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low, .or his heirs or representatives, on his or their demand, 

 and without any delay, charge, or hindrance whatever. 



" Signed, subject to the approbation of the Academy, 

 " H. Lloyd, President." 



It was Resolved, — That the deposit of the Book of 

 Armagh be accepted by the Academy, on the conditions 

 named ; and that the thanks of the Academy be voted to the 

 Rev. Francis Brownlow, and to Arthur R. Nugent, Esq. 



W. R. Wilde, Esq., exhibited and described the " Mias 

 Tighearnain," an ancient Irish shrine, from the barony of 

 Tyrawley, County of Mayo, which had been lent to him by 

 Annesley Knox, Esq., for that purpose. 



It was Resolved, — That the thanks of the Academy be 

 presented to Mr. Knox, by whose permission the Mias Tigher- 

 nain has been exhibited to the Academy. 



Mr. Wilde presented a collection of Celtic antiquities, 

 weapons, ornaments, domestic implements, sepulchral urns, 

 and some animal remains, found in ancient tumuli, from Arthur 

 R. Nugent, Esq., Portaferry, from whom Mr. Wilde made a 

 communication in 1844. These interesting relics consisted of 

 a very large stone celt, eight inches long ; several flint arrow- 

 heads, among which is one of the most beautiful, both in form 

 and execution, which the Academy has yet received; three flint 

 knives, two very rude and apparently in the process of forma- 

 tion ; a small sharpening stone ; and four small circular stone 

 discs, perforated in the centre, and probably used for the dis- 

 tafi"; — all discovered in the County of Down, a locality re- 

 markably rich in antiquities of this description. He also 

 presented some silver pieces, among which was a shilling of 

 Elizabeth and one of James I. 



The sepulchral urns, two in number, one very perfect, 

 the other in fragments, but capable of being restored, were dis- 

 covered along with some incinerated bones, charred wood, and 



