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A formal meeting was constituted, and Mr. John Vinycomb, 

 M.R.I.A., was elected Chairman for the day. The arrange- 

 ments for the day were announced, some new members were 

 elected, and a discussion took place as to the desirability of 

 inviting the British Association to Belfast at an early date. 



The Chairman delivered a short address, referring to the 

 historic events suggested by the surroundings, and the long 

 line of kings, chiefs, warriors, and poets that peopled this 

 ancient stronghold for so many centuries, exciting the envy 

 and opposition of even the chief King at Tara until finally 

 Cimbaoth, King of Ire]and, induced the brother Collas to war 

 against and utterly defeat Fergus Fodha, King of Ulster, under 

 promise that the lands of that kingdom would become a 

 territory for them and their posterity, thus anticipating by 

 eight centuries the policy of the King of Leinster, who induced 

 Strongbow and his venomous followers to invade Ireland. 



The meeting was then addressed by Mr. Richard Pillow, a 

 local antiquarian, well versed in archaeological, topographical, 

 and folk-lore subjects, and a practical investigator as well as 

 original discoverer of matters connected with the ancient 

 history of Armagh. He rendered the party most efficient 

 service during the entire day by his prompt and interesting 

 answers to every question put him by the inquisitive members 

 of the party. 



Leaving Emania, an adjournment was made to the adjoining 

 quarries, which were successfully explored for the characteristic 

 fossils of the locality. A member of the geologic section called 

 the attention of the members to the marked difference between 

 this exposure and what is found in Antrim. At Armagh we 

 have the Lower Carboniferous limestone very well represented, 

 but thousands of feet thick of the Middle and Upper Carboni- 

 ferous, including the entire coal measures, are absent, and the 

 Lower Carboniferous rocks are capped by a very curious and 

 interesting brecciated limestone of the lower Permian age, the 

 position and origin of which suggests a very wide field for 

 investigation. 



