358 Royal Irish Academy. 



A ballot having been opened for the election of a Member. 



Dr. Atkinson asked the Chairman to rule if this election could 

 legally be proceeded with, inasmuch as the By-Laws confirmed and 

 approved by the Academy, and declared to be law from date of 30th 

 November, provided that Candidates for Membership can only be 

 elected at the Stated Meeting in March. 



The Chairman ruled that the By-Law did not affect the cases of 

 Candidates who had been proposed before the 30th of November. 



The ballot was then proceeded with, and subsequently 



Captain Joshua Fielding was duly elected a Member of the 

 Academy. 



Prof. Edward Perceval "Wright, m.d., read a " Description of some 

 of the Objects deposited in the Academy's Museum by the Royal 

 Society of Antiquaries of Ireland." 



Mr. Edward J. Gwynn, m.a., f.t.c.d., read the first of his Todd 

 Memorial Lectures (Third Series), Subject: — "Poetical Dindshenchas 

 of Druim nDairbrech, Lagin, Fid nGabli, Mag Life, and Berba." 



Monday, Januaky 14, 1901. 



Most Eev, Dk. Donnelly, Lord Bishop of Canea, Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



Captain Joshua Fielding signed the Boll, and was admitted a 

 Member of the Academy. 



Mr. Thomas William BoUeston, m.a. (Dub.), Eev. William Morgan 

 Tate-Stoate, m.a. (Dub.), and Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde, 

 Bart., M.P., were elected Members of the Academy. 



Mr. George Coffey read a Paper by Mr. J. M. Boberts, c.e., " On 

 a Prehistoric Burial near Ardrahan, Co. Galway." Dr. C. B. Browne 

 made a report on the skulls found in the same place. 



By permission of the Academy, Mr. David McArdle read a " Beport 

 on the Hepaticae of the Dingle Peninsula." 



