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such antiquities could not be themselves procured and pre- 
served in the Museum, it was very important to have correct 
drawings of them made to scale, as this was. The chalice was 
of silver, and stood 53 inches high; the bowl was 3} inches 
in diameter, and the foot, which was octagonal, with eight seg- 
ments of circles, as the bases of each of the triangles of the oc- 
tagon, was 5 inches from point to point, and 4 inches from 
hollow to hollow. 
Round the foot ran the following inscription :— 
ths. Conosus PMMaguir vex fermanach me fi. fe. m°. cecee®. rxtx’, 
Dr. Todd showed that this was the Cuchonacht Maguire, 
chief of Fermanagh, who was murdered by his own relatives 
in 1537. At that year the Four Masters record his death, and 
give him a high character for virtue, piety, and devotion to 
the Church,—so that it was quite in accordance with his cha- 
racter to find his name on a sacramental chalice. He was 
buried at first in an island in Loch Erne, where there was a 
small monastic establishment, but his remains were afterwards 
removed to the Abbey of Donegal by the Franciscan friars 
of that monastery, and interred there with great solemnity. 
The following Address to His Excellency the Lord Lieu- 
tenant was adopted by the Academy :— 
“ To His Excellency George William Frederick Earl of Car- 
lisle, Lord Lieutenant General and General Governor of 
Ireland, &c. 
«© May IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY, 
** We, the President, Council, and Members of the Royal 
Irish Academy, beg to tender to your Excellency our respect- 
ful congratulations on your return to this country in the high 
office of Her Majesty’s Representative. 
‘In approaching your Excellency as the Visitor of the 
Academy, appointed by our Charter, it is with pleasure we re- 
