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The writer cannot conclude without expressing his grateful ac- 

 knowledgments to James Hardiman, Esq. author of the History of 

 Galway and other works relating to Ireland, to whose knowledge of 

 the language and antiquities of the country he is indebted for many 

 useful observations, and whose rare collection of manuscripts was 

 imparted with a liberality equalled only by his zeal for promoting 

 every measure connected with Irish literature : — to the Rev. Wil- 

 liam H. Drummond, D. D. author of the charming poem on the 

 Giant's Causeway, whose successful study of our language evinces 

 the facility with which it may be acquired, and induces a hope 

 that with the aid of his talents some of the neglected and beautiful 

 poetry of Ireland may yet be restored : — and to his dear and early 

 friend, the Rev. Simon Walsh, of East-lane chapel, Bermondsey, 

 London, the Patriot, the Gentleman and the Scholar, who first 

 fostered the writer's propensities for those pursuits in which he him- 

 self so much excels, and the memory of whose accumulated kind- 

 nesses will ever remain deeply engraven on his heart. 



