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The following is the statement of John Keough, of 13al- 

 lykillmurry, county Wicklovv, in the employment of William 

 Jones Westby, Esq., of High Park : 



"About eight years past I and my son were cutting turf 

 on Ballykillmurry bog ; about five perches from the dry 

 ground in the bog, and five feet from the surface, and about 

 five more from the gravel, we found the accompanying sword. 

 The bog had never been cut before ; at least it had all the 

 appearance of being in its original state. About eight yards 

 from the sword, and three feet deep, we found a vessel of 

 wood, filled with what we considered suet; it was in a perfectly 

 mouldy state, as also the vessel, which fell to pieces when we 

 took it up. The suet, to the best of my opinion, had never 

 been rendered or boiled. The vessel was about the size of a 

 small cool, made of staves, and had two iron hoops on it." 



The Secretary read a letter from Richard Caulfield, Esq., 

 of Cork, containing an account of the discovery of a chamber 

 in Killeens Fort, situated two miles north of Cork. 



"Sunday's Well, Cork, Jan. 12, 1850. 



" Rev. dear Sir, — During one of my late explorations I 

 happened to meet with an ancient stone head amid the rub- 

 bish of the south wall of Cloghphillip Castle, which fell down 

 about a year and a half since, not, I am sure, without some 

 cause, for this is not the only wall of a castle that has come un- 

 der my notice, endangered by persons digging for gold ; which, 

 when they dream of (as they say), nothing will prevent them 

 from examining the favoured spot, and often undermining the 

 wall. 



" Cloghphillip Castle (it is marked on the map of Muskrye 

 in the Pac. Hib.) stands on a very high eminence about one 

 mile N. W.of Blarney Castle in this county, and commanding 



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