PROCEEDINGS 



THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY. 



1842. No. S5. 



June 13. 



REV. HUMPHREY LLOYD, D.D., Vice-President, in 

 the Chair. 



Maria Edgeworth was elected (by acclamation) an Ho- 

 norary Member of the Academy. 



Arthur B. Cane, Esq., B. J. Chapman, Esq., Francis M. 

 Jennings, Esq., and Sir Thomas Staples, Bart., were elected 

 Ordinary Members. 



Mr. J. Huband Smith read a paper descriptive of the 

 recent discovery of a vast number of Cinerary Urns at the 

 Hill of Rath, within a few miles of Drogheda, on the road to 

 Collon. 



At the foot of the hill a quarry had been opened to pro- 

 cure stones for the repair of the road. In the beginning of 

 spring the tenant in the occupation of the farm proceeded 

 to level this quarry, by carrying down the earth from the 

 brow of the hill ; and in the progress of his work he disco- 

 vered from 150 to 200 urns of unbaked clay, of various sizes, 

 almost all placed in an inverted position, and covering, each 

 of them, a considerable quantity of human bones. 



As it seemed probable that a more careful examination 

 of the portion of this interesting rath or tumulus which yet 

 remained undisturbed might be productive of some discovery 



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