36 Recent Antiquarian Explorations. 



There is an old tombstone with lettering in high relief; the 

 following is a verbatim copy as far as I could decipher it : — 

 " This monument was erected the fourth day of June, 1588, by 

 the appointment and at the charge of (indistinct) Nugent for 

 their buriall, unto whom God be mercifull." Another stone 

 similarly carved reads — " Heere underlyeth the body of John 

 Mortimer of Dundalk, Alderman, deceased the 8th day of May, 

 Anno Domini 1534, unto whose soule the Lord have mercie, 

 who had to wife Jeanette." The rest of the lettering is 

 indistinct. 



Another very interesting monument stands in Dundalk church- 

 yard, on which is the following inscription, " Sacred to the 

 memory of Agnes Burns, eldest sister of Robert Burns, who 

 departed this life at Stephenstown, near Dundalk, on 17th 

 October, 1834, aged 72 years. Her mortal remains lie interred 

 in the south-east corner of this Church Yard as a tribute to the 

 genius of Robert Burns, the national bard of Scotland, and in 

 respect for the memory of his eldest sister Agnes, whose mortal 

 remains are deposited in this Church Yard. Erected by the 

 contributions of the poet's numerous admirers in Dundalk and 

 its vicinity, 25th January, 1859." 



" Time but the impression deeper makes, 

 As streams their channels deeper wear." 



" She was, but words are wanting to express, what I think a 

 good woman should be, and she was that." 



The second portion of my paper refers to some explorations 

 undertaken in the early part of June of the present year. 

 Accompanied by three friends, we started from Belcoo, a village 

 ten miles from Enniskillen, on the Sligo line. We visited the 

 remains of a small Celtic church, of the 12th or 13th century 

 date, called Temple Rushen, beside which is a holy well, still 

 frequented during the last few days of July in each year. We 

 next visited the ruins of another ancient church called Killinagh, 

 beside which there is a holy well called Tober Bride. This 



