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perished, Eathcruachan has vanished, Ailinn's proud brugh has perished, 

 Eman's brugh has vanished, save that its stones remain. The gentile's proud 

 cathairs, whereon great duration was wrought, they have perished." 1 In 

 " The Fate of the Children of Lir " we read : — " Nothing remained (of Sid 

 Fionnachad) but unroofed green raths and forests of nettles." 2 Finn found 

 the fort of Fornocht destroyed and grass-grown. No need to cite many 

 other such statements. It is, however, I fear, a new thing that those sprung 

 from the old races should be systematically carrying out a vast destruction 

 rarely attempted, save on a small scale, by men of alien blood. The old 

 beliefs that for ages guarded the forts and dolmens have nearly died ; but no 

 enlightened feeling has as yet taken their place. It is the duty of every 

 Irish antiquary to cry for help while there is yet time to save the unvalued, 

 but invaluable, heritage which the ages have handed over to us from the 

 remote past of Ireland. 4 



1 "Calendar of Oengus " (R. I. Acad. Trans., p. xxix), Introduction. See editions by 

 Whitley Stokes in our Transactions and the Henry Bradshaw Society. He fully confirms 

 the traditional date in the latter edition. 



2 Proceedings, supra, vol. i, ser. ii, (1870-79), p. 217. 



3 "Dind Senchas" (ed. Whitley Stokes) in " Revue Celtique," vol. xv, p. 327. 



i I must again record my thanks to Rev. John Bolton Greer for constant help in 

 collecting these notes. 



NOTE ADDED IN PEESS. 



Mr. Hubert T. Knox tells me that the western fort of Mucklagh has a 

 curved work similar to Curraghmoohaun, though less bent, and there are no 

 attached earthworks. It is near Cashelmanannan and Eathcroghan. 



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