1906. 
Bakp:r. — MUchehtown Caves. 
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The guide brought us back to the House of Lords" by a 
short cut, and we were glad to return to daylight after an 
arduous day underground. The day before had been spent 
chiefly in photography ; but, as we had not anticipated so 
much fine scenery, we had but a handful of flashlight plates 
with us, so that the results were meagre. We did not take the 
camera into the eastern caves, where there is a splendid field 
for the cave photographer. The whole of this portion wants 
to be re-surveyed very carefully ; and I am not at all satisfied 
that nothing is to be found beyond the " Demon's Cave, " 
although we had to take the guide's statement to this effect 
on trust. 
I am indebted to Mr. R. Lloyd Praeger's invaluable " Bib- 
liography of Irish Glacial and Post-glacial Geology" for several 
of the entries in the following list, and for much help in 
unravelling the perplexity as to the existence of two caves at 
Mitchelstowu. 
Accounts of MiTCHErsxowN Caves. 
I. 
The Original Cave. 
Young (Arthur).— A Tour in Ireland in the years 1776-9. Lond., 1780. 
Bd. A. W. Pluttou. Bell, 1892 ; i., pp. 464-5. 
The Postcbaise Companion ; or Traveller's Directory through Ireland. 
3rd ed. Dublin, 1805. Columns 301-2. 
II. 
The Cave found in 1833. 
Kingston Cave. Dublin Penny Journal^ ii.. No. 61, 65-6; Aug. 31, 1833. 
[Discovery and description of Mitchelstowu Cave.] 
Apjohn (Dr. J.). — On the newly-discovered cave situated between Cahir 
and Mitchelstowu. founial of the Geological Society of Dublin, i., 
(1833-8), pp. 103-111 (read in 1834), 1838; reprinted with illustra- 
tions in Dublin Penny Journal^ iii., No. 130, Dec. 27, 1834. [This 
is the fullest and best account of the early explorations, and, with 
Martel's, forms a fairly complete account of the larger cave.] 
NiCHOi, (A.).— [lyetter describing Mitchelstowu Cave.] Dublin Penny 
fournal, iii., pp. 202-3, Dec. 27, 1834. 
Chatterton (I^ady).— Rambles in the South of Ireland during 1838. 
Lond., 1839, ii-> PP- I-I4' [Account of a visit, with one illustra- 
tion.] 
