PROCEEDINGS 
OF 
THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY, 
1840. No. 21. 
January 27. 
SIR Wa. R. HAMILTON, LL.D., President, in the Chair. 
Mr. Otway read a letter from the Rev. J. D'Arcy Sirr, 
on the ruins of the Abbey of Cong, in the county of Mayo. 
Mr. Otway then read the first part of a paper “ on the 
Antiquarian Remains of the North-west of Ireland.” 
Resotyep,—(on the recommendation of Council,) that 
the conditions required previous to the ballot for new Mem- 
bers be all complied with at least one week before such 
ballot. 
ResoLvep,—(on the recommendation of Council,) to in- 
sert the words “ ipso facto,” in chap. iv. sect. 3, of By-laws, © 
previous to the words “ be excluded the Academy.” 
DONATIONS. 
An ancient Irish Hand-mill, or Quern. Presented by 
Joseph Huband Smith, Esq. 
Theology and Metaphysics of Scripture. By Andrew 
Carmichael, Esq. Presented by the Author. 
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