86 



E,. J. Anderson, 



The following summary will best represent the results of the 

 enquiry. 







Group ] 



• 









Skin 

 Dark Light 



Hail- 

 Dark Fair 



Eyes 

 Brown Light 



Head 

 Brachy. Mesat. Del. 



Males .... 

 Females . . . 



75 107 

 55 70 



68 108 

 45 106 



56 

 33 



123 

 134 



17 31 139 

 29 65 60 



Males brachycephalie with dark or brown eyes 8 



„ „ „ blue eyes 12 



Females „ with dark or brown eyes 15 



„ light eyes 14. 



Group IL 



Hair 

 Dark Light 



Dark Hair 



with 

 Light Eyes 



Dark Hair 



with 

 dark eyes 



Galway &c. 

 Limerick 

 Total . . 



67 



135 (16 red) 



12 



29 (1 red) 



79 



164 



26 



8 

 34 



44 



4 



48 



M. 



Topinard gives 



the following 











Fair Hair 



Intermediate 



Brown 



Eyes Blue 



Eyes Brown 



Irish . 





45.3 



21.2 





31.9 











Bretons 





20.0 



22.7 





57.8 



— 



— 



Ligurians 





17.0 



16.0 





67.0 





— 



Cymric 





55.0 



44.9 





— 



56 



41.8 



Celtic . 





21.8 



78.0 





— 



50 



50 



Black hair is common amongst Berbers and fairly common 

 amongst Basques and Iberians (Reclus). 



It may be permitted to summarize the traditional stories of the 

 original inhabitants of Ireland. The first "terrestrial" race was 

 believed to have been a race of giants. These may have been the 

 "mist" men to which allusion is made. 



The tradition is similar to that of the Titans in Greece. It is 

 possible that an arboreal race preceded this race in more than tradi- 

 tion. The Parthalon came to Ireland by sea or land (in case of the 

 Continental connection of the British Islands with the mainland in 



