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borough Lake by Mr. Coe. More detailed examination shall be 

 made, as opportunity offers, of the other islands mentioned in the 

 list I have given, . and also of any others that may be met with ; 

 and it is probable that some antiquities may be found in some of 

 them which will serve to throw more light on their probable age 

 and uses. 



" Thomas J. Mulvany. 

 " Belturbet, Jan. 9, 1852." 



\From Me. John O'Fiaherty.] 



" Strokestown, January 9, 1852. 



" My dear Sir, — By this night's coach I send you a box, con- 

 taining all the articles of antiquity or curiosity that I have been 

 able to collect myself, which were discovered at the artificial islands 

 in this neighbourhood ; together with a large number of articles 

 which have been lent to me by Miss Morton, John Devenish, Esq., 

 Mrs. Devenish, and Dr. Conry, and which I have in your name 

 promised shall be returned in the course of a short time. 



" I have attached to each article the name of the owner, and in 

 red ink the place where the article was found. There is also a 

 number on each article, corresponding with the numbers contained 

 in the accompanying list. 



" In Ardekillan Lough there are four artificial islands ; in Cloon- 

 finlough,two; inClonfree,two; in Lough Lea, three; andinDerreen 

 Lough, one. I am also informed that there is one in Kilglass Lough, 

 but I have not seen it. I shall, however, from time to time, as my 

 duties will permit, visit these places, and get all such information 

 as may prove interesting ; but I have been too busy up to the pre- 

 sent time to do so. 



" I forward also a survey and section of the artificial island 

 (through which we made a deep cut) at Ardekillan, which is by 

 far the largest and most important of them all, and which will, I 

 trust, be found satisfactory. I got a similar cut made through one 

 of the Lough Lea islands, ninety feet long, and nine feet wide, but 

 we met nothing worth mentioning, except plenty of all kinds of 

 bones ; there were also evident traces of a large fire, as in the Arde- 

 killan case. 



" In the collection forwarded'you will find the few things got 

 at Lough Lea. With regard to my own collection, I beg to hand 

 them to you as a donation. 



