, AND XIX.--_Brugh of the Boyne, New
Grange, County Meath._

The diagrams here shown are from drawings by Mr. W.F. Wakeman, the
veteran Irish archaeologist.[76] With reference to the spiral carvings at
the doorway of the Brugh, it may be mentioned that "the same kind of
ornament appears on a stone found amidst a heap which had once been a
'Pict's-house' in the island of Eday, Orkney;"[77] and that in Orkney,
also, there has been found, in an underground house, a large stone
"saucer," or "tray," resembling the two shown in the ground plan of the
Brugh. (There appears to be no settled opinion as to the uses of those
"saucers.")

In connection with the identification of this mound with the "Brugh of
the Boyne" of ancient Irish history, the following remarks may be
quoted. The Rev. Father O'Laverty, in the Journal of the Royal Society
of Antiquaries of Ireland (December, 1892, p. 430) thus observes:--

"In his very valuable work, _The Boyne and Blackwater_, Sir William
Wilde appears to me to have used convincing arguments to prove that
_Brugh-na-Boinne_ ... was ... on the left bank of the Boyne,
convenient to the ford of _Ros-na-righ_ (Rossnaree) at Knowth,
Dowth, and Newgrange. To Sir William's arguments one point only was
wanting: the old name had disappeared.... It is now more than
thirty years since I went to Newgrange for the special purpose of
investigating that matter. I explained to Mr. Maguire, then of
Newgrange, and to his son, that _Brugh-na-Boinne_ signified 'the
town, or dwelling-place, on the Boyne,' that the word _Brugh_ would
assume the modern form _Bro_, as in Brughshane (pronounced
Broshane), and many other townland names, and that _na-Boinne_, 'of
the Boyne,' would probably cease to be used as unnecessary at the
site. I need not say that I was greatly pleased when they informed
me that the field in which is the mound of Newgrange is called the
_Bro-Park_, while in the immediate vicinity are the _Bro-Farm_, the
_Bro-Mill_, and the _Bro-Cottage_." [And also, they might have
added, the mansion of _Broe House_.]

Any one, therefore, who duly considers the matter, in relation to the
statements of both of these writers, will see that the mound at New
Grange is the _Brugh-na-Boinne_ of Irish history and tradition. And this
name, says Father O'Laverty, "signified 'the town, or dwelling-place, on
the Boyne.'" What, then,