SUMMER SESSION. 



The following Excursions were made during the Summer Session , 

 On Saturday, 25 th May, to 



DUNDRUM AND NEWCASTLE. 



HE Club opened its Sixteenth Summer Session by an ex- 

 cursion to Dundrum and N ewcastle. A party of twenty- 

 four members and friends met, and, after a pleasant run 

 by rail, were soon busy examining the extensive ruins of Dundrum 

 Castle. The buildings appear to be the work of different periods, 

 the circular keep on the summit being, perhaps, the most ancient 

 portion. This castle, like many others scattered over the country, 

 is said to have been erected by Sir John de Courcy, in the twelfth 

 century. It has had an eventful history, having been frequently 

 stormed, taken and retaken, and been in the hands of many pro- 

 prietors. As late as 157 1, we find that the Earl of Kildare— then 

 Lord Deputy— took it by storm from the Irish, who had a short 

 time before driven the English from it. It is again taken by the 

 Magennises, and retaken by Lord Deputy Gray. It afterwards 

 got into the hands of Phelim M'Ever Magennis, who was subse- 

 quently obliged to yield it to Lord Mountjoy, after which it was 



