SUMMER SESSION. 



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The following Excursions were made during the Summer Session: 



On 22 nd May, to 



DROMORE AND MAGHERALIN. 



The Summer Session was opened by an excursion to Dro- 

 more and Magheralin, on Saturday, 22nd May. Starting by 

 the II a.m. train, the party found themselves in about an hour 

 at the picturesque and ancient town of Dromore. 



Their first visit was made to Dromore House, formerly 

 the Bishop's Palace, now the residence of John Quin, Esq., J. P. 

 The house and grounds were courteously shown by Mr. Richard 

 Culley. Here Bishop Percy, the author of the " Reliques," 

 lived, and wrote several of his songs and poems. In the imme- 

 diate neighbourhood of the house is a very perfect fort, with 

 rampart and moat ; also, St. Colman's Well, which dates from 

 about A.D. 550. The stocks in the market-place were next 

 visited and sketched, and it is much to be regretted that the 

 fragments of a fine old Irish cross, into which they are secured, 

 should any longer be permitted to serve so base a purpose. The 

 great fort, just outside the town, was next reached ; this has a 

 triple fosse and rampart, and in addition a square enclosure on 



