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No. 83. Window from the S. wall of the said old church. 



No. 84. Remains of the east window of the said old church. 



Had this consecrated building, erected and used for sacred purposes 

 by the piety of one of our ancient nobles, been converted into a barn or 

 storehouse for the reception of the " fruits of the earth," I should have 

 felt somewhat resigned at its spoliation ; but that it should be desecrated 

 by the odour of cattle, and the proverbially racy language of grooms 

 and stable boys, is something not exactly commendable, even on the 

 strictest grounds of convenience or economy. 



No. 85. The white cross on the roadside near Duleek, Co. Meath 

 (W. face). 



No. 86. The same, showing the E. face. 



This cross bears the arms of Bathe and Dowdall. From the general 

 outline, style, and character of the work, as well as the attitude of the 

 crucified figure, I am led to think that its design is Italian or French — 

 certainly not Irish ; its date cannot be earlier than the close of the 

 16th century. 



No. 87. The wayside cross at Annsbrook, Co. Meath. This, like the 

 cross of Duleek, is a monolith eleven feet six inches high, standing on 

 a stepped plinth ; it bears the date 1600, and was erected by Jennet 

 Dowdall for herself and husband, William Bathe, of Athcarn, justice. 



No. 88. Inscription on the Annsbrook cross, Co. Meath. 



No. 89. East window of the old church of Donore, near Drogheda 

 (restored). 



No. 90. Tablet from the side wall of the building attached to the 

 old castle of Darlinstown, Co. Meath, bearing date 1586. 



No. 91. Tablet from the old church of Moortown, commemorating 

 the death of Dame Jenet Sarsfeld, lady dowager Dunsany, a. d. 1597. 



No. 92. The Trynche tomb, from the graveyard of the old church 

 of Clongill, Co. Meath. 



In the month of August, 1865, I lighted on this quaint and interest- 

 in^" tomb slab ; and, on communicating the discovery to the Rev. Dr. 

 Bradv, he kindly informed me that it was commemorative of the death 

 of the ancestor of the Clancarty family. The shield bears in chief a 

 lion passant, with the sun in splendour over it. The lower portion of 

 the shield is parted per pale, the dexter side being seme with Tudor roses, 

 and the sinister filled with the emblems of St. Joseph's trade — the saw, 

 the chisel, the hammer, bit-and-brace and square. The legend is as 

 follows : — 



HIC JACET JACOBUS . TRYXCHE . CLEEICTJS, 

 RECTOR, QJJOXHAM . HUJUS . ECCLESI.E . DE. 

 CLOXGELL . EX ILIXSTRI . ET . IXYICTO . SCOTIXO 

 GEXTE . NATES . CEM . SEX . LIBERIS . QUI. 

 HANC . VITA1T. . PEREGIT . DECIMO . TERTIO . DIE 

 MENSIS MARTII . AXO. BOMIXI . 1631 . 

 AIARGARETA MOXTGOZtfRI . VXOR DEEXCTI 

 ET MATER . PREDICOREM . SEX . LIBEROREM . HOC 

 FECIT. * * % COXPEBE . 



