County Louth Archaeological and History Society

The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland; Parts 3 and 4, Vol. xxxvii; TheJournal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland; Parts 1 and 2, Vol. xxxviiiJournal of the County Louth Archaeological Society, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Nov., 1908), p. 96Published by: County Louth Archaeological and History SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27727853 .

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CO VISIT OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES TO CO. LOUTH.

intelligence of all. Fr. Quinn read an interesting paper describing the locality, written by the Rev. Fr. Lawless, P.P. of Faughart. It will be found elsewhere in this Journal. Mr. Redmond Magrath also described the peculiar features of the

place. Mr. and Mrs. Telford MacNeill had a large party to welcome the Members at

Mountpleasant. The house and grounds were thrown open to them. Mount

pleasant House was designed by the owner's father, the late Sir John MacNeill, the famous Engineer, whose knighthood followed the completion of the Boyne

Viaduct. Mountpleasant House is after the style of those on the Italian Lakes.

4.45 p.m., . . . Faughart ; visited site of Bruce's Grave, St. Brigid's Well, Faughart Mount (field of

battle), distant view of Moyra Pass, Kilnasaggart, Slieve Gullion, &c, returning to Dundalk.

Next day, Saturday, several additional excursions were again made to Faughart, the site of Bruce's grave, St. Brigid's Well, Faughart Mount ; Moyry Pass ; Kilna

saggart ; Dungooley, the site of O'Neill's Castle ; St. Brigid's new Church, Kilcurry, &c. At each of these places I was able to give short descriptions of the leading features ; and was gratified to know that I contributed in a small way to the pleasure of so many friends from the north and from the south, who expressed how highly they enjoyed their week's tour through the land of Cuchulainn and Queen Maeve.

The Royal Society's Journal contains descriptive and illustrative articles on the places in the itinerary : and references will be found to other papers and authorities on pages 284-300,

Part III., Vol. 38. T. Murphy.

50 Park Street, Dundalk.

The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland ; parts 3 and 4, vol. xxxvii., and parts 1 and 2, vol. xxxviii.

Of these four quarterly volume? we meet the usual well-known archaeological exponents. Irish

archaeology is touched on at all its points, but for a real help towards a study and understanding of our history we should select Mr. MacAlister's paper The Legendary Kings of Ireland (vid. part i., vol. 38.)

Nowadays when the early legendary period of Irish history is become the happy hunting ground of historians this article deserves a welcome. Having carefully examined, compared and checked, one with the other, the ogham inscriptions and the legendary accounts, his conclusion is that the old chroniclers wrote real history, with the reservation, however, that they wrote it badly.

For the rest, Messrs. Westropp and Orpen divide the honours between them for untiring work; in fact their contributions make up the great bulk of the present volumes. Mr. Westropp has to his credit what must surely be a complete record of Clonmacnois, which, he says, we must regard as

" a

complex city of God, and not a cloister ; a primitive Oxford, a See and Colleges ; "

two lengthy articles on Pubblebrian and Carrigogunnell Castle in Co. Limerick, and a study of the Promontory Forts of Irrus in Co. Clare. Mr. Orpen deals with Aihlone Castle, Castrum Keyvini, and Castrum Novum Mackynegan, the two latter being situate in the O'Toole and O'Byrne country. These three

it may be safely said, give us all that has been recorded of the places in question in calendars, papers, State papers, Pipe rolls, Fiants, Inquisitions, &c, &c, and will be very valuable to the writer who

attempts their history from an Irish point of view. Lieut.-Col. W. 0. Kavenagh writes three short sketches of Irish Institutions and Memorials in

the Low Countries. The Flags in Y pr?s Choir he believes were not taken on "

Ramilles bloody field," but at the battle of Landen. Other important articles are

" Notes on the St. Lawrences, Lords of

Howth," by Lord W. Fitzgerald ; "

Shanrahan Castle and See, "

by Rev. J. Everard, P.P. ; " Manufacture of Flint Implements," by Mr. George Coffey ;

" Ogam Stone at Mountrussel," Co.

Limerick, by Prof. Rhys. MacAlister and Mr. H. S. Crawford ; "

Early Christian Monuments "

at Gallen Priory, King's County, with a continuation dealing with an inscribed cross-slab, by E. C. R.

Armstrong ; "

The Crest of the Chieftains of Hy Fiachrach Aidhne," by Rev. J. Fahy, D.D., P.P. " The Fleetwoods of Co. Cork," by the late Sir E. Bewley, LL.D. In particular we would commend

our readers to a five-page article by Mr. Robert Cochrane, "

Cromlechs in Co. Tyrone "

(vid. part i v., vol. 37). There are many such cromlechs and giant's graves in our own district, and the valuable information in this paper will greatly help towards their appreciation. Here is also much interesting

matter under the heading "

Miscellanea."

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