SUMMER SESSION. 



The following Excursions were made during the Summer Session : 



On Saturday, 22nd May, to 



D R O M O RE. 



A large party visited this place by the Ulster Railway, leaving 

 town by the twelve o'clock train. Arriving at Dromore, the party 

 first visited the Market House and old stocks, and were surprised 

 to find that the block of stone on which the stocks are fixed was a 

 portion of the market cross. This latter was once one of the finest 

 specimens of the old Irish crosses, but it was suffered to go to ruin, 

 and the pieces were used for several purposes : one was, a short 

 time ago, used as the foundation stone for a house built near the 

 Market Square. It is to be regretted that means were not taken 

 in time to restore the cross, which might have been easily done. 



The party then visited Mr. A. C. Welsh, and he cheerfully 

 exhibited his wonderful collection of Irish antiquities, and gave 

 detailed accounts of each specimen. His collection, which has 

 been accumulating in his family for generations, is, perhaps, now 

 one of the best private collections in the North of Ireland. The 

 party then visited the Moat, with Mr. Welsh as guide, who, from 

 the summit of this very extensive earthwork, pointed out the various 

 localities made famous by events which occurred during the 

 troublous times of Ireland's past history. A formal meeting was 



