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London; and also the celebrated crozier and mitre of Corne- 
lius O’ Deagh or Dea, Bishop of Limerick from the year 1400 
to the year 1426, when, as Ware acquaints us, he resigned his 
bishopric in order tolive a retired life. This crozier and mitre 
are now the property of the Right Rev. Dr. Ryan, R. C. 
Bishop of Limerick. 
Dr. Petrie stated that he had the honour to exhibit these 
most interesting remains at the request of his respected friend, 
the Rev. Dr. Russell, of Maynooth College, who had kindly 
consented to their being deposited for a time in the museum 
of the Academy, in order that they might be seen by its mem- 
bers, their friends, and those who take an interest in such mat- 
ters generally ; and he added that, as the Limerick crozier and 
; mitre had been very fully described bythe late eminent archzxo- 
logist, Dr. Milner, inapaper published, with illustrations, inthe 
17th volume of the Archzologia, and the whole of these interest- 
ing remains had been recently treated of by Dr. Russell in a 
very elaborate and able paper which that gentleman intended 
for publication, it was not his intention, nor did he think it 
would be proper, to do more than offer a few remarks, such as 
appeared to him necessary to direct the attention of the meet- 
ing to the most striking features in these beautiful remains 
of ancient Irish Art, and which were so valuable, as presenting ,. 
the most characteristic specimens of the distinct styles of design _ 
and ornamention which belonged tothe widely separated periods 
of their fabrication. 
Having described these characteristic features to the meet- 
ing, and expressed his concurrence in the opinions formed by 
Dr. Russellas tothe age and country of these remains, Dr. Petrie 
avowed an ardent hope, in which he was sure the meeting and 
the people of Ireland generally would warmly sympathize, that 
the distinguished possessor of the more ancient crozier, which 
could now be only regarded as an object of historical and national 
interest, would see the wisdom as well as propriety of restoring 
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