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drainage of the country advanced — a prediction which has been 
amply verifiBd, as every succeeding year has seen an increase to their 
number. N"ow the total number of Irish cranuogs is upwards of 
200. In the following year Dr Keller expatiated on the analogy 
between the Irish crannogs and the Swiss Pfahlhauten, in the 
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Zurich ; while Troyon 
and others discussed the subject in the Ulster Journal of Archaeo- 
logy. Meanwhile, reports of further discoveries in various localities 
throughout the country were published by Sir W. Wilde, Dr 
Reeves and Mr Ed. Benn. 
The next in chronological sequence to contribute to the explora- 
tion and literature of Irish crannogs was Mr G. H. Kinahan, whose 
first paper on the subject appeared in 1863. This was quickly 
followed by a number of other monographs which greatly helped 
to disseminate a correct knowledge of their structure and distribu- 
tion. A few years later Mr Wakeman contributed a series of 
valuable articles on crannogs — many of which he himself explored 
■ — to the Journal of the Royal Archaeological Society of Ireland. 
But to refer to the numerous archaeologists who have subsequently 
taken an interest in the Irish crannogs would greatly exceed the 
limits now at my disposal. Let me say, however, that this field 
of research is by no means exhausted in Ireland. At the present 
time a crannog at Moylarg, Co. Antrim, is in the process of in- 
vestigation by the Rev. Mr Buick of Cullybacky which, to judge 
from the two reports already published, promises to be of unusual 
interest. A complete monograph on a typical Irish crannog is 
greatly to be desired, as, notwithstanding the numerous explora- 
tions already recorded, I cannot recall a single instance that can be 
so characterized. Even some of the later discoveries, such as the 
two artificial islands which became temporarily exposed in Lough 
Mourne, while this basin was being converted into a reservoir to 
supply Belfast with water, was merely indiscriminately “ howked ” 
by all and sundry. When I visited these crannogs in August 
1882, some weeks after they became accessible on foot, I was 
informed that many objects of archaeological value had been picked 
up by the pro tern, explorers. One article which, through the 
courtesy of the finder, I had an opportunity of inspecting, turned 
out to be of exceptional interest, because of its extreme rarity, viz., 
