246 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



during this interval were those of E. P. Wright on the fauna of the cave,^ 

 and of Canon Courtenay Moore.' In the latter paper Apjohu's plan is 

 reproduced. 



From the dates found in various portions of the cave there is no doubt 

 that practically the whole cave had been explored before 1875 ; and the names 

 by which the different sections are now known were probably given at a 

 comparatively early date. 



Canon Courtenay Moore of Mitchelstown has given the authors of this 

 paper much valuable information on this subject. He suggests that Sadlier's 

 Cave was probably called after John Sadlier, M.P., an adventurer described by 

 Charles Lever in his novel "Davenport Dunn." Brogden was an agent 

 living at Galtee Castle before the estate was purchased by a Manchester 

 Land Company. O'Callaghan is the family name of Lord Lismore, who 

 lived near the caves; and O'Callaghan's Cave was probably so called in 

 compliment to him. Cust is a family name in the district. The name 

 " Scotsman's Cave " is accounted for by a story that a Scotch tourist visiting 

 the caves was lost in that portion. 



In 1895 M. Martel visited the New Cave, and, although he spent only six 

 hours underground, he was able to collect sufficient data for a plan which was 

 afterwards published. 



For purposes of comparison it will be well to refer to the present authors' 

 plan of the New Cave, as it differs in several important particulars from that 

 of Martel. In the first place, Martel going eastward only reached the end of 

 Brogden's Cave, and missed the continuation on the right at the talus of 

 broken stones, which he mentions in his paper. Then at the point marked 

 " difficult passage " between O'Callaghan's and Brogden's Caves — which the 

 authors identify with " The Crevasses," the name given to several rifts in the 

 floor — Martel also marks " Former Stream," though there is no indication 

 of a stream bed at this place. Two branches from this point on his plan 

 are evidently intended to represent portions of the Labyrinth. Another 

 discrepancy occurs in the Eiver Loop,^ this series of passages being very 

 imperfectly mapped ; in reality they extend eastward for a considerably 

 greater distance than is shown in Martel's plan. O'Leary's Cave bears quite 

 a different relationship to the surrounding portions from that indicated in the 

 above map. It lies directly over the main east passage ; and the chimney (C) 

 opens vertically into the floor of the chamber, and does not merely give access 



1 E. P. "Wright, Brit. Assoc. Reports for 1857. Sections 108-9. 1858. Natural History 

 Review, iv., pp. 231-241. 1857. 



2 Journal of the Cork Eistorical and Arch. Soc, vol. iii,, No. 25, Jan., 1894, pp. 1-5. 



3 See "Itinerary, Eoute II." 



