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" S. DONALDI OG FILL D. ROGH MAC CARTHY." 



This seal is in the collection of the author. 



3. The seal of Mac Con, Chief of Hy-Caissin, a territory 

 in Thomond, possessed by the family of Macnamara. He 

 died about the year 1350. The device of this seal is also 

 similar to that of Felim, and the legend reads, 



" S. MICON DUCIS DE IV. CASSIN." 



This seal is in the collection of the Dean of St. Patrick's. 



4. The seal of Brian O'Brian, Prince of Thomond, who 

 was killed in the year 1350. The device is a griffin, which 

 appears to have been the heraldic badge of the O'Briens at 

 this period ; and the legend reads, 



" S. BRIAN I BRIAN." 



This seal is also in the collection of the Dean of St. Patrick's. 



5. The seal of Murtagh O'Neill, who, as Mr. Petrie be- 

 lieves, was the Lord of Clannaboy of this name, whose death 

 is recorded by the Irish annalists at the year 1471 . The 

 device is the bloody hand of O'Neill, and the legend reads, 



*' S. MAURITIUS UI NIELL." 



This seal is also in the collection of the Dean of St. Patrick's. 



6. The seal of Mac Craith, the son of O'Dafid. The de- 

 vice is a non-descript animal, and the legend reads, 



" S. MAC CRAITH MAC I DAFID." 



This seal, which is of the early part of the fourteenth cen- 

 tury, appears to belong to the O'DafFy's, a family of the Dal 

 Cais in Thomond, still in existence. The seal is in the col- 

 lection of the author. 



7. The seal of Brian O'Harny, chief of an ancient family 

 in Kerry. The device exhibits the helmeted head of a war- 

 rior, cut on a cornelian, and the legend reads, 



" S. BRIAN o'HARNY." 



This seal is in the collection of the Dean of St. Patrick's. 

 The material of all these seals is silver. 



