Stokes— On Existing National Monuments of Ireland. 25 



charge of the Killarney Board of Guardians for enclosure and pro- 

 tection. 



There are twenty-five mined castles in the County Kerry, and one 

 of the old castles only is inhabited, viz. Dunloe, the estate of Mr. 

 Daniel Mahony. 



I give the following list of the ruined ones, indicating by an 

 asterisk those best worth preserving : — 







Or. Sh. 



Owners. 



20a 



Ardea, 



100 



Marquis of Lansdowne. 



21 



* Ballymackawhin , 



15 



Trinity College, Dublin. 



22 



*Ballycarbery, 



79 



James O'Connell. 



23 



Bally McAdani, 



40 



R. J. Marshall. 



24 



*Ballinskelligs, 



97 



Richard Mahony. 



25 



*Ballymalis, 



57 



Oliver D. Stokes, 



26 



Ballyplymoivth, 



40 



John Blennerhasset. 



27 



Ballybunion, 



4 



H. B. Harem. 



28 



Ballynmllen, 



29 



James O'Connell. 



29 



Ballybeggan, 



29 



Do. 



30 



Bally McElligot, 



39 



A. Blennerhasset. 



31 



*Carrigafoyle, 



2 



Trinity College, Dublin. 



32 



Castleisland, 



40 





33 



Castlecove, 



107 



E. B. Hartopp. 



34 



*Dromalahane, 



65 



Sir Rowland Blennerhasset. 



35 



*Dunkcrron, 



92 



Henry Herbert. 



36 



*Fenit, 



28 



John Hurley. 



37 



Listowel, 



10 



Lord Listowel. 



38 



*Minnard, 



54 



Lord Cork. 



39 



Molahiffe, 



47 



Lord Kenmare. 



40 



*Killaha, 



75 



R. J. Marshall. 



41 



*Ross Island, 



66 



Lord Eenruare. 



42 



Tralee, 



29 



Reps. C. Bateman. 



43 



Cappanacush, 



92 



Richard Mahony. 



44 



Beale, 



2 



Lord Listowel. 



Those not marked * are but partial remains, sometimes not more 

 than a side wall being left standing. 



As National Monuments the rest ought to be preserved. So much 

 must also be said of the old ruined churches of apparently little 

 interest to be found in every graveyard. The foregoing only include 

 the most remarkable. 



IX. — On an Ancient Bronze Implement, found near the Hill 

 oe Taea. By A. G-. Moke, P. L. S. 



[Read January 23, 1871.] 

 The implement to which I wish to invite attention was found by Mr. 

 John Dillon (of Lismullen, County Meath), while engaged in ferretting 

 rabbits on some lands close to the well-known Hill of Tara. 



It is made of bronze, and in shape resembles somewhat the steel peg 

 of a bov's peg-top. It weighs 16 - 8 grammes, and is nearly three inches 



