498 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



The name Thorgrim, otherwise well known, adds one to the already long 

 list of examples of the name of Thor, or compounds thereof, that have been 

 recorded in Ireland.' Compare the stone from Kilbar on the island of Barra, 

 bearing a cross and a Eunic inscription in which Ur and Tliur, who erect 

 the monument, invoke the favour of Christ on the soul of the deceased. 



It is much to be wished that the stone should be taken out of the wall 

 into which it is built, and brought into the Cathedral : or, perhaps better 

 still, deposited for safe-keeping in the National Museum. It is at present 

 exposed to injury from the weather, and from mischievous passers-by. 

 There would be another advantage in so lemoviug it ; more writing might 

 be found on the concealed face, or else a scrap of ornament, which would 

 be just as welcome— for it would be an addition to our scanty store of 

 material for ti-acing the mutual influence of the Scandinavian and the 

 Celtic artists : an important subject, the investigation of which has hardly 

 as yet begun. 



'See the collection in Dr. Marstrauder's article, Tor i Irland (Maal eg Minne, 1915, 

 p. 80). 



