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speak of him as celebrated ‘for bestowing of jewels and 
wealth upon the clergy and the churches, an improver of ter- 
ritories and churches,” so that it is in strict accordance with 
this character to find his name on the richly ornamented reli- 
quary before us. 
Third Inscription. 
OR do cadg me merc capthaig 00 pig... 
“ A prayer for Tadhg son of Mac Carthy Righ[damhna of Mun- 
Mpc se ee . 
The letters ~15 are probably the commencement of m9- 
oamna mumam, a title which belonged to this Tadhg, grandson 
of Carthy, who was brother of Cormac, of whom we have just 
spoken. 
Fourth Inscription. 
Of 00 dlapmaic mac meic denipe 00 comanba L..... 
“‘A prayer for Diarmait, son of Mac Denisc, comharb of L 
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It is greatly to be regretted that the next word is not le- 
gible, as it would probably have given us the name of the 
Saint whose relics were contained in this reliquary. The first 
- letter seems to be L, in which case it was probably Lachamn. 
Smith, in his History of Cork (vol. i. p. 84), mentions a 
reliquary called the Arm of St. Lachteen, which in his time 
was preserved at Donoghmore, in the county of Cork, by the . 
Roman Catholic priest of the parish, and tells us that the 
' people used to swear on it on solemn occasions, until it was 
removed by the Roman Catholic bishop, who probably found 
that a superstitious abuse of it had grown up. 
Mr. Curry also states that he remembers to have met with 
a person of that country, whose habit it was to swear by the 
arm of St. Lachtin, although he was unable to tell what the 
arm was. 
All these circumstances, and the fact that St. Lachtin was 
a native of the same country, render it highly probable that 
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