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Kemach MacDulgen, by dragging a captive out of the church, 

 who had taken sanctuary there, and drowning him in Lough Kirr 

 to the west of the city. But this violation was retaliated on 

 Kernach by Niall Glundubh, then King of Ulster, and afterwards 

 of Ireland, who drowned him in the same lough." Leaving 

 Navan Fort, a visit was paid to a quarry in the vicinity, where 

 good specimens of the characteristic fossils of the Carboniferous 

 limestone were obtained, among which may be mentioned the 

 following genera : — Lithostrotian, Lithodendron, Psammodus, Coch- 

 liodus, &*c. 



Soon the whistle was heard as a signal to resume the journey, 

 and, though rather against the inclinations of the geologists, all 

 were promptly on their way to the Primate's demesne. Shortly 

 after entering the grounds, a halt was made to inspect the ruins of 

 the Franciscan Abbey, the building of which was completed in 

 1266 by the then Archbishop of Armagh, Maelpatrick O'Scannail. 

 The Abbey was occupied till 1565, when it was destroyed, though 

 the friars still maintained a holding in the neighbourhood. In 

 1620 the Abbey grounds became incorporated with the lands of 

 the see, Primate Hampton having obtained letters patent granting 

 to the see the site and precinct of the late dissolved Abbey or 

 Monastery of the Friars Minors, with all their tenements and 

 buildings in Armagh. A little way from the Abbey is the Palace, 

 which was thrown open to the Club by the kindness of his Grace 

 the Lord Primate. The present archiepiscopal residence was 

 erected in 1770 by Primate Robinson, and contains many valuable 

 paintings, principally of the later kings and queens of England 

 and other members of the Royal family. There is also a series of 

 portraits of the primates from the Reformation till the present 

 time, excepting Lancaster, Long, and Garvey. In addition to 

 these there is a valuable collection of works by various masters, 

 the property of the present Lord Primate. Before leaving the 

 Palace a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to his Grace for 



