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per and ribbon crosses which are sold in our streets on the 17th of 
March, or St. Patrick’s Day. 
The next Ogham pillar, which is 5 feet 10 inches high, stands on the 
summit of Dunmore Point, on the west flank of Mount Eagle, county of 
Kerry, and is, therefore, placed on the top of the most westerly cliff in 
Ireland. The inscription on it is quite perfect. 
The Ogham stone, No. 8, stands in the stone fort called Cahir-na- 
gat, on the south side of Ballyferriter Hill, near Ferriter’s Cove, Co. 
Kerry ; its height is five feet above the ground, and its inscription ap- 
parently perfect. 
The 9th Ogham pillar stands in the graveyard of the old church of 
Kilmalkedar, on the east side of Smerwick Harbour, and its inscription 
is also uninjured. The top of this stone is pierced with a hole. 
No. 10, 11, 12.—These pillars, bearing Ogham inscriptions, are pre- 
served in the lawn of Burnham House, near Dingle, the residence of 
Lord Ventry; and my friend Mr. Clibborn has informed me that they 
originally came from the south shore of Smerwick Harbour, having sud- 
denly appeared there after a powerful gale of wind, which swept from 
off them the sand with which they had been covered for ages. I think 
it is to be deplored that they were ever removed from their original site. 
I am not one of those who approve of the uprooting and transplanting 
of such singularly interesting relics as those of our early art and learn- 
ing, even though they should be safely deposited in such a valuable 
Museum as that of the Academy. One of their greatest charms is the 
hallowed interest which they throw around the spot on which they were 
first erected, and when I see one of them placed with care against a 
neatly polished or painted case, I sigh to think that some remote, seques- 
tered spot, or rugged mountain gap, has lost its genius loct. 
The Ogham stone, No. 13, is a remarkably fine example of its class. 
In the month of March, 1851, I was fortunate enough to discover this 
Ogham in the centre of an ancient rath, in the townland of Windgap, 
near Carrick-on-Suir, in the county of Waterford. A cave, known 
to be here, induced me to the spot, and, while having its entrance 
opened in order to explore it, I was obliged to dig around a rough 
block of stone which was close to it. This stone proved to be the Ogham 
pillar, a drawing of which is now before the Academy, and, strange to 
say, it was buried with the small end downwards, leaving the rough end 
projecting above the surface of the ground. The inscribed face of the 
stone was turned away from the mouth of the cave. 
During the same month of March, in the same year, I was again for- 
tunate in discovering no less than five other Ogham stones, all of which 
were made to aid in the construction of the old church of St. Seskinans, 
townland of Knockboy, near Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Waterford. They 
form the interior lintels of four of the windows, and that of the door- 
way on the south side wall. 
I have given a rough sketch of the interior of this remarkable church, 
looking west, and also a ground plan of it. It will be seen that it is 
