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particles of the bones to an expert for examination. He does not think 
they were ever subjected to cremation, since certain parts are found in 
them that would have been consumed necessarily if at all subjected to 
the action of fire. But this opens up another question, namely, what 
were the modes of burial among the Ivish in pre-Christian times ? 
There is surely no one that will not join in the expression of regret of 
Professor Sullivan, that O’Curry was not spared to deliver his intended 
series of lectures on this subject, in continuation of those on the Manners 
and Customs of the ancient Irish. 
As regards the inscribed stone lately found, I shall only say that it 
has been already described at sufficient length by Miss Stokes in her 
valuable work on Lrish Inscriptions. It is there said that the stone was 
destroyed. Jam happy to be able to say that it has been found in- 
side the large church of the Holy Ghost, one of the seven churches on 
the large island, close by the western gable. 
May I be allowed to call attention also to a curious old document on 
vellum, bearing the date of 1588, not mentioned in O’Flaherty’s Jar 
Connaught or elsewhere, so far as I know. It refers to the south is- 
land of Arran; for in it the mayor and bailiffs of Galway testify that 
<¢ Morrough M‘Tirlagh O’Brien and his ancestors were temporal captains 
of the islands of Arran and their territories time out of mind, and con- 
tinued therein until expulsed of late by the usurping power of the 
O’Flahertys; and that he and his predecessors did at all times aid and 
abet the townsmen of Galway against the enemies of the Crown of 
England.” 
In conclusion, I submit for inspection :—Drawings of the Fort on 
the south island of Arran, where the urns were found; a rubbing of 
the inscription on the stone lately re-found ; a rubbing of the famous 
VII. Romani inscription ; and the testimony of the Mayor of Galway 
mentioned above. 
