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Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1955Review by: J. P.Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society, Vol. 13, No. 3 (1955), pp. 291-292Published by: County Louth Archaeological and History SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27728889 .

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REVIEWS 29I

JOURNAL OF THE CORK HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Vol. LVII, No. 186. July-December, 1952

In this issue Liam O Buachalia gives a further "

Contribution towards the Political History of Munster, 450-800 A.D." Munster during that period was divided into two separate kingdoms: Iarmuma (West Munster) and Aurmuma (East Munster), but the King of Cashel was overlord of the entire province. Iarmuma extended eastward to the neighbourhood of the present cities of Cork and Limerick, and also included the western part of the present county of Clare. Aurmuma consisted of the remainder of the present province of Munster, along with the greater part of

County Kilkenny, the western part of the county of Leix, and the baronies of Clonlisk and Bally britt in the county of Offaly. In that period six Munster septs or groups of septs enjoyed free status but the provincial kingship was almost exclusively in the hands of the Eoghanachta.

In 1898 the people in many parts of the country commemorated those who rose and fought and fell in 1798. The city of Cork was not behind in this commemoration and as a tangible and

lasting memorial we have the '*

National Monument "

erected at the junction of the Grand Parade and South Mall. In his article on

" The United Irishmen in Cork County

" Sean ? Coindealbhain

sets himself the task of rescuing from oblivion the names of some Corkmen who "

rose in dark and evil days to right their native land

" and who are not commemorated on the monument.

A. T. Lucas has an illustrated article on hurling balls made from the hairs of cattle and horses;

John T. Collins writes about "

The O'Crowleys of Coill-tSealbhaigh "; Arthur E. J. Went, D.Sc, M.R.I.A., deals with

" Fishes in Irish Heraldry

" and includes dolphins and whales, wiiich are

regarded as fish by heralds, but regarded as mammals by zoologists : mermaids are excluded from the scope of this study. In

" Notes on Irish words in Spenser's Viewe of Ireland

" Pauline Henley

tells us that the Irish words used by this poet were written by him as he heard them. As a matter of interest, and also to help commentators collating different manuscripts of the Viewe, in this article she strives to indicate the pronunciation that Spenser actually heard and which he was

trying to reproduce in English sounds. Six day-excursions and one week-end excursion at Whitsun as well as three lectures, are certainly a formidable summary of the

" Proceedings of the Society.''

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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND, 1955

If this issue contained nothing else except Professor Sean P. ? R?ord?in's address delivered at the General Meeting, 19th April, 1955, it would be worth its weight in gold. In

" Preserve,

Examine, Illustrate," Professor ? R?ord?in gives a masterly survey of the present position of

antiquities and archaeology in Ireland, and suggests means of maintaining and improving what remains of our storied past. The contents of this address should be familiar to everyone and if at all feasible should be available in pamphlet form.

A. E. J. Went gives "

A Short History of the Fisheries of the River Nore "

covering the

period from the thirteenth till the nineteenth centuries. Since 1936 a long series of excavations have been conducted in the neighbourhood of Lough Gur, Co. Limerick. The excavation of the

Megalithic Tomb carried out in 1938 is the subject of an article by Sean P. ? R?ord?in and Gearoid O h-Iceadha.

" In

" Old Church Plate of Lismore Diocese

" R. Wyse Jackson deals with some of

the seventeenth and eighteenth-century Communion Plate in the Church of Ireland churches of the diocese of Lismore. The diocese possesses several important pieces not mentioned in 1949 edition of Sir Charles Jackson's standard book,

" The English Goldsmiths and Their Works."

Among them are the fine Kilkenny-made Carrick chalice and paten of 1667 ; and the Templemichael chalice and paten of 1640-41, bearing the rare Dublin date letter for that year. Geographically the diocese lies in a position convenient to the provincial silversmiths of the south, and so examples exist, not only of Kilkenny and Cork silver, but almost certainly of Kinsale and Youghal silver.

W. F. Nugent writes of "Carlow in the Middle Ages "?-that is the Liberty of Carlow, which included the modern county of Carlow, a large part of Co. Wexford, and portions of land in the

present-day counties of Leix and Kildare. P. Tohall treats of a "

Trackway in Corlona Bog, Co. Leitrim." H. L. de Vries concludes this trackway dates from about 1450 B.C. The

" Arthur

Cross," a treasure in the possession of the See of Limerick, is the subject of an article by J. Hunt. It is so called because of the Latin inscription underneath the base which, on being translated, reads :

' ' Richard Arthur, Bishop of Limerick, caused this cross containing very ancient fragments

of the most Holy Cross of Christ to be made, through the generosity of Joanna Fox, widow:

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2?2 COUNTY LOUTH ARCHiEOLOGICAL JOURNAL

James Lange and others in the year 1625." "

The excavation of a circular stone house at Glanna fien (Lough Ine, Co. Cork)

" is described by Concubhar O Cuileanfiin. He dates this not earlier

than the Iron Age. The remains of a horizontal mill were discovered in August, 1953 in the course of drainage works which were being carried out in a shallow, boggy hollow lying between two

ridges of firm ground in the towrnland of Ballykilleen, Co. Offaly, in the neighbourhood of Horse

leap, Co. Westmeath. The discovery was reported to the National Museum, on behalf of which the site was examined by A. T. Lucas, who gives the result of his examination in this issue.

Mrs. Harold G. Leask writes of "

Eighteenth-century Irish Tombstones "

writh particular reference to New Ross, Co. Wexford. Notes on the

" North Cross at Athenry

" and the

" Athassel Abbey

Tomb "

bring this learned journal to a conclusion.

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IRIS HIBERXIA, 1956

Vol. Ill, No. 4

This journal of one hundred pages is edited and published by the Irish students at the

University of Fribourg. On the front and back cover are reproductions in black and white of ornamental pages from the St. Gall Codex 51, and the magazine is otherwise illustrated. It is stated that

" the high standard of printing and presentation are the result of the great efficiency and

special care of the Sisters of St. Paul."

The contents consist of three of the Thomas Davis Archaeological Lectures given over Radio Eireann by Dr. Eoin Mac White, Prof. S. P. O Ri ordain and Dr. R. de Valera, followed by a paper on pre-Roman Croziers by Prof. Fran?oise Henry, Notes on Legend Migration by Dr. Szoverify, and critical notes and reviews. A worthy proof of Irish enterprise among our Swiss friends.

H.

COUNTY KTLDARE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL

This 1954 Journal of the County Kildare Archceological Society is entirely historical as to its contents. Ada K. Longfield, M.A., LL.B. (Mrs. H. G. Leask) contributes two short papers: one concerns an eighteenth-century decorated headstone at Kildangan, County Kildare, which has nothing similar to it in its neighbourhood, but has similarities to two stones at Seir, Offal y. The second paper continues the history of Linen and Cotton Printing at Leixlip in the eighteenth century. Arthur E. J. Went, D.Sc, has notes on the Fisheries of the Barrow, showing it, indeed, to be a valuable fishing river. Brian J. Cantwell, in his series on Borough Boundary Surveys, deals with Carlow and Portarlington. We also have a further instalment of O'Donovan's Ordnance

Survey Letters for County Kildare. This Journal certainly should be of more than ordinary interest to Kildare readers.

J. McE.

THE JOURNAL OF THE CORK HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Vol. LX, No. 192

This issue is mainly historical in interest. Basil O'Connell, K.M., gives us a basis for a pedigree of the Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke. Risteard Breatnach examines the evidence for Dancing in

Ancient Ireland, and comes to negative conclusions. Previous contributions on the McCarthys of Blarney and Bellea, and John Harden's Tour in Ireland in 1797 are brought to a conclusion. A lengthy article by H. M. Coghlan, F.S.A., discusses the Perforated Stone Hammer in Ireland, and there is a short description of a recently-discovered Long Cist Grave at Huddersfield, County Cork. The Society is to be congratulated on an interesting and well-produced volume.

J. McE.

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