PROCEEDINGS OF 



THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY. 



Yol. i., Ser. ii. Sessions 1871-2, & 1872-3. No. 7. 



CONTENTS. 



POLITE LITERATURE AND ANTIQUITIES. 



PAGE 



XVI. On the Identification of St. Malachy O'Morgair's " Monasterium 



Ibracense." By Rev. John O'Hanlon, M.R.I.A., .... 107 

 XVII. On the Cemeteries at Rathcroghan and elsewhere in Ireland (as 

 affecting the Question of the Date of the Cemetery at Taltin). 

 By Samuel Ferguson, LL.D., Q. C, Vice-President, . . . Hi 

 XVIII. On some Evidence touching the Age of Rath-Caves. By Samuel 



Ferguson, LL.D., Q.C., Vice-President, 129 



XIX. On some Links in the Chain of Connexion between the early 

 Populations of Asia and Central America. By Samuel Fer- 

 guson, LL.D., Q.C., Vice-President, 137 



XX. On a Lantern or Fanal on St. Catherine's Down, Isle of Wight. 

 By Hodder M. Westropp, Esq., M.R.I. A. (With Plates 



VI. & VII. Pol. Lit. & Antiq.), 141 



XXI. Notes on some Undescribed Antiquities in the Parishes of Kil- 

 lenny and Kilteale, Queen's County. By the Rev. John 



O'Hanlon, M.R.I.A., 143 



XXII. On an Ancient Bronze Shield, found in the County Limerick. 

 By Maurice Lenihan, M.R.I.A. (Abstract.) (With Plate 



VIII., Pol. Lit. & Antiq.), 155 



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Abstract of the Minutes of the Academy for the Session 1872-3, 



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