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ry of Reichenau, and is now preserved at Carlsruhe. A codex is also preserved at Cambray, which contains a fragment of an Irish sermon, and the canons of an Irish council held A.D. 684. [Illustration: DOORWAY OF CLONMACNOIS.] [Illustration: CLONMACNOIS.] FOOTNOTES: [1] _Work._--_Lectures on the MS. Materials of Ancient Irish History_. This work was published at the sole cost of the Catholic University of Ireland, and will be an eternal monument of their patriotism and devotion to literature. A chair of Irish History and Archaeology was also founded at the very commencement of the University; and yet the "Queen's Colleges" are discarding this study, while an English professor in Oxford is warmly advocating its promotion. Is the value of a chair to be estimated by the number of pupils who surround it, or by the contributions to science of the professor who holds it? [2] _Leinster._--Book of Leinster, H.2.18, T.C.D. See O'Curry, p. 8. [3] _Ballymote._--Library R.I.A., at fol. 145, a.a. [4] _Lecan._--Trinity College, Dublin, classed H.2.16. [5] _Uachongbhail_.--O'Curry's _MS. Materials_, p. 11. [6] _Same_.--Ibid. p. 12. The Psalms derived their name from the musical instrument to which they were sung. This was called in Hebrew _nebel_. It obtained the name from its resemblance to a bottle or flagon. Psaltery is the Greek translation, and hence the name psalm. [7] _Devastated_.--This was probably written in the year 1001, when Brian Boroimhe had deposed Malachy. [8] _Fene-men_.--The farmers, who were not Fenians then certainly, for "Cormac was a righteous judge of the _Agraria Lex_ of the Gaels." [9] _Erinn._--Keating says: "We will set down here the branching off of the races of Magog, according to the Book of Invasions (of Ireland), which was called the Cin of Drom Snechta; and it was before the coming of Patrick to Ireland the author of that book existed."--See Keating, page 109, in O'Connor's translation. It is most unfortunate that this devoted priest and ardent lover of his country did not bring the critical acumen to his work which would have made its veracity unquestionable. He tells us that it is "the business of his history to be particular," and speaks of having "faithfully collected and transcribed." But until recent investigations manifested the real antiquity and value of the MS. Materials of Ancient Irish History, his work was looked on as a mere collection of legends. The quotation
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