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Bishop Knox (now the Lord Primate), and, after a couple of months spent at 

 Belfast and Coleraine, he went to Dublin, as curate of Christ Church, Carys- 

 fort, Blackrock. A member of his congregation here was G. V. Du Noyer, 

 formerly of the English, and lately of the Irish Geological Survey — an excellent 

 draughtsman and a distinguished antiquarian. From him Grainger acquired a 

 knowledge of the various forms of rude stone implements. J. Hellier Baily, 

 palaeontologist to the Irish Geological Survey, with whom Grainger now 

 became intimately acquainted, was an invaluable ally in the study of the Car- 

 boniferous fossils. From Dr. Carte, of the Royal Dublin Society, an expert 

 conchologist, assistance was obtained, as also from Professor M'Alister, of 

 Trinity College, a highly -accomplished anatomist. 



After a year and a half at Blackrock, the scene of his clerical labours was 

 changed to the parish of St. Thomas', Dublin, where three and a half years 

 were spent, during which St. Barnabas' Church and schools were built by his 

 exertions. 



Captain Bennett, an old Indian officer, formerly of the 86th Regiment (Royal 

 Co. Down), an excellant mineralogist and chemist, and the young clergyman 

 always spent a day in the week geologising in the neighbourhood — a welcome 

 relaxation for the latter from the arduous duties of parish work among the 

 poor. 



The quarries at Lucan, Sutton, Malahide, Milltown, and Castleknock, were 

 explored, and here the greater part of the Canon's fine set of Irish Carboniferous 

 fossils were obtained. The limestone brought from Co. Kildare by the canal, 

 continued, as in college days, to yield its molluscs and cephalopods, and some- 

 times a two-day trip would be made to Slane, Co. Kildare ; Rathkeel, Co. 

 Limerick ; or other suitable geological locality. 



On other occasions the shores of Malahide and Portmarnock would be explored 

 for shells, or the cliffs of Howth for wild-flowers, insects, and butterflies. 



In 1869 he left Dublin, and came to Broughshane, near Ballymena, as rector, 

 where he resided until his lamented death last autumn. Archaeology now began 

 largely to engage his attention, and implements and utensils of wood, stone, 

 iron, and bronze ; beads and pottery, were all eagerly sought after. In company 

 with "W. J. Knowles, M.R.I. A., a local archaeological Society, afterwards the 

 Ballymena Naturalists' Field Club, was founded ; and monthly meetings were 

 held, at which papers were read, and specimens examined. The Canon now 

 renewed his connection with the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical 

 Society and the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, and became a frequent attender 

 of the meetings of both Societies. 



During the visit of the British Association to Belfast in 1869, Grainger con- 

 tributed a paper " On the Fossils of the Post-Tertiary Deposits of Ireland." 



The summers brought a few weeks' holiday, which was usually spent in 

 geologizing, and the collections were enriched with instalments of Oolitic fossils 

 from Cheltenham, Dundry near Bristol, and Scarboro' ; Liassic fossils from 



