By the Suffolk Institute of Archæology: their "Proceedings," Vol. III., No. 1; also "The East Anglian," No. 5.

By the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne: "Archæologia Eliana," part 15.

By the Architectural and Archæological Society for the county of Buckingham: "Records of Buckinghamshire," Vol. II., No. 3. By the Geological Society of Dublin: their "Journal," Vol. VIII., part 2.

By the Cambrian Archæological Association: "Archæologia Cambrensis," third series, No. 21.

By the Publisher: "The Builder," Nos. 882-91, inclusive. By the Cambrian Institute: "The Cambrian Journal," December, 1859.

By the Publisher: "The Dublin Builder," Nos. 13 and 14. By the Publisher: "The Gentleman's Magazine," for January, February, and March, 1860.

By the Author: "Brief Sketches of the Parishes of Booterstown and Donnybrook," by the Rev. Beaver H. Blacker, A.M., Incumbent of Booterstown.

By the Author: "An Address by the Hon. Lord Neaves, at the Conversazione-Meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, on Friday, the 23rd December, 1859."

By William Barton, Esq., Dungannon: five ancient coins, viz., two London groats of Edw. I.; an Irish groat of Philip and Mary; an Irish farthing of Elizabeth, 1601: and a copper penny token, much defaced.

By the Rev. James Graves: a groat of Edw. II., and a small copper French baronial coin.

By the Rev. Thomas Greene, R. C. C.: a London shilling of Edw. IV.

By the Rev. James Graves: the Original Commission, on parchment, appointing Sir Gregory Byrne, of the Queen's County, (ancestor of Lord de Tabley), "Captaine of a Company in his Maj Royall Regiment of ffoot Guards," and dated December 1st, 1688. The document was further interesting, as bearing the autograph of James the Second's Viceroy in Ireland, Richard Earl of Tyrconnell. The seal, unfortunately, was destroyed.

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Mr. Thomas Wilson, Bandon, exhibited two coins, viz., a well-preserved copper token, struck at Kilbeggan, bearing, obverse, a sun, and around the edge HEN DAY KILBGAN; reverse, H. D., and round the edge c° WESTMEATH; also a farthing of Elizabeth: both had been found on the removal of the old bridge of Athlone.

The Rev. J. H. Scott, Seirkieran, sent a transcript of the inscription from a monument of the O'Brien family remaining in the large church on Holy Island, in Lough Derg, on the Shannon. The inscription was as follows:

1. H.S THIS MONVMENT WAS [MADE] BY THE LADYE MA. BRIEN MOTHER

HERE LYE THE BODIES OF THE NOBLE KNIGHT SIR TERLAGH M° IBRIEN ARA BARRONET WHO DIED 28 MARCH ANNO DOM. 1626 AND HIS LADYE [ ]

BVTLER DAVGHTER TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE WALTER EARLE OF ORMONDE WHO DIED THE X OF FEB. 1625. PRAY FOR THEIR SOVLS. MEMENTO MORI.

The monument bore a shield charged with the three lions. passant gardant, in pale, of O'Brien; and had the crest, a hand brandishing a sword, oddly introduced at the dexter side within the escutcheon. Alice was the name of the Earl of Ormonde's youngest daughter, who is mentioned on the monument. It should be observed, that the inscription was not given line for line, as in the original.

Mr. Gilbert J. French, of Bolton, in referring to the O'Kelly seal engraved in the second volume (new series) of the "Journal," sent the following observation:

"Permit me to suggest, that as the mode of indicating heraldic tinctures by lines and points, or Taile douce, as it was called, originated in Italy about the year 1636, it would be unsafe to attribute an earlier date to the curious bronze seal engraved at p. 448 (vol. ii., n. s.), on which the field, gules, is distinctly marked by perpendicular lines."

The following Papers were then submitted to the Meeting.

ON LUGUD'S LEACHT, AND THE "DUIVHIN-DEGLAIN."

BY E. FITZGERALD, ARCHITECT.

THE antiquities of Ardmore have several times been brought under the attention of this Society; and an important point it will ever be found in archæological pursuits, to note and publish jottings of discoveries and information as they are made and received; thus it has been to a considerable extent with regard to Ardmore, and with what effect will hereafter be seen.

Somewhat cogent reasons have just now turned up, which, it is pleasing to know, give good grounds for identifying the Oratory Ogham at Ardmore with Lugud, the great grandfather of St. Declan, fixing the date of this inscription in the beginning of the third century.

Being much interested in the antiquities of this venerable place, and especially in anything connected with the tutelar saint of the district, St. Declan, I was anxious for some time to get a transla

tion made of his ancient MS. Life. With Mr. Windele's assistance, I was enabled, about a year ago, to put it in a fair way of translation here; but translation and transcribing are slow work in the hands of a horny-handed peasant, after his hard day's work is ended in the open air, even though a fair Irish scholar. Slowness will not suit some people, and the work was taken away from him when about one-third done, with a view to its completion by a much abler hand. However, the portion translated included in it the pedigree of the saint, in which, on reading over, I was most agreeably surprised to find that LUGUD is there set down as the great grandfather of St. Declan, as the following extract from the manuscript shows:

"Hence, it is to the race of Eoghan, the son of Fiacha Suighdhe, the natives of the Decies rightly belong, and of the race of the same Eoghan is the holy Bishop of whom, and of whose genealogy we write, namely, Declan, son of Erc, son of Trean, son of Lugud, son of Anac, son of Brian, son of Eoghan (the second), son of Art-Corb, son of Mogh-Corb, son of Muscraidhe, son of Mesfoire, son of Cuana of the Just Judgments, son of Cura the Victorious, son of Cairbre the Long-handed, son of Eoghan (the first), son of Fiacha-Suighdhe, son of Feidhlimidh the Lawgiver, son of Tuathal the Legitimate, son of [Fiacha Finmolaidh, son of Feradach Finn-fechlnach, son of Crimthan Niadh-Nairi, son of Lughaidh Sriabhndearg, son of Lothar (one of the three Finns of Eamhan') son of Eochaidh Feidhlioch, Erc, son of Trian, the father of Declan, was, moreover, King of the Decies."

Drawings and translations of the Ogham inscription discovered in St. Declan's Oratory have been published four times in this Journal: in vol. iii. p. 227, first series; vol. i. p. 45, new series; and at p. 330, same volume; also in vol. ii. p. 183. They were each given under different circumstances: the first, as the relic lay when discovered, built into the gable of the Oratory, the inscription being taken under considerable disadvantage, as the scores turned under and over the edges of the stone. The second was taken from a rubbing after the stone had been removed from the Oratory, and brought under closer inspection, and another line of inscription found on the back of it. The third was given, with a number of others, as readings of Ogham writings; and the fourth, with a number of Cryptic inscriptions from England. The four translations were by four different writers, Professor Connellan, Mr. Windele, Mr. Williams, and the Rev. D. H. Haigh; and though each differed in their readings, yet all agreed that the name Lugud was inscribed on the monument. A misprint of one letter occurred in the name when first published, a G being substituted for an L in Lugud, which will at once be detected on reference.

I have got another reading of this inscription from Mr. Williams, which is of considerable importance in connexion with the

present discovery, especially as he has good grounds for the alteration, from finding, on close inspection, that the letter i originally existed at the end of the first line, though now partly obliterated, the inscription originally appearing as follows:—

Mr. Williams adds on the word

"Mačí:—I have met this word in several Oghams, used to mean a head or chief; an idiom peculiar to the Irish language occurs in this line, which it may be well to explain. Thus: if an Irish speaker or writer wanted to express the idea, John is king, he would use the words 'atareagan ann a pig,' which our grammarians translate, John is in his king.' This form, however, does not fully express the sense of the

Irish, which should be translated, John is in his state of being a King, Hence, accordingly, the first line above literally signifies:-Lugud, who died in his state of being head, lord, or chieftain."

When this relic was discovered, an impression seemed general that it was built into the Oratory without more design than to use it as a common building stone. However, now finding the name Lugud to be a family name of St. Declan, and especially, as the first word to be read on the stone, as it originally lay in the Oratory, was Lugud, shows there was marked design in placing it in the building for preservation, and to be seen and read, as the principal part of the inscription was turned to the front.

On communicating my views on the foregoing to some of my friends, much interested in such matters, I was somewhat astonished to find them quite sceptical on the subject, saying, many other Luguds lived before that period, and why not identify this memorial with any of them, as well as with the great grandsire of St. Declan? Another great objection is, that a monumental pillar-stone, or leacht, should be made use of as a building stone in the erection of an Oratory, especially as a portion of the stone was broken off, so as not to interfere with the pitch of the roof-such an appliance showing a contempt and disregard for the monument, not to be expected from the filial respect, affection, or reverence of the grandson or his friends. Now, as to the propriety of identifying this epitaph with Lugud, the great grandfather of St. Declan, in preference to any other, it seems clear and feasible to me: for where a memorial with a family name is found incorporated with and forming part of a private oratory, mausoleum, or vault of a prince, or celebrated man, from general usage, such name would be considered as of a connexion or near relative. But more especially, where we find that name set forth in the prince's pedigree as that of his great grandfather's, to my mind the conclusion of its identification is quite satisfactory. And as to the disrespect and irreverence, &c., &c., paid this memorial, by placing it in the building, I totally differ in opinion, considering that Declan or his disciples paid this Pagan monument the highest honour and respect in their power by incorporating it with the walls of one of the first Christian churches erected in Ireland, and have no doubt, from the position in which it was found, that it was for that purpose it was placed there.

A portion of one end of the stone being broken to meet the incline of the roof, appears to me to be comparatively of late date, as by referring to the first sketch of this relic, published in vol. iii. p. 227, first series, it will at once be seen that, originally, at the left side, the gable rose considerably above the broken part of the stone, and that the breakage evidently was the work of a late period, probably when Bishop Mills re-roofed the building in 1716,