1898.] Proceedings of Irish Societies. ^y 



Limerick Fiki.d Ci^ub. 



ANNUAI. MEETING. 



January ii. — The fifth annual general meeting and conversazione of 

 this Club was held in the Savings Bank, Glentworth.street. The large 

 and representative attendance was a proof of the interest taken in this 

 Club, whose operations extend over a wide area of country full of 

 interest to the antiquarian and the student of nature. A striking 

 feature of the proceedings was the number of photographic views of 

 temples, castles, and cromlechs, and numerous views of scenery in Clare, 

 Umerick, Galway, and other parts of Ireland, taken by members of the . 

 Club. Outside these there was a considerable variety of general 

 exhibits which may be divided thus : — Botanical — Specimens of Dried 

 Plants, including several additions to those previously recorded from 

 this district; also lantern transparencies, kindly lent by Mr. R. Welch, 

 Lonsdale Street, Belfast. Entomological — A Long-horned Beetle 

 (^Rhagiuni bifasciatum), and fir-tree stem attacked by its larvae — Cratloe 

 Wood. Examples of Cuckoo-Bees {Apathiis ntpestris) parasitic in nests 

 of Humble Bee {Bombus lapidarius) — Cratloe Wood. Geological — 

 Examples of rocks from the district, including porphyritic basalt from 

 Caherconlish ; volcanic scoriae, &c., from Ballinagarde ; sandstone, with 

 embedded metallic crystals, from Cratloe ; local limestones, fossils, &c. 

 Photographic — Prints, lantern transparencies, new and improved 

 photographic apparatus, including Professor Ives' kromskop, for pro- 

 ducing pictures in natural colours. Archaeological — Examples of stone 

 and bronze implements, celts, ornaments, weapons, &c. Also a collect- 

 tion of small objects in silver. A series of lantern transparencies kindly 

 lent by Professor A. C. Haddon, D.Sc, F.Z.S., illustrating "Adze- 

 making in the Andaman Islands." There were on view specimens of 

 corals, sponges, amber, ancient Egyptian instruments, Japanese bronzes 

 and lacquered work, carvings, wooden pictures, &c. The Rev. W, E. 

 Bentley, Mr. R. D. O'Brien, and Dr. George Fogarty had an extensive 

 collection of rare plants tastefully placed on white cardboard, which 

 were hung round the room. 



The President (Dr. W. A. Fogarty) briefly opened the proceedings, and 

 welcomed those present, and then asked the Secretary (Mr. F. Neale) to 

 read the annual report, of which the following is an abstract: — 



" The Committee are pleased to say that the working of the Club 

 during the past year has been gratifj-ing, the impetus given to it in 

 public notice and favour by the successful annual meeting in January 

 last having been maintained since. In January-, 1896, there were 50 

 members; in January, 1S97, no; and now your Committee are able to 

 report a membership of 2 14 on a list made up to the 30th of September last, 

 the total number to the present date being 240, of whom there are but 

 two whose subscriptions for the past year have not been paid. In 

 arranging the programme for the current Winter Session, your Committee 

 were easily able to arrange for the holding of fourteen evening meet- 

 ings, the majority of which are filled by members of our own Club, The 



