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A large socketed celt, 2± inches long, broad and flat, found in the 

 county of Westmeath. 



A winged celt, stopped and decorated, 5 J inches long, also from the 

 county of Westmeath. 



Prom Dr. Malcomson, of Cavan, a long narrow stone celt, 10J 

 inches long by 3 broad in the widest portion, and much weathered, 

 possibly from exposure to the air, found at Lough Oughter, Co. Cavan, 

 on the Earnham estate. 



Also, from the same locality, a very perfect massive stone celt, of 

 greenstone porphyry. It is highly polished, and the curved cutting 

 edge almost as sharp as metal. It measures 8 J inches long by 3j broad, 

 and is especially remarkable on account of the roughened surfaces on 

 both outer edges, near the narrow end, evidently produced after the celt 

 had been polished, and no doubt serving to retain it with greater secu- 

 rity in the handle. 



An ancient single-piece left shoe, inches long, with two seams — 

 one from the instep to the toes, where the material has been carefully 

 gathered in ; and the other behind the heel, where the gut sewing still 

 remains. This article, in which the hair side of the hide was external, 

 is not dissimilar in make to the pampoota still used in the western 

 islands of Arran. It was found, four feet below the surface, in Derry- 

 winney bog, in the parish of Kilmore, county of Cavan. 



Three veryperfect bronze rings, each 3^- inches in diameter, found 

 at Gortermore Lake, during the drainage of Lough s Oughter and Gowna, 

 in the parish of Killeshandra, county of Cavan. 



A small bronze spur, found in the interior of Lough Oughter Castle. 



A large socketed celt, 3f inches in length, found in Cromwell's 

 Pass, in the parish of Kilmore, county of Cavan. 



Fragment of a large iron shot, from Lough Oughter Castle. 



Erom Denis Florence M'Carthy, Esq. : a long narrow-winged celt, 

 6^ by If inches, very rudely cast, and containing a greater proportion 

 of copper than is usual in such instruments ; found at Calorguen, near 

 Dinan, in Brittany. It is somewhat longer and more slender in the 

 blade than the Irish form, and resembles those from the neighbourhood 

 of Cape Einisterre, described in the "Proceedings," vol. viii., p. 153. 



Erom Arthur Nugent, Esq., a small socketed bronze celt, 2J inches 

 long, looped and decorated, broad-edged ; said to have been found in 

 the county of Westmeath, in a sod of turf. 



MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1865. 

 The Yeey Rev. Chaeles Geaves, D. D., President, in the Chair. 



Eichard E. Brash, Esq. ; Captain Eichard E. Burton ; John Ereeland, 

 M. D. ; Eev. Arthur B. Erazer ; William Erancis de YismeKane, Esq. ; 

 Major W. Armstrong Mac Donnell ; and Eev. Silvester Malone ; were 

 elected members of the Academy. 



