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when they again appeared. In latter years they have been occupied 

 by various individuals, generally for illicit distillation. 



In the lake the horns and skulls of the Red Deer have been discovered 

 at various times, and the head and horns of the Irish Elk are also said to 

 have been found ; but for the latter there is no good evidence. 



I should be inclined to consider that these Crannoges are not as old 

 as those which I previously described as occurring in Lough Eea ; for 

 in the Lough Rea Crannoges the piles and beams all appear to have 

 been split, while in the Ballin Lough Crannoge the beams were un- 

 doubtedly cut with a saw. That there was an ancient settlement here- 

 about, and that it was a place of note, seems to be proved by all the 

 ancient remains scattered about, which will be seen on looking at the 

 Ordnance Map ( Galway Sheet, 125), as within a mile of the lake are 

 thirteen Raths and Raheens, eight Cromlechs, and one Holy "Well (Tober- 

 macduagh). All the Cromlechs and the Holy Well lie to the N.-W. in 

 Marble Hill Demesne, the ancient name of which was Gortenacuppoge, 

 i. e., " The Eield of the Leaves;" and most of the Raths and Raheens 

 lie to the N. and IST.-E., only three (which are Raheens) on the south. 



At a more recent period it would appear that this neighbourhood was 

 still a place of note, as about three miles to the north-east there are the 

 ruins of an extensive abbey and castle, and a mile on the north are the 

 ruins of a church and castle. The abbey may have been founded by 

 St. Column M'Duagh, as the Holy Well previously mentioned is dedi- 

 cated to him. 



I may here mention that Sir W Wilde, in his list of recorded Cran- 

 noges in the Catalogue of the Royal Irish Academy, says : — "Even so 

 late as 1610 we read of Crannagh Mac Xnavin, in the parish of Tynagh, 

 barony of Leitrim, and county of Galway." I could find no trace of this 

 Crannoge ; but I imagine its site must lie somewhere in the large allu- 

 vial flat and bog which occupies the country south and south-west of 

 Crannagh, the seat of R. Nugent, Esq., which is in the parish 'of Tynagh, 

 and barony of Leitrim, and lies about half-way between Portumna and 

 Marble Hill. It is remarkable that, although it was inhabited up to so 

 late a period, and that the descendants of the sept of the Mac Knavins 

 still live thereabouts, I could find no tradition about it in the neighbour- 

 hood, and the only trace the name of Mr. Nugent' s place. These flats 

 and bogs, somewhere in which I suppose the site of this Crannoge to 

 be ? lie between four and five miles E.-N.-E. of Ballinlough, where are 

 situated the Crannoges which the Notes just read refer to. 



The following paper was also read : — 



Notes ox a Cbannoge ys Lough Nahinch. By H. B. Trench, Esq., 

 and G. H. Kinahan, E. R. G. S. I. 



Lough Nahinch, i. e. The Lake of the Island, lies on the junction of Tip- 

 perary and the King's County, the Crannoge being situated in the former, 

 barony of Lower Ormond, parish of Ballingarry, Sheet 1 1 of the Town- 



