half mart; Killcarricke, one and a half mart land; Ballyfoyminge, two-sevenths of one mart land; Kilmaloppoge, half a mart land; Ballytarsnoe, one mart land; Teghawrelane, one-seventh part of a mart land; and the town and lands of Bally walter,-Held of our Lord the King, as of his manor of Carlow, by the service of half of one knight's fee, by letters patent dated 21st July, 1626.

The same: Rathellin, one mart land; Ballywilliamroe, Rathcroage, part of the lands called Parckevespane, half a martland; Seskinrian alias Seskin, Ballinisilloge, Ballinecarrige, Ballycarroge, Killoge, Ballyglappalocke, Ballyshane, half a mart land in Clonen; four-sevenths of one mart land in Ballyreagh; one mart land in Ballycormacke; one mart land in Cloughwalter; five-sevenths of one mart land in Ballyclantornocke; one mart land in Killcallatrome; one mart land in uttermost Seskin Doncree; seven-eighteenths of one mart land in Clough-Cantwell; Corromore; one mart land in Killoughternan, Ouldbegg, Clonclevett, Broolyria, Cowlanacappoge, Ballygowen, Clonagastill, Gormanagh, Knockskun, Knockower, Killedmond, Rahindarragh, Ballinvalla, Bowly Cullen, Killtennell, Golleglowne, Knockroe, Ballybromell, Killconnor, Ballyrian, Skillrye, and Corrobegg,-of our Lord the King, as of his manor of Carlow by the service of half of one knight's fee, by letters patent dated 21st July, 1626.

The same: Killinerle, Downcore, Killcomeny, Killshanerlone, Orney, Ratheaden, Ballyteige, Kildrinagh, Lomclone, one mart land called Clantomensland; Ballintortane, Ffenogh, Killanckline and Ballyloghan, and Ballyrane,-of our Lord the King, as of his manor of Carlow, by the service of half of one knight's fee, by letters patent dated 21st July, 1626.

The same: All those manors, towns, and lands of Ffemough, alias Ffymagh, Monibegg, Bohermore, Knockmollen, Rathduffe, Newtowne, Ballynemuer, Ballydermine, Ballyhobboge, Tartaneowla, Ballyknockane, Ballybegg, Ballytomen, Cowlenesopp, Carrickbegg, Ballylowe, Rathphillibine, Skreatrine, Glangerry, and Ffarenloghane,-of our Lord the King, as of his manor of Carlow by the service of half of one knight's fee, by letters patent dated 21st July, 1626.

The same: All the manors, castles, towns, and lands of Kenoge, Knockanecrogh, Crannagh, Carrickebracke, Rostillige, Moyvalla, Rahinquoile, Toameduffe, Bannogebegg, Killvearie, Killgarrane, Aghevicke, Ballydney, Ballinigran, Knockasgondon, Killdame, Killgreanie, Ballynattin, Rahanna, Ballinlinekard, Rahorckane,of our Lord the King, of his manor of Carlow, by the service of one half of one knight's fee, by letters patent dated 21st July, 1626.

The same: Staplockstown, Killreny, and Ballykerooke, one mart land; Twirbilane (?), Ballinacarrigge, one mart land; Newton and Kilknock, one mart land; Rathcroage, one-sixth of a mart land;

Clonegidd, half of a mart land; Rathrehead, half a mart; Ballilowe, Balligowen, and Ballitarsne, half a mart land; Clonegoose, Knocknegundenagh, and Ballinesilloge, one-third of a mart; annual rent of 40s. issuing from the town and lands of Ballicoppigan and Killcallatram; annual rent of 40s. from Knockanvogh, Killtennell, Ballicullen, Ballinvalla, &c., Rossdillige, Killenerle, Moyvally, Knockroe, Rahanan, Crannagh, Rahindarragh, Killedmund, and Rahinquill, Tomduffe, containing one mart land; reversion of the town and lands of Ballinloghan, Coolnegappoge, Carrickbegge, Carrigmore, Aghavick, expectant on the death of Bryan M'Donogh Kavanagh, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten; Orchard, half of a mart land; Caldtowne, half of a mart land; reversion of the town and lands of Ballyrean, containing one mart land, after the death of Owen Birne; reversion of the town and lands of Tooleanageanagh, Bohillagh, Watterstowne, Lenkardstowne, expectant on the death of Thomas Davills, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten; Ballyrye, Knockbower, Urney alias Norney, Ballinegran, Ballymeene, and Carrickbegg, one mart land and a half; Ballyhobbocke, whereof Ballybegg a parcel, containing one-sixth of a mart land. Annual rent of £10 sterling, issuing from the lands of Aghe, Boherduffe, and Cloghnen; Killdrynagh, containing half a mart; Ballywilliamroe, one mart; Killcarrick, annual rent of £2 sterling, issuing out of Ballaghdermine; annual rent of 258. issuing from Ballyknockan, Ballycomen, one-third of a mart land; annual rent of £5, issuing from the lands of Seskinryan; and another annual rent of 308. issuing from the lands of Kilbride; annual rent of 70s. issuing from the lands of Donowe; Rathvallyvillane, Killcruitt, and Sliguth, alias Sligah, two mart lands and one-sixth; annual rent of £5 sterling, issuing from the lands of Rathellin, by Inquisition, after the death of George Bagnall, Esq., in the year 1637. It would be interesting to ascertain, were it sible, the names and condition of the tenants and inhabitants of these lands at the period of their being confiscated; but though it is easy to know the names of all the proprietors who forfeited estates under the proceedings of the Parliament, there is no record of the names of their tenants.

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In the year 1653 and 1654 there was a Survey taken by order of the Commonwealth Government, to ascertain the lands forfeited by reason of the Rebellion of 1641, preparatory to the mapping and distributing of the lands among the adventurers and soldiers, in which are set down the various owners in fee; but no notice is taken of the lessees and tenants in occupation.

1 These were the estates granted by Sir Peter Carew to the Kavanaghs and other Irish be found in possession when he reco

vered the barony, by Decree of the Council, in 1586. This portion of the history of Idrone has been treated of already.

This Survey, afterwards known as the "The Civil Survey,' was a report of the extent and value of the lands according to evidence obtained from the late proprietors' agents and tenants on the spot, with the aid of a jury, but was not accompanied by any map or survey "by down admeasurement" (as surveying and mapping was then called). It was made for State purposes, and ordered by the State. Sir William Petty's Survey was made by chain, &c... for the purpose of being mapped, and was called a "down" survey, which distinguished it from the former. The term "civil" survey, attached to the other, may have marked another distinction, Sir W. Petty's being undertaken for the army. The Civil Survey was, by the Act of Settlement, ordered to be handed to the Commissioners for executing that Act, as containing the names of the proprietors whose estates were to be adjudicated upon, and was afterwards burnt in the great fire that destroyed the Council Chamber in 1711. A specimen of it may be seen printed, “ A Survey of the Half Barony of Rathdown, in the County of Dublin, by Order of Cs. Fleetwood, Lord Deputy, Oct. 4, 1654."i The first column in the "Book of Distributions," compiled in 1676, containing the proprietors' names, anno 1641, was taken from the Civil Survey, and the Barony of Idrone, as appearing in the "Book of Distributions," is given hereafter.

There is thus a very accurate record of the different proprietors whose estates were confiscated under the Commonwealth Government; but there is no mode of ascertaining the character and number of the farming population, which must, however, have been almost entirely Irish.

1 "Desiderata Curiosa Hibernica," vol. ii., p. 529.

(To be continued)

PROCEEDINGS AND PAPERS.

GENERAL MEETING, held in the Society's Apartments, Williamstreet, Kilkenny, on Wednesday, May 9th (by adjournment from the 2nd), 1860,

THE REV. CHARLES A. VIGNOLES, A. M., in the Chair.

The following new Members were elected:

The Right Hon. Lord William Fitzgerald, Harcourt-place, Dublin: proposed by John P. Prendergast, Esq., Barrister-atLaw.

Arthur Nugent, Esq., Cranna, Portumna; and Benjamin W. Fayle, Esq., Parsonstown: proposed by T. L. Cooke, Esq.

D. C. O'Connor, Esq., M. D., Camden-place, Cork: proposed by R. Corbett, Esq., M.D.

George J. Wycherly, Esq., M. D., Charlotte-quay, Cork: proposed by Barry Delany, Esq., M. D.

Denis O'Connell, Esq., M. D., Flintfield, Millstreet, county of Cork; and John O'Connell, Esq., Altamont, Millstreet, county of Cork: proposed by Mr. P. M'Gragh.

Thomas Lane, Esq., 18, Patrick's-place, Cork; and Mr. John O'Reilly, Jun., Rose-Inn-street, Kilkenny: proposed by John G. A. Prim, Esq.

The following presentations were received, and thanks voted to the donors:

By Col. the Right Hon. W. F. Tighe: "Annals of Windsor, being a History of the Castle and Town, with some Account of Eton and Places Adjacent," by Richard Tighe, Esq., and James Edward Davis, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. 2 vols. London, 1858. By the Publisher: "The Gentleman's Magazine," for April,

1860.

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By the Cambrian Institute: "The Cambrian Journal," for March, 1860.

By the Archæological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland: their "Journal," Nos. 63 and 64.

By the Cambrian Archæological Society: their "Journal," third series, No. 22.

By the Suffolk Institute of Archæology: "The East Anglian," No. 6.

By the Author: "Notices of certain Crannogs, or Artificial Islands, which have been discovered in the Counties of Antrim and Londonderry," by the Rev. William Reeves, D. D.

By Robert Mac Adam, Esq.: "The Ulster Journal of Archæology," No. 29.

By the Publisher: "The Builder," Nos. 892-98, both inclusive.

By the Publisher: "The Dublin Builder," Nos. 16 and 17.

By the Rev. Dr. Spratt: the original brass matrix of the seal of the Very Rev. James Verschoyle, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin. It bore the Verschoyle arms, a chevron between three boars’ heads, impaling the arms of the Deanery; and the inscription—JAC.

VERSCHOYLE. LL. D. DEC. EC. CA. S. PAT. DUB. INS. MAI. 3. 1794

i. e., James Verschoyle, LL. D., Dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Patrick, Dublin; installed May 3, 1794. This dignitary was afterwards Bishop of Killala.

By Maurice Lenehan, Esq.: a fragment of a cannon ball, apparently a 24-pounder, dug up under the curtain of the Black Battery of Limerick-a relic of one of the sieges of that historic city. Mr. Lenehan also sent for exhibition four coins, one of them a brass of the Emperor Galba, turned up by a peasant whilst tilling his land, in the county of Limerick, which Mr. Lenehan said opened a question as to how it had got into a country where historians assert no soldier of the Roman Empire had ever set his foot. The three other coins were Limerick tokens, two of them being issued by E. Wright, dated 1674 and 1677, the third bearing the legend "Charity Change," with the date 1658.

By Mr. J. Phelan, Kilkenny: a piece of Irish" money of necessity," stamped with a castle, found at the Cathedral of St. Canice.

By Mr. Hayes, Porter at Swift's Asylum: some silver and copper coins, dug up in the grounds attached to that institution, including a shilling of Elizabeth, a gun-money half-crown of James II., and a St. Patrick half-penny.

By the Rev. Francis M'Loughlin, O. S. F., Ennis: a piece of gun-money of King James II., curious for the smallness of its size, it being a half-crown.

By the Rev. James Mease: two memorials of the Irish Rebel