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the conipleLion of the One-inch Geological Map of Ireland 

 — a work in which he had played a conspicuons part, his 

 portion extending over at least one-eighth of the whole island. 

 Kinahan's investigations and researches were not confined to 

 geology. Archaeology and natural history claimed his attention 

 •—interest in the latter doubtless derived from his eminent 

 brother, the late Dr. John Robert Kinahan, whose early 

 death was such a grievous loss to natural science in Ireland. 

 No more interesting companion than Kinahan could one 

 have on an "outing;" and whether along the sand-dunes 

 of the Wexford coast, the rugged slopes of the Mount Leinster 

 range, or the dreary quartzite peaks of the Donegal Mountains, 

 the writer has pleasant and vivid recollections of the in- 

 structive and interesting hours spent in his compan}-. 



He was the last survivor of that band of enthusiastic Irish 

 geologists, which numbered within its ranks Grifhth, Jukes, 

 Mallet, Haughton, Close, and other notable men, whose 

 brilliant discourses attracted crowded audiences to the theatre 

 of the Engineering School in Trinity College in the flourish- 

 ing days of the Dublin Geological Societ}^ — the lack of interest 

 taken in the subject of geolog}' in later times presenting a sad 

 contrast. 



In 1 880-8 1 Kinahan was President of the Royal Geological 

 Society of Ireland, and his annual address upon the subject 

 of waste lands of Ireland created much commenr from an 

 economic standpoint, both at the time of delivery and subse- 

 quentl3\ In 1884 the meeting of the British Association (of 

 which he was a member of the General Committe) in 

 Montreal, gave him an opportunity of visiting the Western 

 Continent, and he availed himself of the facilities afforded 

 to examine many localities of interest, his impressions being 

 subsequently recorded in various papers. 



It has not been found possible to compile anything like a 

 complete list of Kinahan's writings, which comprised con- 

 tributions to most of the scientific bodies in the Kingdom, 

 prominent amongst which may be mentioned our own 

 Geological Society, to whose Proceedings he largely contri- 

 buted from 1S60 until its extinction in the late eighties. 

 The kindred society of I^ondon also afforded a medium for 

 ventilating his ideas, which he frequently availed of. A 

 reference to the Catalogue of Scientific Papers published by 



