesis of the inferiority of the Milesians. Stone-building in

ancient Erinn not exclusively pre-Milesian. The Aitheach Tuatha or

Atticotti. The Firbolgs still powerful in the sixth century. Town-

land names derived from Cathairs. No evidence that the Milesians

were a ruder race than their predecessors in Erinn.

LECTURE XXIII. OF DRESS AND ORNAMENTS

utensils, ornaments, and variously coloured dresses of Ailill and

Medhbh mentioned in the tale of the Tâin Bó Chuailgne; the mate-

rial or fashion of the dress not specified. Medhbh's preparation for

the war of the first Táin; description of the parties summoned. De-

scription of the Ultonian clanns at the hill of Slemain, forming the

army in pursuit of Ailill and Medhbh, by the herald of the latter,

Mac Roth, from the tale of the Táin Bó Chuailgne; his description

of Conchobar Mac Nessa; of Causcraid Mend; of Sencha ; of Eogan

Mac Durthachta; of Laegaire Buadach; of Munremur ; of Connud;

of Reochaid; of Amargin; of Feradach Find Fechtnach; of Fiachaig

and Fiachna; of Celtchair Mac Uthair and his clann; of Eirrge

Echbel; of Mend, son of Salcholgan; of Fergna; of Ercc, son of Car-

pri Nia Fer and his clann; of Cuchulaind's clann. Note: Cuchu-

laind is removed to Muirtheimne after his fight with Ferdiadh, to get

the benefit of the healing properties of its stream or river; enumera-

tion of them; while there, Cethern, who had gone to his assistance,

arrives covered with wounds, and is visited by physicians from the

enemy's camp, whom he drives away; Cuchulaind then sends for Fin-

gin Fathliagh, who examines each of his wounds, and Cethern de-

scribes the persons who gave them-his description of Illand, son of

Fergus; of queen Medhbh; of Oil and Othine; of Bun and Mecconn;

of Broen and Brudni, sons of Teora Soillsi, king of Caille; of Cormac

[Mac] Colomarig and Cormac the son of Maelefoga; of Mane Math-

remail and Mane Athremail, sons of Ailill and Medhbh; of the

champions from Iruade [Norway]; of Ailill and his son Mane; of

the marrow bath by which Cethern was healed, whence the name of

Smirammair, now Smarmore, in the county Louth. Medhbh enume-

rates her dowry to Ailill; gifts promised by her to Long Mac Emonis;

gifts promised by her to Ferdiadh; one of those gifts, her celebrated

brooch, weighed more than four pounds. Story of Mac Conglinde ;

his extravagant dream; his description of a curious dress of a door-

keeper; analysis of the dress-the Cochall, the Ionar, the Och-

rath; analysis of Mac Conglinde's own dress; his Leinidh. Distinc-

tion between the Léine and the Leinidh-the latter was a kilt. De-

scription of the dress of the champion Edchu Rond in the tale of the

Exile of the Sons of Duildermait; he wore a kilt. Ancient law regu-

lating the wearing of the Leinidh or kilt, and the Ochrath or panta-
loon.

LECTURE XXIV. OF DRESS AND ORNAMENTS IN ANCIENT

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