O'Reilly— Ow the Waste of the Coast of Ireland, Sfc. Ib'^ 



that in the year previous to my visit, 1885, during a gale from the 

 nortli, this beach was covered with water for over two hours. 



" On the mainland from Malin Coastguard Station a raised beach 

 extends for two miles to the south, being sometimes one mile wide. 

 This beach was at one time covered with bog, which is now nearly all 

 cut away. At Malin Watch Tower there are fine examples of the 

 25, 50, and 75 feet I'aised beaches. Along the shore to Malin Head 

 numerous patches of the 50 feet beach may be observed between the 

 rocks. The most important and extensive, however, of these raised 

 beaches is that which stretches from Culdaff to Traubreaga Bag. Its 

 average height is about 50 feet, and most of its sui'face is covered with, 

 bog, which is being rapidily cut away. Another extensive raised 

 beach stretches from Tullaghan Bay to Leenan Bay, the bog that 

 formerly covered this beach being nearly entirely removed. As 

 pointed out by Professor Hull, both these raised beaches are of a 

 comparatively recent date. 



'Along the south coast, between Inishowen Head and Moville, the 

 50 feet raised beach, occurs in several places. It consists of sand and 

 gravel, and is best seen between Greencastle and Inishowen Head. 

 Shells of existing species are common throughout the deposit. At 

 Tremore, Kinnoge, and Glennagiveny bogs, the 25 feet beach is 

 represented, and contains shells at each place." 



(p. 34.) — ^^ Kitchen Middens. — Associated with the raised beach, 

 mounds and accumtdations of shells occasionally occiu', which must 

 be regarded as of human origin, inasmuch as flint flakes, fi'agments of 

 bone, and bui'nt wood are often found in them. They were observed 

 on the shore north and north-west of Ballymoney, in the Carowen 

 district, at Fairland Point, at Inch Island, near the old castle of 

 the South, and at Inch Poad railway station." 



Memoir Geological Survey of Ireland, Sheets 3, 4, 5 (in part), 9, 

 10, 11 (in part), 15 and 16 (1891). 



The region described in this memoir includes all the tract lying 

 between Lough Swilly on the east, Gweebarra Bay on the west, and 

 the Atlantic coast, which connects these two inlets along the north. 

 It is the most mountainous portion of Donegal, and from its centi'e 

 rises the culminating height of the north of Ireland, the twin-peaked 

 Errigal, which attains an elevation of 2462 feet above the surface of 

 the ocean. Its coast line is indented to a remarkable extent, and 

 along the west is broken up into numerous rocky islands. 



(p. 8.) — " Errigal is certainly the most perfect pyramidical 

 mountain in Ireland, perhaps in the British Islands, and is a conspicuous 



