330 Royal Irish Academy. 



The first series of Todd Memorial Lectures by the Todd Professor, 

 Mr. E. J. Gwynn, m.a., on " A Portion of the Poetical Dindsenchas," 

 has been printed, and is laid on the table to-day. The second 

 series of lectures on the same subject, to be completed to-day, will be 

 published during the incoming Academic year. 



With respect to the publication of the Annals of Ulster, the expec- 

 tations of the editor, Pev. Dr. Mac Carthy, have not been realized to 

 the full ; but the Index, which was unfortunately destroyed by fire, 

 has been reprinted, and the Introduction to the Annals is now in the 

 Press. The speedy publication of the fourth volume, completing the 

 ■entire work, may therefore be confidently anticipated. 



Eev. Dr. Gwynn, Editor of Tlie Sooh of Armagh, reports as 

 follows : — 



" The printing of The Booh of Armagh is advancing steadily, 

 though slowly. Of the 166 folios of the irs. which contain the entire 

 New Testament, 95 are now in type. The remaining 71, at the pre- 

 sent rate of progress, ought to be completed in five or six months. The 

 rest of the book (the "Lives of St. Patrick and St. Martin") will 

 require a shorter time. I think the whole will be printed before the 

 ■end of 1900. But work which requires absolute accuracy cannot be 

 hurried." 



The annual visitation of the Academy's Museum took place on 9th 

 February, 1900. The committee appointed for that purpose report 

 that in Boom II. a series of remains from various sites round the Dish 

 coast has been arranged, and the collection of examples from Dundrum, 

 Co. Down, has been increased by the addition of Mr. "Ward's loan 

 collection. In Koom III. the Copper Celts have been arranged, and 

 several of these have been analysed. The arrangement of coins and 

 medals, a lengthy and di£S.cult task, has yet to be carried out. A fine 

 set of stone moulds for bronze daggers, &"c., has been deposited on 

 loan, and an instructive set of models to illustrate the making of the 

 various kinds of torques has also been obtained. In Poom IV., the 

 Northern Pavilion, great advance has been made with the arrange- 

 ment of the Christian antiquities. Specially designed cases have been 

 made for the exhibition of the shrines so as to display the four sides 

 of each object. The Ardagh finds have been placed together, and 



