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On the part of the Marquis of Kildare, a copy of his recently pub- 
lished work, ‘‘ The Earls of Kildare and their Ancestors;’’? Dublin, 
1858. 
On the part of Dr. Bewley, a copy of ‘‘ The Vital Statistics of the 
United States,” by James Wynne, M.D.; New York, 1857. 
From John Purser, Esq., a copy of ‘‘ Doomsday Book.” 
From the Rev. C. P. Meehan, C.C., a shale celt, found near a crom- 
lech in the townland of Corcahan, parish of Kilmore, and county of 
Monaghan (No. 513). 
From the Rey. Edward Clarke, of Lifford, a stone effigy of a bishop, 
9 inches high (No. 31), and also a perforated oval stone of greenstone 
porphyry (No. 128), similar in shape to those oval tool-stones described 
in the Catalogue of the Stone Materials in the Museum, at p. 94. Both 
these objects were said to have been procured in the county of Donegal; 
but their history is unknown, as they were purchased from an itinerant 
collector. ; 
On the part of Dr. Kelly, of Mullingar, a cubical stone, 23 inches in 
diameter, and marked No. 129 in continuation of the printed Catalogue. 
It is indented on two of its sides, like No. 121 among the sink-stones 
in the Museum, described at page 98 of the Catalogue. It was found 
-in an ancient rath in the county of Westmeath. Also, a fine flint spear- 
head (No. 1276), of a white colour, 4 inches long, but wanting about an 
inch of the top. It was found resting on the gravel, ten peats deep, in 
the bog of Curraghmore, near Mullingar, county of Westmeath. 
On the part of Charles Haliday, Esq., two slender gold armlets, 
weighing 14 dwts. 12 grs., a portion of the great ‘‘ Clare Find,’’ of which 
the Academy is already in possession of the finest specimens. See 
‘* Minute-book of Committee of Antiquities.” 
From Arthur A. Nugent, Esq., and Mr. Richard Murray, of Mul- 
lingar, two imperfect human crania, and the long bones of two skeletons, 
together with a rude urn, found in a tumulus in the townland of Bar- 
rettstown, parish of Dysart, near Lough Ennel, now called Belvedere 
Lake, in the neighbourhood of Mullingar, county of Westmeath. Mr. 
Wilde stated that these remains had been exhibited to the Ethnological 
Section of the British Association, at the Dublin Meeting in 1857, and 
that, having recently visited the locality where they were discovered, he 
had drawn up the following abstract :— 
“The parish of Dysart borders Lough Ennel on the western side, 
and contains several ancient raths, as well as some curious subter- 
ranean chambers and passages, formed of uncemented masonry, and of 
great antiquity. It is likewise memorable in history from containin 
the great rath or fortress of Dun na Sgeath, or Fort of the Shields, 
the seat of Malachy II. The tumulus in which these remains were 
found presented a small oval nipple upon the rise of some sloping 
ground in place called Carawn, the property of Mr. Nugent, to whom 
the Academy is already indebted for several donations. The sur- 
rounding mould and some cart-loads of small stones having been re- 
moved from the surface of the heap, two large flags, laid horizontally, 
