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French king Childeric (d. 481).' Until bullae are discovered in Ireland in 

 attested and datable finds, no convincing date for them can be suggested. 



Fio. 12. 

 Bronze axe-head and gouge found al Boa Island (J). 



The tenth find (fig. 12), acquired by the Academy in 1917, consists of a 

 bronze socketed axe-head and gouge. Covered with a thick green patina, 

 they are in a bad state of preservation. The axe-head, which is square in 

 section at the mouth, has at one side the remains of a loop. The gouge has 

 lost portion of its socket. They were found together at Boa Island, Lough 

 Erne, Co. Fermanagh, by Mr. F. Johnson. 



' The alleged finding of a bulla (now in the Academy's collection) with portion of a 

 bell-shrine of eleventh-century date on the shore of the River Bann may also be 

 mentioned. (See Reeves, Journal Roy. Soc. Antiqq., Trel., x, pp. 353-356). 



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