PROCEEDINGS 



THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY. 



1846. No. 55. 



June 8th. 



REV. HUMPHREY LLOYD, D.D., President, in the 

 Chair. 



Thomas John Beasly, Esq., Thomas Percy Boyd, Esq. 

 and Rev. Robert J. M'Ghee, were elected Members of the 

 Academy. 



The President announced to the Academy, that Arthur R. 

 Nugent, Esq., M. R. L A., on the part of the Rev. Francis 

 Brownlow, had deposited the ancient MS. called the Book 

 of Armagh, in the Museum of the Academy, and that he had 

 given to Mr. Nugent the following receipt for the same, sub- 

 ject to the approval of the Academy : 



" Royal h'ish Academy, 



'^Dublin, 4th June, 1846. 



" Arthur R. Nugent^ Esq., M. R. L A., has this day de- 

 posited in the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy, on the 

 part of the Rev. Francis Brownlow, that ancient Irish MS. 

 called the Book of Armagh, the property of the said Rev. 

 Francis Brownlow, with the understanding that the Academy 

 will take the same care of the said book that they do of the 

 best article in their Museum ; and that the Academy will at 

 any time return the said book to the said ilev. Francis Brown- 



