108 



I make no conjecture as to the imperfect portion. The name 

 TJnofic I have failed to identify ; it has a family likeness to the follow- 

 ing : " Uchadon, A. M. 3650; Ugaine, A. M. 4546, 4567; Uirgren, A. D. 

 283." 



Roofing Slab, No. 6. — This stone is five feet four inches in length, 

 and twelve inches by seven inches in the centre ; a fair and regular- 

 shaped right-angled pillar ; it has two lines of characters on the under 

 angles, The inscription commences four feet from the end of the stone 

 at one of the angles, as follows : — 



S A E TAD 



The last character is on the top of the stone ; it is taken up on the 

 opposite angle at two feet nine inches from the end, thus : — 



i mi inn fljiy-HW 



M A Q, I I TS I 



This inscription is exceedingly simple, and reads — 



" SAETAD, SON OF INI." 



Other readings may probably be suggested, as " Sae Tad, son of 

 Ini." The word Sae may be considered an Oghamic abbreviation of 

 " Sagart," a priest ; or " Saoi," a learned man ; and " Tad," a proper 

 name, equivalent to " Tade," " Tadh," " Tadhg." 



Many of this name are found in Irish History, beginning with 

 Tadhg, son of Olioll Ollum, A. D. 195. I incline, however, to the 

 more simple form of the inscription. 



Roofing Slab, No. 7. — This is a very irregular-shaped stone, measur- 

 ing four feet six inches in length, and twelve inches by eight inches in 

 the centre ; it has three lines of characters — two on the upper angles, 

 the third on one of the under. The inscription commences two feet 

 from the end of the stone, as follows : — 



'"I in m i „ mi, [I nn i j ^W-Wi 



C TT NAL E OEAMAQ, IC 



It is continued at the opposite angle, commencing two feet four 

 inches from the end, thus : — 



_h , i 111 | in, , H in , mr ]{[[|- + -^- 



ETAIDES R ADC 



The third line will be found on the angle under the last, commenc- 

 ing also two feet four inches from the end, thus : — 



