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The tombstone of Christopher Plunket and Dame Ka- 

 theiine Preston, before mentioned, bears the arms of Plunket, 

 Preston, and Molyneaux (called on it Molines) ; Katherine 

 Preston being the daughter of Robert Lord Gormanston, by 

 his wife. Genet, daughter of Sir Richard Molyneaux. See 

 Lodge's Peerage, Archdall's Edit., vol. iii., page 245. 



There are several other monuments within this church, 

 well worthy of attention. One represents an armed knight, 

 in a very elegant and peculiar coat of mail, and having an in- 

 scription round the edge, which, though much defaced, might 

 yet be, in part at least, recovered. Another, being a portion, 

 as may be presumed, of a monument of considerable impor- 

 tance, has been let into the wall of the church, and is sculptured 

 with eight shields, seven of which contain various coats of 

 arms, and the eighth the emblems of the passion of our Lord. 



It is deserving of the highest commendation that these 

 ruins are, with good taste and good feeling, protected from 

 wanton or idle injury by the tenant of the adjoining farm ; 

 who, not long since, at his own expense, preserved the beau- 

 tiful east window from being lost, having judiciously replaced 

 some of the stone muUions, which, loosened by the hand of 

 Time, had fallen down, and the want of whose support threat- 

 ened to bring the whole of the tracery speedily to the ground. 



Dr. Lentaigne presented, on the part of Mr. Peter Quin, 

 some portions of a skeleton, an urn, and a fragment of another, 

 all found on the townland of Kiltalown, close to the boun- 

 dary of Killinarden, and in the parish of Tallaght, on the 

 lands of John Robinson, Esq. 



These ancient remains were discovered last week, by the 

 tenant of the land, Mr. Quin, who was endeavouring to clear 

 and level a furzy field, situated near the top of the ridge of 

 the hill of Tallaght. On removing some of the surface clay 

 of a low mound, he first found a quantity of broken stones, and 

 under them a large stone. He supposed this to be the quarry 

 that appeared in several places through the soil in the imme- 



