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lection, and apparently was never cleaned off, as the mould-marks 
remain. 
A large winged palstave celt, 74 inches long, with marks of ham- 
mering over the blade. It was found in the Silver River, in the town- 
land of Coleraine Middle, in the King’s County. It is numbered 609 in 
Rail-case L, and was purchased from P. Fagan, with the iron hatchet, 
No. 234, from the same place, for. . . . Sea ONals «8 
A fine bronze spear-head, imperfect at top, numbered 87, on 
Tray Y; found at Ballymore, in the county of Westmeath. It, toge- 
ther with the cinerary urn, No. 49, the bronze mould, No. 97, and 
eleven other articles, was purchased from P. Fagan, for . . £1 89 
A spear, or javelin-head, 32 inches long, No. 247, in continuation 
of the registry after Tray MM. It is the only one of its class or size 
in the collection in which the side-loops run into the blade. It was pur- 
chased from J. Fotterell for . . . ee e006 
Two small javelin or arrow-heads; No. 248, which is 32 ¢ inches 
long, and No. 249, which is 22 inches long. Purchased from Mr. Dillon, 
with the collection of celts already described. 
The blade of a short, broad dagger, 54 inches long, and 12 broad 
at the bottom, where it is perforated with two holes for passing the rivets 
which attached it to the metal handle, like those swords and daggers on 
Trays CC. 
A bronze mould of hard brass, No. 97 in Rail-case P, 4 inches long, 
and 1 inch broad, having three heraldic devices upon it—viz., a griffin 
passant ;—a stag courant;—a hare courant ;—and an animal which Sir 
Bernard Burke says is probably ‘‘a wolf passant.”” They are well cut, 
and each is surrounded with a square fillet. It was found near Durrow, 
in the King’s County, and purchased along with the spear-head No. 87, 
and other articles. Itis the only article of the kind which has yet been 
discovered in Ireland, at least that we have any record of. 
A bronze celt-shaped chisel, 45 inches long, including the tang, 
No. 98 in Rail-case P. It was obtained with the foregoing. 
A bronze tube, No. 66 on Tray TT, found in Inchmore Island, 
Lough Ree, Upper Shannon ; apparently a portion of a still-worm. 
A bronze breast-pin, 4 inches long, with a wheel-shaped ornamented 
head—the only one of the kind in the collection. It was found at 
Ballinderry, and is now numbered 497 in Rail-case P. 
Two slender bronze pins; one 63 inches, the other 22 in length; 
the latter has a square head, ornamented on each of its sides. They 
were obtained along with Mr. Dillon’s collection, and are now num- 
bered, respectively, 502 and 508. 
No. 504, a bronze pin, with a curious nugget-like head, as if the 
metal ran in the casting,—found in a street-cutting in Bride-street, in 
the city of Dublin, and purchased from T. Geoghegan for . . £0 2 6 
A very beautiful bronze bridle-bit, No. 158 on Tray NNN; 113 
inches long, and quite perfect; found six feet below the surface of the 
bog of Leechnabeg, near Peter’s Well, five miles from Gort, in the 
county of Galway, and purchased from Mr. R. M‘Clintock for £1 0 0 
