THE LAKE DWELLINGS. 
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IEISH REVOLUTIONISTS, THEIE LEADERS 
AND LITERATURE. 
SYLLABUS OF LECTURE BY R. W. MCCARTHY. 
(Read 16th February, 1888.) 
The position of the Roman Catholics when Grattan's Parliament 
was opened ; its amelioration by that body. Dissatisfaction with 
partial emancipation of 1793. Vice-royalty of Lord Fitzwilliam ; 
his recall. The United Irishmen ; at first a legal society, though 
subsequently seditious. The Rebellion of 1798 ; its origin and 
results. The Act of Union. Robert Emmet. O'Connell's agita- 
tion. Founding of The Nation newspaper by Dillon, Davis, 
and Duffy. Formation of Young Ireland party ; their aims and 
methods ; illustrations from their writings ; their estrangement 
from O'Connell. William Smith O'Brien. Rebellion of 1848. 
THE LAKE DWELLINGS. 
SYLLABUS OF LECTURE BY FRANCIS BRENT, F.S.A. 
(Read 23rd February, 1888.) 
Introductory. Lake dwellings referred to by early writers. 
Discovery of pile dwellings in the Swiss lakes. Similar dis- 
coveries in Italy, and elsewhere in Europe. The Crannoges of 
Scotland and Ireland. Pile dwellings common amongst semi- 
civilized peoples. Pile dwellings on the Thames. Many cities 
built upon piles. Log huts of the backwoodsmen. No mention 
of lake dwellings by early Roman writers. Mode of construction 
of the Swiss lake dwellings. Swiss lake dwellers. Relics from 
the Swiss lake deposits. The three ages of stone, bronze, and 
iron represented thereby. Beads and nephrite. Animal and 
vegetable remains. No human skeletons except at one settlement. 
Moon images. The conclusion. 
