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Kilmurvy Bay, Aran, where the party landed to explore the 

 mighty Dun Aenghus and the ruins in the largest island 

 Aran more. Passing through Gregory Sound and along the 

 beautiful Clare coast, Scattery was reached. The antiquarian 

 remains on Scattery were well described. These consist of a 

 round tower 120 ft. in height, a cathedral, an oratory and four 

 churches, a cashel and a holy well. 



Next the interesting remains at Kilmalkedar, Catherdorgan, 

 and Gallerus were visited. Gallerus is one of the most perfect 

 of our oratories, a shapely little building of dry stone, said to 

 have been built in the seventh century. Afterwards the buried 

 city of Fahan was explored, passing on the way the ruined 

 castle of Kahinan, which consists of a massive square keep, the 

 lower story vaulted, with flights of stairs in the thickness of 

 the walls. It stands inside a large and well preserved earthen 

 fort with a fosse and lofty rampart in which a souterrain opens 

 towards the south-west. At Fahan, on the side of the Eagle 

 Mountain overlooking Ventry Bay, are a succession of casnels 

 and beehive cells extending for a distance of about 3 miles. 

 On Thursday a start was made tor the Skelligs, two small 

 islands lying about 13 miles west of Kerry. A monastery 

 dedicated to tit. Michael was founded on the larger island in very 

 early times, an ancient tradition makes it the burial place of Ir, 

 son of iViilesius. A little cove ending in a vast and gloomy 

 cavern forms the only landing place. The approach to the 

 monastery is for about halt way by a modern road cut out of 

 the rock tor an approach to the lighthouse, and thence up the 

 old approach which is formed by rude steps of rough rock up 

 the steep slope to a vaulted passage through which we reach the 

 deserted little ''city of God." The remains of the monastery 

 consist of five beehive cells or cloughauns of dry stone in 

 wonderful preservation, two oratories also of dry stone and 

 somewhat similar to Gallerus out not so perfect, St. Michael's 

 Church built partly dry and partly with mortar, several rude 

 crosses, and three tiny cemeteries and a well. Staigue Fort 

 was afterwards visited — a nearly circular cave built of schistose 



