Ixx 



Rosnaree, mill at, with a Sheela-na-gig i 



built into the wall, 99. 

 Ross, the river, 454. 

 Ross family, arms of, 404, 411. 

 Rossdanean, derivation of the name, 169. j 

 Rosse, Earl of, a Member, his death, Ap- I 



pend., p. xxx ; obituary notice of, ib., 



p. xxxi. 

 Rosseponte, 2. 



Roughan, George Francis, elected a Mem- 

 ber, Append., pp. v, xv. 



Roughty, the river, 454. 



Round tower of Ardmore, account of, 60. 



Rowan, the late Archdeacon, notice of the 

 Ogham stone of Glen Fais, 384. 



Rowley family, arms of, 404, 411. 



Rowney, Professor, Thomas H., on Eo- 

 zoon Canadense, 506. 



Rovston crow, the, superstitions regarding, 

 422. 



Ruachtach, the Roughty river, 454. 



Rue-na- Scarce, basaltic columns at, 314. 



Ruireach, or Liffey, the river, 453. 



Russell, Very Rev. Charles W., D. D., 

 elected a Member, Append., pp. xxv, 

 xxxi; on Council (Com. Pol. Lit.), 

 Append., pp. xxxii, xlviii ; on an 

 agreement (in Irish) between the Earl of 

 Kildare and Mac Rannall,480, Append., 

 p. 1 ; on the duties upon Irishmen, 

 490, Append., p. L 



Ryefield, rock of, 230. 



Rye Water, or Righe, the river, 455. 



Sacrifice, human, in various countries, evi- 

 dence of, 63. 



Saetad maqi Ini, supposed Ogham inscrip- 

 tion, 108. 



Saimer, now the Erne river, 449. 



Sallagh Braes, in Co. of Antrim, description 

 of, 279. 



Salmon, Rev. George, D. D., on Council 



(Com. Science), Append., p. xv, xxxii, 



xlvii ; a Vice-President, Append., p. xvii, 



xxxvii, xlviii. 

 Salt beds, in Co. of Antrim, 262. 

 Salt pans colliery, in Co. of Antrim, 245. 

 Samoir, or Saimer, the Erne river, 449. 

 Santander, on the mineralogy of, 399. 

 Santa Rosa mine, in Bolivia, remains 



found at, 398. 

 Sarsfeld, Dame Janet, monument of, 98. 

 Savage, family, arms of, 404, 411. 

 Scald crow, a bird of omen, 438. 

 Scales and weights, of metal, Danish, found 



at Islandbridge, 17, 18. 

 Scandinavians, incursions of, into Ireland, 



14 ; antiquities of, found at^Island- 



bridge, 13. 



Schleicher, August, biographical notice f, 



415 ; his literary works, 418, 419. 

 Schmidt, Professor Oscar, on the sponges 



of the Adriatic, 221, 222. 

 Scirtach, the river, 456. 

 Scohey family, arms of, 404, 411. 

 Scorings in cave of Knockmore, 229. 

 Scoti, the origin of, 391 ; their alleged 



place of landing, 389, 392. 

 Scouler, Dr., his description of the lignite 



of Ahaness, 322. 

 Sculptures, incongruous, 92. 

 Seal, corporate, of Academy, Append., 



p. xlii. 



Seals, Chinese porcelain, found in Ireland, 

 172. 



Seancha Mac Aililla, 39. 

 Seancrand Sin, " charmed branch of Sen," 

 41. 



Secretary. See under Academy. 



Sen Mac Aige, a judge, 41. 



Senchus Mor, Dr. Samuel Ferguson on, 



Append., p. x. 

 Seychelles, Islands, Flora of, 413. 

 Shane's Castle, basaltic pillars at, 311. 

 Shannon, the river, derivation of the name, 



455. 



Shaw family, arms of, 181, 187,404, 411. 

 Shearman, Rev. J. F., on some excava- 

 tions atHowth, 330, Append., p. xxxix. 

 Shee family, arms of, 404, 411. 

 Sheela-na-gig, a, in mill of Rosnaree, 99. 

 Shenan, or Shannon, the river, 1. 

 Sheridan family, arms of, 404, 411. 

 Shure, the river, 2. 

 Shutter family, arms of, 181, 187. 

 Sidh Arfemhin, near the Suir, 39. 

 Sidhe Femhin, 429. 



Sigerson, George, M. D., elected a Mem- 

 ber, Append., xlix; on some relation- 

 ships of inflorescences, 75, Append., 

 p. xviii, Plates xi, xii. 



Silicified wood, at Ahaness, 322. 



Silures, remains of the Iberians, 100. 



Simpson, Sir James, on rock carvings, 

 232, 233. 



Sinann, the Shannon, 455. 



Singer, Most Rev. Joseph H., a Member, 

 death of, and obituary notice, Append., 

 p. xiv. 



Skerries, Islands, geological peculiarities 

 of, 319; greenstone protrusions in lias 

 of, 320. 



Skirt, the river, 456. 



Skydi family, arms of, 404, 411. 



Slaine, the river, 1, 456. 



Slane Abbey, drawings of, 92. 



Slemish mountain, substance of, 303. 



Slemna Maighe Itha, 429. 



