Association which is now so widely and so long known, and which can point to such a goodly rank of published volumes devoted to the elucidation of Ireland's history and antiquities. With the year 1859 the fifth of the general series, and second volume of the new series, has been completed and its index and title-page will be issued, with the November Part, to those members who are not in arrear. The first volume of the "Annuary" will be completed shortly, the concluding fasciculus, embracing the presentments of Waterford, Tipperary, Cork, and Kildare, relating to the social grievances of the community during the sixteenth century, being now in the press. The Society has received an accession of forty-six new members during the year 1859, but, in consequence of the stringency of the rules now adopted as to the payment of subscriptions (all names in arrear on the 31st of December being temporarily removed from the list), its roll presents a slight diminution as compared with previous years, when greater laxity was allowed. It may, however, be reasonably expected that many of the defaulters will cause their names to be restored by the payment of all arrears, as soon as their attention has been directed to the subject. Since the last annual meeting the important step of taking and fitting up permanent apartments has been adopted, and the Museum, as well as the Library, has been arranged in its new locality. The Society, therefore, holds this, its Twelfth Annual General Meeting, in its own rooms, and has thrown open the Museum to the members and their friends on Wednesday every week. The thanks of the Society are due to Mr. James G. Robertson, who has undertaken the duties of Honorary Curator of the Museum and Library. Your Committee wish to call the attention of all who have the interest of the Association at heart to the following tabular statement of the stock of the Society's publications still on hands, viz.— It is evident that the publications of the Society, still remaining in stock, and long since paid for, represent so much inert capital, and that the usefulness of the Society would be greatly enhanced were the books converted into ready cash. The first volume of the original series being now out of print, many persons have been deterred from purchasing the three remaining volumes, by an unwillingness to place an imperfect work on their shelves; but whilst your Committee allow the full force of this objection, they would observe that the volume in question merely contained a selection of the papers read before the Society, whilst the second volume, for 1852-3, contains a full report of the proceedings of all the meetings from the commencement in 1849, thus supplying a connected view of the progress of the Association. Let, then, all members, who have not already supplied themselves with the earlier portion of the Society's publications, do so at once, and, whilst they obtain full value for their money, they will, at the same time, have the satisfaction of feeling that they are contributing most materially towards the objects for which the Society was established. On the motion of Captain Humfrey, seconded by Mr. Douglas, the Report of the Committee was adopted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. J. G. Robertson and Mr. P. Aylward consented to act as Auditors of the accounts of the year 1859. On the motion of Mr. Duffy, seconded by John James, Esq., M. D., the Committee and Officers for the year 1860 were elected, as follows: PRESIDENT: THE VERY REV. THE DEAN OF OSSORY. VICE-PRESIDENTS: THE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR OF KILKENNY. TREASURER: REV. JAMES GRAVES, A. B., M. R. I. A. HONORARY SECRETARIES: REV. JAMES GRAVES, A. B., M. R. I. A. HONORARY CURATOR OF THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY: JAMES G. ROBERTSON, ESQ., Architect. COMMITTEE: JAMES S. BLAKE, ESQ., J. P., Barrister-at-Law. SAMSON CARTER, Esq., C. E., M. R. I. A. BARRY DELANY, Esq., M. D. REV. LUKE FOWLER, A. M. JOHN JAMES, Esq., L. R. C. S. I. THE VERY REV. THE DEAN OF LEIGHLIN. REV. PHILIP MOORE, R.C.C. JAMES G. ROBERTSON, ESQ., Architect. REV. JOHN O'HANLON, R. C. C. MATTHEW O'DONNELL, ESQ., Barrister-at-Law. JOHN WINDELE, ESQ. The following presentations were received, and thanks voted to the donors: By the Royal Dublin Society: their "Journal," No. 15. By the Publisher: "The Gentleman's Magazine" for December, 1859. By the Somersetshire Archæological and Natural History Society: their Proceedings," Vol. VIII. By the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland: their "Proceedings," Vol. II., part 3. By the Cambrian Institute: "The Cambrian Journal" for September, 1859. By Robert Mac Adam, Esq.: "The Ulster Journal of Archæology," No. 28. By Albert Way, Esq.: the "Catalogue of the Archæological Museum, formed at Carlisle," during the meeting of the Archæological Institute there, in August, 1859. By the Cambrian Archæological Association: "Archæologia Cambrensis," third series, No. 20. By the Publisher: "The Builder," Nos. 872-81, inclusive. By the Author: "A Supplement to the Coinage of Scotland," Cork, 1859, by John Lindsay, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. Mr. Lindsay's donation was accompanied by the following letter: "Maryville, Blackrock, Cork, Dec. 3, 1859. "MY DEAR SIR,-My Scotch Supplement being at length published, I beg to present you with a copy, which I now forward to you by post as a book parcel, together with another copy for our Kilkenny Archæological Society, which I would feel greatly obliged by your delivering or forwarding, when perfectly convenient, to the Secretary or Librarian. I am delighted at the success which has attended our Society, which now numbers in its ranks all the most literary men in Ireland. I only regret that our subscriptions are not something higher, so as to enable us to make the most of the splendid field which Ireland affords to the archæologist. The An nuary is a step in the right direction, and we ought to endeavour to increase the number of subscribers to it. "I remain, my dear Sir, Very faithfully yours, "JOHN LINDSAY." James G. Robertson, Esq. By Dr. James: a curious manuscript, which he had found amongst the papers of his father, the late C. James, Esq., Barristerat-Law. It was a treatise on dogmatic theology, in Latin, and had the following date-" ANNO DOMINI MDCXLVIII. KILKENNIENSIS :" the name of the writer was com pletely obliterated. By Mr. Richard Clifford: "a plan and section of the River Nore from the city of Kilkenny to the town of Ennesteague, with drafts of all the works erected thereon," from a parliamentary paper published by the Irish House of Commons about a century since. The plan was curious and interesting, as giving views of all the locks and lock-houses on the old Kilkenny Canal, at that time in progress. By the Rev. James Mease: a curious sculptured stone from the old Church of Ballylarkin, near Freshford, of the class usually known amongst archæologists as "Sheelanagigs;" also a silver penny of Edward I., and a Waterford penny token. By Mr. Byrne, Webbsboro': a London silver penny of Edward I., dug up on his land. By the Rev. James Graves: an encaustic tile, turned up in digging a grave by the sexton of St. Mary's, Kilkenny. It differed from the usual ecclesiastical encaustic tiles, as being coloured like delph on the surface, and was probably of Dutch manufacture, and of the fifteenth century. A similar fragment had been found some years since in St. Canice's Cathedral.' Mr. Howard St. George, Kilrush House, sent for exhibition a silver penny of Edward I., of the Waterford mint, which had been found by a reaper in a field at Kilrush, in August, 1858. Mr. Robertson exhibited a Byzantine coin, of the Emperor Justinus II. and his Empress Sophia, coined at Nicomedia. Mr. Robertson also exhibited the original copper-plate of a map of Ireland, temp. Elizabeth, some time since discovered in an old iron shop in the North of Ireland, and impressions of which have since been published. Mr. W. R. Blackett communicated the discovery of a new Ogham inscription, as follows: "It is about eight years since I brought under the Society's notice the remains of an ancient church at Templeanoach, in the county of Waterford; but at that time I had no idea that the site, uninteresting in itself, was made interesting by the possession of an Ogham stone. "The church, as I mentioned, I think, in my former notice, is situ ated just behind the rocky peak called Carriganoach, which stands over the River Suir, and commands a beautiful view of its lovely valley. Indeed, Fenogh, like many of the saints of old, seems to have had a decided taste for scenery, for though he built his church in the comparatively barren county of Waterford, he took care to choose its position where he could have a glimpse, and a very lovely one, of the fertile vale on the other side of the river. Having been built of earth only, the church has crumbled away, till nothing is left of it but a somewhat indistinct bank of clay. But the graveyard remains, surrounded by a nearly circular fence of stones and earth, which is very strong, and in excellent preservation. The entrance is a gap looking to the eastward. "Visiting the spot one afternoon last September, I was just coming out at this gap, and thinking, for lack of interest here, of the Ogham stone at Ballyquin, which I had seen a few minutes before, suddenly my eyes rested on a stone; there were marks on its edge, and I saw at once that it was an Ogham. Only an antiquarian can sympathize with the delight of one who discovers an Ogham which he believes to have been hitherto unnoticed! "The evening shades were then too deep to allow me to take a copy of the inscription, and I have been unable to revisit the place until within the last week. I now hasten to give the Society some account of the mo nument. "The stone is now lying just outside the before-mentioned eastern entrance of the graveyard, but, from its shape, it must have originally stood upright, like the monumental pillar stones so common in the country. Its length is about four feet and a half, its thickness one foot, and its breadth about one foot eight inches. It is of sandstone, not so rough as that at Ballyquin, but still far too rough to allow of a rubbing being taken of the inscription. This, as usual, extends along one angle, and goes over a part of what was originally the top of the stone. About two feet of the other end is unmarked, and probably was once plunged in the ground. "The marks, which seem never to have been very deep, are unfortunately very much worn, and in some places almost obliterated. They are of various lengths and divers depths; on the whole they give the impression that the inscriber used very imperfect tools. In two places two of the lines run together, which I believe is not usual in these monuments. There seems to be on the upper face a line of harder stone, on which the cutting tool failed to make any impression; beyond it the marks reappear more deep than before. Perhaps the inscription is too much worn to be ever copied with any certainty, but I venture to express my idea of the manner in which it ought, probably, to be restored. It is, at least, unbiassed by any theory, for I have not the least idea of how to read it, or how it may be interpreted. But, perhaps, it may be found to contain the name of Fenogh, to whom tradition assigns the building of the church. Yet, possibly, its position outside the graveyard would indicate a still older origin. At all events, it is interesting to find another Ogham so near the well-known one at Ballyquin; they are not half a mile apart. "I may as well mention, that I believe the copy of the latter inscription, given on the authority of Mr. Windele, in Mr. E. Fitzgerald's Paper |