PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY. 



1840. No. 21. 



January 27, 

 SIR Wm.R. HAMILTON, LL.D., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Otway read a letter from the Rev, J. D'Arcy Sirr, 

 on the ruins of the Abbey of Cong, in the county of Mayo. 



Mr. Otway then read the first part of a paper " on the 

 Antiquarian Remains of the North-west of Ireland." 



Resolved, — (on the recommendation of Council,) that 

 the conditions required previous to the ballot for new Mem- 

 bers be all complied with at least one week before such 

 ballot. 



Resolved, — (on the recommendation of Council,) to in- 

 sert the words ^' ipso facto,'* in chap. iv. sect. 3, of By-laws, 

 previous to the words ** be excluded the Academy." 



DONATIONS. 



An ancient Irish Hand-mill, or Quern, Presented by 

 Joseph Huband Smith, Esq. 



Theology and Metaphysics of Scripture. By Andrew 

 Carmichael, Esq. Presented by the Author. 



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