PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
ROYAL IkISH ACADEMY, 
POLETE LITERATURE AND ANTIQUITIES. 
NER. 11., VoL. 11. | JANUARY, 1888. [No. 8. 
CONTENTS. 
PAGE 
LX.—Inguiry as to the Probable Date of the Tara Brooch and Chalice 
found near Ardagh. By MargarerSroxyes. [Witha Chart], 481 
LXJ.—On the Dublin Stocks and Pillory. By Wuctrtam Frazer, 
F.R.C.S.1., Member of Council of the Royal Irish Academy, . 456 
LXII.—On a Bronze uses Vessel found several years since in a Bog 
near Kells, presented to the Royal Irish Academy by the 
Marquis of Headford. By Witiram Frazer, F.R.C.S.L, 
Member of Council of the Royal Irish Academy, . 461 
LXIII.—Crannog of Lof@h na Cranagh, Fair Head, Co Raia By 
ALEXANDER M‘Henry, M. R. it AVS 462 
LXIV.—Report on the Boratto at White Park Bay, Ballintoy By 
ALEXANDER M‘Henry, M.R.LA., . 463 
LX Y.—Description of the Brass Matrix of an Caine Seal pelveeing fe 
the Augustinian Hermits, with an Account of the Monastery y of 
the Holy Trinity, near Dublin, and Observations on the 
Symbolism of the Crescent Moon and Star. By Wuitiiam 
Frazer, F.R.C/S.1., Member of Council of the Boy al Irish 
Academy. (Plate XXIV. ec - 465 
LXVI.—On Loch Betha, Co. Donegal. By G. H. ie AHAN,. . 472 
LXVII.—On Two Sepulchral Urns found, in June, 1885, | in the South 
Island of Arran. By the Rey. Drevnis Mogpny, Sys an 
LXVIII.—Description of a Crannog Site in the County Meath. By Lieut.- 
Colonel W. G. Woop- =M Artin, Fellow and General Reo 
HAJ AT; : . 480 
LXIX.—On an Ogham Anieet at Se cicahane, in sane Gorm of Conk. 
By the Rev. EDuoND Barry, P-.P., Rathcormac, . . 485 
LX X.—The Praetorian Prefects and the Divisions of the Roman ines 
in the Fourth Cee: A.D. By Joun B. Bury, M.A., 
BT C-.D:, : - 490 
Minutes of Pe asics, December 14, 1885, to Mz arch 16, 1897, eS i 305-348 
Abstract of Accounts, from April i, 1886, to March 31, 1887. 
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