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action is considerably assisted by the great vertical joints, wliich tra- 

 versing tbe rock, divide it into blocks, rendering tbe work of destruction 

 a far easier matter than it vpould otherwise be. The best instance of 

 this is at Ailleenasharragh, at the cliffs of Moher. A steep and wind- 

 ing pathway leads the explorer to the foot of thiis magnificent cliff, 

 and the most casual observer cannot fail of being struck by the 

 immense accumulation of dehrts which forms a talus on the beach, 

 huge masses of grit, shale, and flagstone lying piled together in 

 wild confusion. Here the cliffs are constantly decreasing in alti- 

 tude, inasmuch, as the ground slopes inland from the coast ; where- 

 ever on the other hand, the slope of the surface is seaward, the height 

 of the cliff is increasing." 



(p. 12.) — " There is a tradition among some of the peasantry that 

 at one period Hag's Head was connected with the southern shores of 

 Liscannor Bay by dry land, and that about midway stood the church of 

 St. Scoitheen ; that by means of an earthquake, land and church suddenly 

 disappeared ; and on clear days, when the sea is calm, it is said that 

 the ruins of the church are sometimes visible at the bottom. (Note — I am 

 indebted for this tradition to the late Professor 0' Curry. It is alluded 

 to in the 'Annals of the Four Masters,' translated by him. — P. J. F.)." 



(p. 19.) — " The Coast section. — The almost continuous section 

 along the coast exhibits the structure of the whole district." 



Memoir Geological Survey of Ireland (Sheets 115 and 116), 1865. 

 (ITo available details given.) 



Memoir Geological Survey of Ireland (Sheets 131 and 132), 1860. 

 The district described forms part of the western side of the County 

 Clare. (No available details given.) 



Memoir Geological Survey of Ireland (Sheets 140 and 141), 1860. 

 The district described includes the south-west part of the County 

 Clare, lying north of the mouth of the Shannon, and a small part of 

 the northern corner of the County Kerry, on the south of that river. 



(p. 5.) — "This part of the County Clare is an undulating tract, 

 stretching away westward in a long narrow promontory, the termi- 

 nation of which is Loop Head. The length of the promontory from 

 Poulnasherry Bay to Loop Head is 16 miles in a dii-ection about 



