1898-99.] 4 6 3 



Airgtheach, who, according to the annals of the Four Masters, 

 was slain near this a.d. 206. The supposed erection of this 

 monument is referred to in one of the oldest of our ancient 

 Irish manuscripts. The Rev. James O'Laverty, P.P., of 

 Holywood, has exhausted all sources of information on this 

 point, and gives the substance of the result in vol. 3 of his 

 well known work on the Diocese of Down and Connor, a work 

 well worth consulting for information regarding the district we 

 have traversed. 



After spending a most enjoyable day in this most interesting 

 locality, we reached Larne in time for tea before leaving for 

 Belfast, which we reached about eight o'clock. 



14 June. 

 MELLIFONT. 



The second excursion of the season took place on the nth, 

 when a goodly number of members and their friends, started 

 by the 7-30 a.m. train of the Great Northern Railway for 

 Drogheda, en route for New Grange, Monasterboice, and 

 Mellifont, on what might fairly be termed a purely archaeological 

 trip, and several members joined the party on the way down 

 and at Drogheda. That a Field Club should embrace archaeology 

 is to some a strange and debatable point, but the practical 

 results which this " section " has to show, fully justifies the 

 Club in taking it under its wing, and the success of this trip 

 with its numerous and varied investigations, completely banished 

 any " debatable point " that may have lingered in the minds 

 of any of those present. 



The day was as nearly perfect as could be desired, a fortune 

 almost invariably attending the Field Club outings. It was, 

 as Washington Irving says, " One of those genial days when 

 we seem to draw in pleasure with the very air we breathe, and 

 to feel happy, we know not why.'' Arriving in Drogheda, no 

 time was lost in starting in the waggonettes, which were 



