Historical account of the Macdonnells of Antrim

INDEX.
495
Ireton, general, takes counsel with the marquis of Antrim,
336-
Iraght-I-Cahan, a division of the earl of Tyrone's estate,
209.
Ireland, its lands distributed among Cromwellians, 280;
its great fertility, 404; its misgovernment a source of
weakness to England, ib.; reasons inducing the Eng-
lish to neglect their interests in, 405; the first
English settlement in, 406; its failure, and why, ib. ;
names of distinguished settlers in its five provinces, ib.
Irish, the, alarmed by threats of the PInglish and Scotch,
58; causes of their fears, 58, 59; take example from the
Scotch in 1641, 60, 61; their fear of having the Scotch
covenant imposed upon them, ib.; their aims in 1641,
64; Irish mobs commit outrages in spite of the Irish
leaders, 68; Irish women massacred, ib. ; their deter-
mined loyalty, ib.; petitions put forward by puritans
against, ib.; seven hundred in the Route who would
give no quarter, ib. ; Irish leaders protect the protestants,
71; Irish soldiers murdered by captain Swanley, 80.
, leaders in the war of 1641, their names, 256; names
of thirty-six landowners restored to their estates, 300,
301.
, men and women, ancient characteristics of, 393.
Irish saints, 10.
Irish Society, sends arms and stores to assist in the defence
of the Plantation when threatened in 1615, 229.
Isla, notices of, 8; seat of government in the island-]* ing-
dom, ib; names of land-measures in, 26, 27; the Sound
of, 57; invaded by the covenanters, 109; capitulation,
ib.
Island-Magee, so called from the Magees, 379; the Irish
inhabitants murdered by the Scots'in 1641, ib. ; once
belonged to the earl of Essex, and subsequently to the
Chichesters and the Hills, ib. ; how it is made a penin-
sula, 381 ; is reserved for the queen in Essex's scheme
of plantation, 420.
Island- Ross, near Dervock, Irish women and children
massacred at, 68.
Isles, second kingdom of the, its constitution, 8; its chief
office-bearers, ib.; its council-table, ib.
, Out, what, 25 ; notice of, ib. ; lists of lords and
barons in, 20.
James I. of Scotland, his return from captivity in Eng-
land, 29 ; his policy in reference to the island-kingdom,
ib.; his offer to John Mor, ib.; his mistake in having
the latter assassinated, 30 ; his^execution of the assas-
sin, ib.; his queen, ib.; his daughters, ib.
IV. , his cruel policy towards the Islesmen, 34 ;
fate of his garrison in Dunavertie, ib.; his revenge, 35.
I., of England, his accession to the English
throne a boon to the Macdonnells, 195 ; had fomented
and sustained Tyrone's rebellion against Elizabeth,
196 ; protects sir Randal Macdonnell against Chi-
chester and others, Z05 ; his letter to lord
Grandison requiring him to desist from persecuting
Antrim 231, 232.
Jermyn, Henry earl of St. Albans, discourages the Scot-
tish royalists from efforts to rescue the king, 274 ;
notice of, 293, 294.
Johnstone, William, agreement with Rorie Oge Mac-
quillin, 201.
Jones, Henry, bishop of Meath, refuses to be sworn at
the trial of the marquis of Antrim's claim, 310 ; notice
of, ib.
Jones, Michael, a Cromwellian officer, notice of, 334,
335-
, Wm. Morris, of Moneyglass, mentioned in Colonel
Kane's Will, 478.
Joymount House, at Carrickfergus, notice of, 265 ; occu-
pied the site of an old abbey, 387 ; one of the stateliest
houses in the kingdom, ib.; two acres adjoining exempt
from the power of the corporation, ib.; no account of
the original expense of its erection could be found, ib.;
supposed to have cost £20,000, ib.
Jura, island of, its suitableness for deer, III ; an account
of the view from Benanoir, in 237.
Kane, Richard, governor of Minorca, his Will, 477 — 482.
Kearney, Robert, of Ballynacry, his holding on the
Antrim estate, 440.
Kellaway, Francis, Dunluce alloted to, in Essex's scheme,
418.
Kennedy, Anthony, inscription on his tombstone, 64.
, Walter, surrenders Clough Castle, 64 ; his
declaration at ib.; is appointed curator or guardian of
Margaret Boyd, 391 ; his lands, 440.
, sir William, Wm. Boyd of Dunluce bequeaths
to him his best sword, 392.
Keppoch, founder of the family of, 18.
Kerne, account of their armour, 1 62.
Kilconway, barony of, its lands assigned to Cromwellian
soldiers, 283; list of subdivisions in, 451, 452;
boundaries of, 454; survey of, 454—457; owners of its
lands in 1660, 466.
Kilcummin or Killchoman, a residence of the Mac-
donnells, 29.
Kilkee, county of Clare, a Macdonnell from the Route
settles at, 192.
Kilmarnock, Sth headquarters of Alaster Macdonnell in
Ayrshire, IOI.
Kilmun, Archd. Campbell, provost of, opposes the earl
of Antrim's purchase of Cantire, 242.
Kilraghts, anciently called Killrethin, its chief seat, 426.
lands surveyed by Petty, 463 ; owners of in 1660, 467.
Kilroot, house of, where, 378 ; belonged to the Bishop
of Down and Connor, 378 ; parish of Small, ib ;
people, pregbyterians, ib.
Kilsyth, battle of, 97 ; incidents of the battle, ib.
Kilwarlin, early notices of, and its owners, 135, 136 ;
its " woodmen," 179; modern parishes comprised in,
ib.
Killagan, parish of surveyed by Petty, 455 ; owners of in
1660, 466.
Killelagh, tuogh of, the estate of Hugh Mergagh O'Neill,
248 ; its boundaries, 249.
Killitragh, a division of the earl of Tyrone's estate, 209.
Killkerran, notice of, 24.
Killmakevitt, tuogh of, the estate of Neal Oge O'Neill,
248; boundaries of, 248, 249.
Killoughter, parish, remarkable well in, 384; land's sur-
veyed by Petty, 457 ; owners of in 1660, 466.
Killpont, lord, who, 88.
Killravock, the Roses of, 16.
Killrush, battle at, in 1642, 257.
Killultagh, early notices of, 136 ; modern parishes com-
prised in, ib.; annexed to the county of Antrim, 198 ;
reason of this arrangement, ib.
Kinbann, castle, notice of, 51 ; residence of Colla Mac-
donnell, ib.; defaced by the English, ib.