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Martanan (diminutive of Martin, " Little Martin"). An abbot of Clon- 

 macnoise of this name is recorded to have died A. D. 867, and I see 

 every reason to believe that this is his tombstone. 



No. 78. Tombstone with this inscription — Op bo poga peach fin 

 frpo6navn, or Fogarty, the son of Broenan. 



No. 79. Tombstone with the name Cholumban — Op do Chollum - 

 ban. 



No. 80. Tombstone with the name Comgan — Op Oo Common. I find 

 in the " Annals of the Four Masters" that a Comghan Foda was an arch- 

 bishop at Clonmacnoise, and his death is recorded at the year 868. We 

 must, I suppose, accept this as his tombstone. 



No. 81. A mutilated tombstone, of which only the concluding part of 

 the inscription remains ; the letters are Glchlapcm. 



No. 82. Tombstone with the inscription Op bo Cellach. The 

 " Annals of the Pour Masters" record the death of a person of this name 

 at the year 904 ; and doubtless this is his tombstone. 



No. 83. Tombstone with the following inscription — Ocap hubpme, 

 i. e. Opoic ap hubpme. 



No. 84. Tombstone having the following inscription — Op apTYIacl- 

 cpjiapain, with a cross and smaller circle, of precisely the same type as 

 that of St. Cronan's at Eoscrea, and of which I have given an illustra- 

 tion in Yol. TL, Nos. 55, 56, and 57, of my " Antiquarian Sketches." 



No. 85. A tomb slab, of apparently similar age, from the similarity 

 of the form of cross engraved on it, and bearing simply the name 

 Ronain, i.e. (stone) of Eonan. I find that there were two abbots of 

 Clonmac noise of this name — the death of one being recorded at the year 

 759, and that of the other at 842. From the form of the cross, I am 

 inclined to suppose this the tombstone of the latter, and therefore of the 

 ninth century. 



No. 86. An unfinished tombstone slab, without an inscription — the 

 engraved lines representing a long-armed cross, with a small circle at 

 their intersection. 



No. 87. A small slab, on which the St. Cronan cross is inclosed in a 

 square, thus resembling the ornamentation on some of our small cum- 

 dachs, or sacred boxes for holding relics. Above the cross are the letters 

 Cnbuncoumbenin^. 



No. 88. Another slab, bearing a similar cumdach cross. 



No. 89. Another slab, of the same type, with the letters Ghlich 

 ; above the box-like ornament. 



No. 90. Part of a small quern-stone, with a cumdach cross engraved 

 on it, but no inscription. 



No. 91. A small slab, with a circle inclosing four Greek crosses, each 

 inclosed in a small circle. 



No. 92. A slab, bearing the name TTlaeliohain Gpp (episcopus). I 

 could not discover any record of a bishop of this name having been buried 

 at Clonmacnoise. 



No. 93. Another small slab, with a cross, and bearing the letters 

 "Omuipgup beic. To all appearance this inscription is perfect. 



