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London ; and also the celebrated crozier and mitre of Corne- 

 lius O'Deagh or Dea, Bishop of Limerick from the year 1400 

 to the year 1426, when, as Ware acquaints us, he resigned his 

 bishopric in order to live a retired life. This crozier and mitre 

 are now the property of the Eight Rev. Dr. Ryan, R. C. 

 Bishop of Limerick. 



Dr. Petrie stated that he had the honour to exhibit these 

 most interesting remains at the request of his respected friend, 

 the Rev. Dr. Russell, of Maynooth College, who had kindly 

 consented to their being deposited for a time in the museum 

 of the Academy, in order that they might be seen by its mem- 

 bers, their friends, and those who take an interest in such mat- 

 ters generally ; and he added that, as the Limerick crozier and 

 mitre had been very fully described by the late eminent archaeo- 

 logist, Dr.Milner, in a paper published, with illustrations, in the 

 17th volume of the Archasologia, and the whole of these interest- 

 ing remains had been recently treated of by Dr. Russell in a 

 very elaborate and able paper Avhich that gentleman intended 

 for publication, it was not his intention, nor did he think it 

 would be proper, to do more than oifer a few remarks, such as 

 appeared to him necessary to direct the attention of the meet- 

 ing to the most striking features in these beautiful remains 

 of ancient Irish Art, and which were so valuable, as presenting 

 the most characteristic specimens of the distinct styles of design 

 and ornamention which belonged to the widely separated periods 

 of their fabrication. 



Having described these characteristic features to the meet- 

 ing, and expressed his concurrence in the opinions formed by 

 Dr. Russellastotheage and country of these remains, Dr. Petrie 

 avowed an ardent hope, in which he was sure the meeting and 

 the people of Ireland generally would warmly sympathize, that 

 the distinguished possessor of the more ancient crozier, which 

 could now be only regarded as an object of historical and national 

 interest, would see the wisdom as well as propriety of restoring 



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