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MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1863. 



The Veet Rev. Charles Geayes, D. D., President, in the Chair. 



"W. R. Wilde, Yice-President, read the following — 



Desceiption of a Ceannoge in the County or Cavan. 



On" the 23rd of January, 1860, I communicated to the Academy an 

 account of a newly discovered crannoge, on the property of LordFarnham, 

 in the townland of Cloneygonnell, parish of Kilmore, barony of Lower 

 Loughtee, and county of Cavan. 



The aspect of this crannoge at that time was that of a green ob- 

 long mound, partially cut away by the line of railway from Crossdoney 

 to Cavan, from which town it is distant about two miles, one mile from 

 the old cathedral church of the diocese, and about 500 yards from the 

 ruined castle of Tonymore. 



In the Ordnance Sheet, 'No. 25, for Cavan, may be seen a small 

 lake, about a quarter of a mile in diameter, with a remarkable sharply- 

 defined island, near the northern bank, and opposite Tonymore Castle. 

 In common with many other small tracts of water in that part of Ire- 

 land, this Tonymore Lough was run off by the arterial drainage a few 

 years ago, leaving the mound or island near its centre perfectly dry ; 

 and where the railway passed through it, the site of the lake was only 

 a swamp or marsh. 



The surrounding country rises in a succession of low hills from the 

 margin of the lake ; and on the north and south sides are the ancient 



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raths of Shancloon and Cloneygonnell, as shown in the above illus- 

 tration. There are also several raths of minor importance in the neigh- 



